In This Issue:
"Breath
of Life" Exhibition Opens
LOCATORplus
on the Web
Reading
Room, Rotunda Update
NGC
Web Site Goes Live
African-American
Health Issues, Voting Rights
Elizabeth
Blackwell, M.D.
Worthy
of Note
Louise
Darling Dies at 87
Lederberg's
Papers on "Profiles" Site
The
"Difficult Woman"
MLA
Time Capsule
HBCU
Explores Internet
Older
Adults and the Web
In Every Issue:
 Names
in the News
Products
and Publications
NLM
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Names in the News
NLM Director Dr. Donald A.B. Lindberg was
honored by the New York Academy of Medicine in January, at an event
celebrating "The Information Frontier in Biomedicine and Health." In
a letter of tribute to the three honorees, President Bill Clinton
hailed Dr. Lindberg as "a pioneer and leader in the application of
computer technology to the solutions of health problems throughout
the world" who has "helped define the role computers now play in
life science research and medical care and to set the standards for
computer-assisted medical research and care." 
NLM Associate Director for Administrative Management
Donald C. Poppke (left) has been installed as the
new chair of the NIH Diversity Council. Created in 1997, the Council
is an advisory board to the Director, NIH Office of Equal
Opportunity, on matters of diversity management.
Two NLM employees have been elected officers in the NIH Asian and
Pacific Islander American Organization. They are Dr. Nancy
Wright, head of the Index Section, Library Operations, and
Lucie Chen, MLS, Technical Information Specialist, Division of
Specialized Information Services, who were chosen co-executive
secretaries.
Michael Weisberg, EdD, Acting Chief of NLM's
Cognitive Science Branch (left) and manager of its Learning Center
for Interactive Technology, retired from NLM on March 1st. A captain
in the Public Health Service, Dr. Weisberg started working with the
National Medical Audiovisual Center in 1969 and served at NLM for 29
of the 30 years of his federal career, taking a break for a one-year
stint with the Centers for Disease Control. He has moved to
Gainesville, Florida with his wife and is enjoying a relaxing time
of reading and fishing until he lands his next job, which will
likely be teaching in the public schools.
The Medical Library Association has honored former NLM Associate
Director for Library Operations Lois Ann Colaianni
on the occasion of her retirement by naming its Award for Excellence
and Achievement in Hospital Librarianship for her. The award, first
presented in 1991, has been presented to some of MLA's most
distinguished members.
Davis B. McCarn, who worked at NLM from 1968 to
1978, was recently selected for induction to the NFAIS Hall of Fame.
McCarn managed the development of the first nationwide online
information service, MEDLINE. He also designed and programmed a
PC-based search assistant or client for physicians using MEDLINE,
"Grateful Med." The National Federation of Abstracting and
Information Services is a member organization of more than 60
leading information publishers, producers and providers.
Former NLM Board of Regents member (1987-91) Don E.
Detmer, MD, recently received a letter of commendation from
Health and Human Services Secretary Donna E. Shalala, for his
outstanding leadership as Chairman of the National Committee on
Vital and Health Statistics for the past two and a half years. Dr.
Detmer has accepted the Dennis Gillings Professorship in Health
Management at Cambridge University. NLM Director Testifies on Fiscal
Year 2000 Budget Requested 2.4% Hike Would Support New Services,
Strengthen Collection
On February 25, 1999, NLM Director Dr. Donald A.B.
Lindberg made his annual appearance before the House
Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education. He presented the President's budget request
for NLM for FY 2000, which provides that NLM receive $185.7 million,
an increase of $4.3 million (2.4%) over the comparable 1999 figure.
Among the projects Dr. Lindberg cited in his statement were: the
addition of new resources to the consumer-oriented MEDLINEplus
website; the creation of an easy- to-use database containing
information about clinical trials, both federally and privately
funded, for experimental treatments for serious diseases and
conditions; the continued targeting of NLM resources to special
audiences, such as Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and
public health officials; expanded NLM involvement with international
governments and with non-U.S. health science institutions; the
support of cutting-edge research to learn how the Next Generation
Internet can be used to improve health care, health education and
medical research; innovative activities at the National Center for
Biotechnology Information, to keep pace with the virtual explosion
of genomic information and the growing importance of molecular
biology; the maintenance and enhancement of the Library's collection
of over 5 million books, journals, audiovisuals and other items; and
the continued support of the 4,500- member National Network of
Libraries of Medicine. |
