NLM News 1994 September-October; Vol. 49, No. 5

	The NLM News is published 6 times a year by the National 
Library of Medicine (National Institutes of Health, Department of 
Health and Human Services).  Beginning with Vol. 49, No. 1, the NLM 
News is avaiable via the Internet.  To access, ftp to 
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	In addition to electronic access, the printed NLM News is 
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health sciences communications.  For further information, contact 
NLM's Office of Public Information (8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, 
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NLM Director, Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D.
Chief, Office of Public Information, Robert B. Mehnert,
Editor, Roger L. Gilkeson; e-mail address: 
Roger_Gilkeson@occshost.nlm.nih.gov 
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Contents:

o NLM Funds Outreach Initiatives
o New Awards Focus on Computerized Medical Records
o DIRLINE Accessible Through Locator
o Historical Images Now Accessible Via the Internet
o 1995 Calendar From NLM Friends
o Dr. Walker Chairs NLM Board of Regents
o Associate Program Coordinator Retires
o Biotechnology Information Sources: North and South America o 
  Annual Report for FY 1993
o Gene Sequence Database Continues Rpaid Growth
o Frances Howard Named to Wilson Council [Photo Caption]
o NLM Hours
o Gala Celebration Honors Thelma Charen
o NLM Welcomes New Associates
o Monographs and Serial G aps
o NLM in Print
o Publications
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NLM Funds AIDS Outreach Initiatives

	In June 1993, the National Library of Medicine hosted the 
National Institutes of Health HIV/AIDS Information Services 
Conference.  Since publication of the conference report*, NLM has 
initiated a number of new or expanded outreach efforts in response 
to the recommendations of the conference.
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* Information Services for HIV/AIDS: Recommendations to the NIH, 
Report of a Conference Co-Sponsored by the National Library of the 
Medicine and the NIH Office of AIDS Research; June 28-30, 1993; 
Bethesda, MD.  See NLM News, January-February 1994; copies of the 
report may be requested from NLM's Public Information Office (Attn: 
AIDS Report); Internet address: publicinfo@occshost.nlm.nih.gov. 
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Outreach by Community-Based 

Organizations & Libraries

	NLM recently announced 19 recipients of purchase orders, 
of up to $25,000 each, to enable local community-based groups and 
libraries to design their own programs for improving AIDS 
information access to targeted groups within their community.  Such 
groups may include patients and the affected community as well as 
their care givers and the general public.

	A number of categories were defined as appropriate for NLM 
support:
	o Providing improved access to health-related electronic 
information resources, including the purchase of equipment and 
telecommunications services.

	o Training to develop skills in accessing or using 
HIV/AIDS-related information, including online databases and general 
AIDS information resources. o Implementing access of AIDS-related 
information tools by the organization and its clients via the 
Internet.

	o Developing specific education or informational 
materials, such as culturally or language-specific bibliographies or 
guides.

	o Providing the affected community, community-based 
organizations, and the general public with greater access to 
HIV/AIDS-related documents and other types of materials--e.g., 
developing connections with local health sciences libraries to 
obtain use of their collections and to procure interlibrary loan 
services.

	The awards were made to the following groups (note: most 
these projects involve the efforts of a number of organizations in 
addition to the ones named below):

--AIDS Foundation, San Diego
--AIDS Information Network (Delaware Valley of Pennsylvania) --
Critical Path AIDS Project, AIDS Information Network (based in 
Philadelphia)
--Eastern Virginia Medical School (Norfolk, VA)
--Geisinger Health System Medical Library, the North Central Library 
District, and the North Central District AIDS Coalition (serving 12 
rural counties in North Central PA) --Harvard's Countway Library of 
Medicine and the Boston Public Library
--Kansas City Public Library (MO)
--La-Paz County HIV/AIDS Technical Project (AZ)
--New North Citizens' Council (Springfield, MA)
--New York Public Library--Staten Island
--Portland Public Library (ME)
--Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County and Metrolina 
AIDS Project (NC) --San Diego Public Library AIDS Resources Centers
--Santa Cruz AIDS Project (CA)
--Seattle-King County Department of Public Health
--Southern Tier AIDS Program (serving a wide area of rural New York 
State) --University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, 
School of Public Health --Virginia Commonwealth University and the 
Fan Free Clinic, Inc. (Richmond, VA) --Whitman Walker Clinic, Inc. 
(Washington, D.C.)


NN/LM Regional Medical Libraries

	Special AIDS outreach projects were recently funded at 
three National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Regional 
Medical Libraries.  The New York Academy of Medicine Library will be 
working under an outreach subcontract with the RML to deliver 
HIV/AIDS-related information to staff and clients in 20 community-
based organizations in the New York Metropolitan Area.  The South 
Central RML, at the Houston Academy of Medicine, is implementing an 
AIDS/Consumer Health Information Pilot Project which will include 
developing an AIDS/Consumer Health Information backdrop, exhibiting 
at state library association meetings, and working with state and 
public libraries, departments of health, and AIDS organizations.  
The RML at the University of Washington will provide travel funds, 
materials, and support to librarians in the region who are 
interested in providing outreach services to community-based AIDS 
organizations in their areas.
Urban Consortium

	NLM has also funded a project in Detroit, Michigan, to 
create a coalition for HIV/AIDS information.  The project involves 
hospital, academic, medical, and public libraries along with several 
community-based organizations.  The major objectives of the project 
include developing the structure for library-to-library and library-
to-community interactions, building information resources, and 
reaching out into the community.  This project is in collaboration 
with NLM's Office of Health Information Programs Development.
Community Training Initiative

	The NIH HIV/AIDS Information Services Conference 
identified lack of expertise as one of the barriers to the use of 
electronic AIDS information resources.  In response to that problem, 
NLM is funding a proposal to develop a model program for training 
people in the affected community to locate information about 
HIV/AIDS.  The project will be managed by the Hahnemann University 
Library staff working closely with the AIDS Information Network of 
Philadelphia, a community-supported information service, and with 
the Federally-funded Pennsylvania AIDS Education and Training 
Center.

Outreach to Historically Black Colleges and Universities

	NLM has a long-standing outreach program with the HBCUs in 
toxicology and environment health.  This program has been expanded 
to include HIV/AIDS.  The impact of AIDS in communities of color has 
been severe, and building on an existing collaboration with the 
HBCUs will enable NLM to place important information in the hands of 
health professionals working closely with these most heavily 
affected communities.  The project involves providing training to 
health professionals affiliated with the HBCUs in the use of NLM's 
resources as well as other electronic resources.  It also involves 
identifying community health professionals and providing training 
and access to them.

	For further information about NLM's AIDS outreach 
activities, please contact Gale Dutcher, Specialized Information 
Services (e-mail: Dutcher@nlm.nih.gov; telephone: 301/496-3147). 
New Awards Focus on Computerized Medical Records

	The development of computerized medical records is the 
focus of five new awards totaling $1.5 million announced recently by 
the National Library of Medicine and the Agency for Health Care 
Policy and Research (AHCPR).  The cooperative agreements will 
address research in areas such as developing clinical medical 
terminology and vocabularies,automated tools to support health 
services research, clinical data, and multiplatform Internet access 
to multimedia electronic Medical Electronic Medical Records System 
(EMRS).   

	Donald A. B. Lindberg, M.D., director of NLM and of the 
National Coordination Office for High Performance Computing and 
Communications (HPCC), said, "Computer-based patient records are 
critical to improving the quality and reducing the cost of health 
care.  Much work has been done on electronic patient records, but no 
fully satisfactory, complete system exists as yet."  The new awards 
"will help foster development of working systems suitable for both 
inpatient and outpatient care, and capable of providing data useful 
in health services research, including technology assessment and 
outcomes research," he said.

	Health care has been identified as a key element in the 
Administration's emerging National Information Infrastructure (NII).  
Pending legislation pertaining to the HPCC Program directs the 
National Institutes of Health, particularly NLM, to address a number 
of technology issues of importance to health care, including the 
development of technology to store, access, and transmit patient 
medical records while protecting their accuracy and privacy.  
Cooperative Agreements for 

Electronic Medical Record Systems

	The following individuals were awarded three-year grants, 
beginning in fiscal year 1994; dollar amounts for the first year of 
support are noted below. 

o Christopher Chute, M.D., Ph.D. (Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN): 
Multi-Institutional Testbed for Clinical Vocabulary $253,568 
(Funding split between NLM and AHCPR)

o James J. Cimino, M.D. (Columbia University, NYC): Controlled 
Vocabulary in Primary Care Electronic Records $340,418 (Funding 
Source: NLM)

o Michael G. Kahn, M.D., Ph.D. (Washington University, St. Louis, 
MO): Automated Tools to Support Health Services Research $255,604 
(Funding Source: NLM)

o Isaac Kohane, M.D., Ph.D. (Children's Hospital Corp., Boston, MA): 
Multiplatform Internet Access to Multimedia Electronic Medical 
Record System (EMRS) $284,792 (Funding Source: NLM) o Clement J. 
McDonald, M.D. (Indiana University, Indianapolis): Codes and 
TCP/Toolkits for Exchanging Clinical Data $338,073 (Funding Source: 
AHCPR)

DIRLINE Accessible Through Locator

	The National Library of Medicine's online directory of 
over 15,000 information resources--DIRLINE--is now available without 
charge via NLM's online catalog system, NLM Locator (see News, May-
June 1993 and May-June 1994).

	NLM Locator is a client-server interface that allows menu-
driven Internet access to four NLM databases.  In addition to 
DIRLINE, these include CATLINE (cataloged records of monographs and 
serials), AVLINE (audiovisuals), SERLINE (serials owned by NLM and 
other libraries).   NLM originally designed Locator to enable novice 
or infrequent users to access the databases describing the NLM 
collection.  The interface requires no training and allows searching 
these files without learning NLM's interactive command-driven search 
interface.  To access Locator, use VT100 emulation, telenet to 
locator.nlm.nih.gov, and login as locator.  

	DIRLINE (Directory of Information Resources onLINE) 
focuses primarily on health and biomedical information resources 
including organizations, government agencies, information centers, 
professional societies, voluntary associations, support groups, 
academic and research institutions, and research facilities and 
resources.  The records contain resource names, addresses, phone 
numbers, and descriptions of services, publications, and holdings.

	DIRLINE was also recently made available without charge 
via Grateful Med, along with three AIDS-related databases (News, 
January-February 1994).
Historical Images Now Accessible Via the Internet

	Through a unique collaboration between NLM's Lister Hill 
Center (LHC) and the Library's History of Medicine Division has come 
Images from the History of MedicineTM (IHM)--a database of nearly 
60,000 historical images now retrievable over the Internet.

	An NLM Fact Sheet "Images from the History of MedicineTM & 
OnLine ImagesTM" (check NLM Gopher) gives background information on 
the Library's historical collection of images and provides details 
on accessing them via the Internet by means of the World-Wide Web 
(WWW) plus special "browsers" such as NCSA Mosaic.  The Lister Hill 
Center developed OnLine Images (OLI), the system that can deliver 
cataloged image archives via the WWW.

	The images below--a woodcut from 1543, a World War I 
photograph, and a poster from World War II--represent just a few of 
the kinds of images that technology now can bring in color to your 
computer screen in a matter of seconds.

[Photo A]

This woodcut is an illustration of the abdominal cavity with the 
intestines removed from Vesalius'De humani corporis fabrica (1543).

[Photo B]

In this photo from World War I, a Red Cross nurse attends a wounded 
soldier in U.S. American Red Cross Hospital No. 1, Paris.

[Photo C]

A poster from World War II warns against quack remedies for treating 
syphilis and gonorrhea.

1995 Calendar from NLM Friends

	Twelve images from the collection of NLM's History of 
Medicine Division are featured in a 1995 wall calendar--
Breakthrough: The History of Medicine--published by Pomegranate 
Calendars & Books.  Many of the images--such as the one shown here--
celebrate notable medical breakthroughs and pay tribute to pioneers 
who furthered the science and art of medicine.  In addition to being 
available in bookstores throughout the world, the calendars may be 
ordered from the Friends of the National Library of Medicine at a 
special discount price for members of the Friends.  Order from 
Friends of the NLM, 1555 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 200, 
Washington, DC 20036.  Price: $7 for members of the Friends; $9 for 
nonmembers.  Members and nonmembers: please include $3.25 for 
postage and handling; add $1 for each additional calendar.  

[Photo F]

This illustration from the calendar shows Rene T. H. Laennec using 
his stethoscope on a patient at the Necker Hospital, where Laennec 
was a physician.  Laennec's invention of the stethoscope in 1781 and 
its subsequent use for auscultation were great advances in the study 
of diseases of the chest.  
Associate Program Coordinator Retires

	Alvin J. Barnes, coordinator of NLM's Associate Program 
and head of the Staff Library, has retired after more than 42 years 
of Government service.  He was honored on September 29th with a 
large reception in the Lister Hill Center lobby that included talks 
by Kent Smith, deputy director of the Library, Lois Ann Colaianni, 
associate directorfor Library Operations, and other NLM colleagues.  
Earlier this year he received the NLM Director's Award for 
"furthering NLM's mission by applying remarkable library skills on 
behalf of the people and of the Library staff" (News, May-June 
1994).

	Mr. Barnes spent the last 34 years of his career at the 
National Library of Medicine where he held positions in both 
technical services and public services, and was chairperson of the 
EEO committee, EEO counselor, and chief resource person for 
installation and use of microcomputer hardward and software.  As 
head of NLM's Staff Library, he oversaw access to a specialized 
collection of materials and online services to serve the needs of 
the Library staff.  Since 1990 when he was appointed coordinator of 
the Associate Program, he skillfully guided more than a dozen 
medical librarians through their year of internship at NLM.
Biotechnology Information Sources Published

	A new, comprehensive guide to a wide range of resources 
related to biotechnology has been published by Learned Information, 
Inc.  The author is Barbara A. Rapp, Ph.D., of NLM's National Center 
for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).  

	Biotechnology Information Sources: North and South 
America, published for the International Council for Scientific and 
Technical Information (ICSTI), provides detailed information about 
such resources as primary research databases, indexing and 
abstracting services, journals and newsletters, patents, 
directories, Internet-accessible information, and organizations.  
Although the focus is clearly on resources in North and South 
America, the addresses of some Internet-accessible databases are 
included even though they are outside the geographic scope of the 
publication. 

Dr. Rapp--a former NLM Associate and presently director of user 
services for the GenBank DNA sequence database at NCBI--previously 
taught courses in medical librarianship and scientific information 
and database design at Catholic University of America in Washington, 
D.C.

_ Biotechnology Information Sources: North and South America is 
available for $32.50 (plus $3.75 shipping and handling) from Learned 
Information, Inc., 143 Old Marlton Pike, Medford, NJ 08055 
(telephone: 609-654-6266).  Annual Report for FY 1993

	The Library's most recent annual report--National Library 
of Medicine Programs and Services, Fiscal Year 1993--is now 
available on request from NLM or via the Internet. 

	In addition to chapters on the activities of individual 
Library components (October 1, 1992 through September 30, 1993), the 
report contains for the first time the "Board of Regents Biennial 
Report to Congress."  It also includes 13 tables with workload and 
other statistics, and eight appendices (including rosters of NLM 
boards and committees, lists of staff and grant-supported 
publications, and a list of acronyms, abbreviations, and 
initialisms).

	To request a copy of the report--NLM Programs and 
Services, FY 1993--send a self-addressed label (no postage 
necessary) to Public Information Office, Attn: AR93, National 
Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD 20894 or send an e-mail request to 
publicinfo@occshost.nlm.nih.gov.  The report is available via the 
NLM Gopher (gopher to gopher.nlm.nih.gov) by selecting "NLM Fact 
Sheets, Newsletters, Reports, Agreements and Forms," then "NLM 
Reports."  The document is also available in WordPerfect 5.1 format 
via anonymous ftp to nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov in the 
/nlminfo/newsletters/reports directory as annfy93.wp.  

[Caption for Photo D]

Frances Humphrey Howard, special assistant to NLM's associate 
director for Extramural Programs, watches as President Clinton signs 
into law a bill naming Woodrow Wilson Plaza on Pennsylvania Avenue.  
Mrs. Howard was recently named to the Wilson Council, the private 
sector advisory group of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for 
Scholars.  TheCouncil is made up of leaders from business, the professions, and 
public service who advise the Center's Board and staff on programs 
of interest to the private sector.  In the photo from left are 
Senator Mark O. Hatfield of Oregon; Joseph H. Flom, chairman, 
Woodrow Wilson Center Board of Trustees; William T. Coleman, Jr., 
member, Wilson Council; William J. Baroody, Jr., former chairman, Woodrow Wilson Center 
Board of Trustees; Max M. Kampelman, former chairman, Woodrow Wilson 
Board of Trustees; Memphis A. Norman, staff specialist, OMB; Mrs. 
Howard; Charles Blitzer, director, Woodrow Wilson Center; Senator 
Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York, former vice chairman, Woodrow 
Wilson Center Board of Trustees; Craig Dumas, architect, Federal 
Triangle Building, Pei, Cobb, Freed & Partners; and Alex Washburn, 
legislative assistant to Senator Moynihan.  The Woodrow Wilson 
Center was established by Congress in 1968 to commemorate Woodrow 
Wilson's lifelong commitment to uniting scholarship with public 
affairs.

--White House Photo

NLM Hours

After Labor Day, the hours of the National Library of Medicine's 
Main Reading Room change.  This year the Library will remain open 
only on Thursday evenings. 

The Regular Hours (Labor Day - Memorial Day) will be as follows:
Main Reading Room
Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri.: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Thurs.: 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Saturday: 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

History of Medicine Reading Room

Mon. through Fri.: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Both reading rooms are 
closed on Sunday.


Gala Celebration Honors Thelma Charen

	Indexer extraordinare, Thelma Golden Charen, was surprised 
on October 6th with a ceremony honoring her many achievements during 
50 years of Federal service, virtually all of which has been at the 
National Library of Medicine.  The Lister Hill Center auditorium was 
packed to overflowing with colleagues and friends--many of them 
former students of "the world's greatest indexer."

	The program began with an introduction and a visual 
history by NLM Public Information Officer, Robert B. Mehnert.  
Former head of the Indexing Section, Lloyd Wommack, then spoke of 
Thelma's extraordinary talents and dedication; Ann J. Van Camp of 
Van Camp Information Associatesp detailed Thelma's amazing technical 
expertise as it translated into an easy and friendly environment for 
searchers of biomedical information; and T. Scott Plutchak, director 
of the Medical Center Library at St. Louis University, entertained 
the audience with humorous anecdotes illustrating both Thelma's 
firmness as she taught her rules of indexing (a cut-out of a roaring 
tiger greeted him on one occasion after Thelma reviewed his indexing 
efforts!) and her ability to bend those rules in the service of 
accessibility when the occasion demanded it.  Lois Ann Colaianni, 
associate director for Library Operations, offered a summation that 
reflected her own memories of Thelma's colorful and inspiring 
personality.  

	Finally, NLM Director Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D., read a 
letter to Thelma from President Clinton, which said in part, 
"America's strength as a nation has always depended on citizens who 
have been willing to commit themselves to attaining a worthy goal.  
Your steadfast devotion serves as an example of caring and 
leadership to which we can all aspire."   Dr. Lindberg also quoted 
from a resolution by NLM's Board of Regents (presented to her at the 
Board's recent dinner meeting) that--in addition to detailing her 
creativity, scholarship, enthusiasm, wit, and dedication to service-
-wished her "continued success as she embarks on her second fifty 
years."
	The ceremony concluded with a large reception in the lobby 
of the Lister Hill Center.  Exhibit cases in the lobby contained 
examples from Thelma's many designer eye-glasses as well as 
congratulatory letters from Congresswoman Connie Morella and former 
NLM Director Martin M. Cummings, M.D. ("I have never ceased to 
admire and applaud your outstanding contribution in making the 
world's biomedical literature readily accessible and easily 
retrievable.  Your work places you along side of Billings and 
Fletcher.")

[Caption for Photo A]

By all accounts, Thelma Charen thoroughly enjoyed her surprise 
celebration.  She termed the event "the most wonderful thing that 
ever happened!"

[Sidebar]

	The program for the ceremony included the following 
narrative describing Mrs. Charen's long career--one which shows no 
signs of fading.  

	In 1944, a young native of Pittsburgh moved to Washington 
to be with her husband, Sol, who was serving in the Army.  She came 
to work in the Army Medical Library and, as a Greek and Latin major 
in college, brought a knowledge and love of languages to the 
Library.  She was assigned the job of pre-cataloging in the 
Acquisitions Department of the Library, which was located at 7th and 
Independence Avenue on the Mall.

	Under first Colonel Joseph McNinch, then Colonel Frank B. 
Rogers, Dr. Martin Cummings, and now Dr. Donald Lindberg, Thelma has 
participated in an evolution in medical information systems.  During 
her tenure, the Library has moved from sorting information using 
shingled slips of paper and issuing printed book catalogs to instant 
online indexing and retrieval.  From a modest building on the Mall, 
the Library expanded to buildings at NIH and is now the hub of the 
largest medical library network in the world.

	Thelma Charen helped formulate the principles under which 
the Library provides subject access to the world's biomedical 
literature.  Over the decades she has trained hundreds of librarians 
and indexers in the use of MeSH and the principles of subject 
control and access.  She continues to be an integral part of the 
Library's work today.
NLM Welcomes New Associates

	In September, four recent U.S. library school graduates 
joined the staff as NLM Associates.  They have begun a one-year 
postgraduate traineeship which orients them to the major programs 
and services of NLM and provides opportunities for independent 
projects.

	Julia Kochi received a BA in English from the University 
of Houston in 1989 and an MILS from the University of Michigan in 
1990.  During her time at UM, she worked as a reference assistant at 
the Alfred Taubman Medical Library and as a microcomputing lab 
assistant in the computer lab of the School of Information and 
Library Studies.  From February 1991 to August 1994, Julia was the 
Educational Services Coordinator at the University of Virginia's 
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library.  In addition to coordinating, 
developing, and implementing the in-house library classes, she was 
heavily involved in outreach activities, including participation in 
an NLM-sponsored Grateful Med Outreach Project.  Her professional 
interests focus on computer networks and networking, educational 
technologies, outreach, and reference services.

	Alicia Abramson graduated with her MLIS from UC Berkeley 
in December of 1993, with concentration on computer applications in 
library and information science and health science librarianship.  
Before coming to Washington D.C., Alicia worked for six months as a 
reference librarian at the UC Davis Carlson Health Sciences Library 
and for a year as a student intern at the UC Berkeley BioSciences 
Library.  Prior to her interest in library and information studies, 
Alicia earned a B.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies at U.C. Berkeley.  
Before making the leap into librarianship, Alicia worked in a 
collective bakery, a computer software company, as an organizer for 
the American Federation of Teachers, and in the student computer 
labs at UC Berkeley.  Alicia hopes to work as a systems librarian in 
a health science/life science setting and to bake ginger snaps on 
the side.

	Colette Hochstein comes to NLM from the University of 
Pittsburgh, where she received her MLS this past August.  Originally 
from Connecticut, she earned her BA in English from Wesleyan 
University (Middletown, CT), and her DMD from the University of 
Connecticut (Farmington).  She also completed a dental residency at 
Albert Einstein Medical Center (Philadelphia).  While at 
Pittsburgh's School of Library and Information Science, she worked 
with Carlow College's technical services staff as well as with the 
reference staff at Falk Medical Library.  She also maintained a 
private dental practice.  Colette's professional interests include 
outreach, medical history, and user training.

	Allison Lim received two degrees from the University of 
California, Berkeley--a BS in nutritional sciences with an emphasis 
in biochemistry (1988) and an MLIS (1992).  During her undergraduate 
years and after she graduated from college, Allison conducted 
biological research at academic research laboratories both at UC 
Berkeley and at Columbia University.  During her masters studies, 
Allison worked at Cetus/Chiron Corporation, a biotechnology company 
in Emeryville, CA.  She also worked in the Library Systems 
Department and the Kresge Engineering Library at UC Berkeley.  From 
1992 to 1994, Allison worked at UC San Francisco where she consulted 
on topics of information technology such as the Internet, 
telecommunications, and the Red Sage Electronic Journals project.  

She also was active in the education and reference departments.  
Most recently, Allison participated in an internship program at 
Pandora Systems, a networking services development and consulting 
company in San Francisco.  She worked on an application relating 
tothe company's gopher and World-Wide Web servers.  Her interests 
include medical informatics as well as developing and evaluating 
applications and computer information systems for the biological 
sciences.

[Caption for Photo H]

The 1994/95 NLM Associates (from left): Julia Kochi, Alicia 
Abramson, Colette Hochstein, and Allison Lim.

* * *

1995/96 Associate Program

	Applications are available for the 1995/96 Associate 
Program (September 1995 to August 1996).  Library school students 
and practicing librarians are invited to apply.  The filing deadline 
is March 3, 1995.  The program is open to U.S. citizens receiving a 
masters degree in library/information science by August 1995.

Please contact:

	Martha Fishel, Acting Coordinator
	NLM Associate Program
	National Library of Medicine
	8600 Rockville Pike
	Bethesda, MD 20894
	(301) 496-5501
	FAX: (301) 480-1957

Monograph & Serial G aps

	NLM regularly seeks the help of the medical library 
community in filling gaps in its monograph and serial collections.  
If you can provide any of these items we would be most grateful.  
Monographs

	If you are able to provide a copy of any of the monographs 
listed below, please send to:
		National Library of Medicine
		TSD - MONOGRAPHS Attn: L. Turnage
		Bethesda, MD 20894

	Assessing the nutritional status of the elderly : state of 
the art : report of the Third Ross Roundtable on Medical Issues.  
Columbus, Ohio: Ross Laboratories; c1982.

	Bonica, John J., editor.  Regional anesthesia : recent 
advances and current status.  Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Co.; 1971.
Bozarth, Michael A., editor.  Methods of assessing the reinforcing 
properties of abused drugs.  New York: Springer-Verlag; c1987. 
Global empowerment : professional and environmental : papers 
presented at the World Conference of Operating Room Nurses, VII, 
September 2-6, 1991, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  Denver, 
Colo.: Association of Operating Room Nurses; c1991. Hegner, Barbara 
R.  Pathophysiology.  Long Beach, Calif.: Academy Print and Pub. 
Co.; 1986.

Levinson, Abraham.  The mentally retarded child.  Rev. and enl. ed. 
prepared and rev. under the auspices of the Dr. Julian D. Levinson 
Research Foundation for Mentally Retarded Children.  Westport, 
Conn.: Greenwood Press; 1978, c1965. Mairesse, Michelle.  Health 
secrets of medicinal herbs.  New York : Arco Pub.; c1981.
Rotberg, Robert I.; Rabb, Theodore K., editors.  Hunger and history 
: the impact of changing food production and consumption patterns on 
society. New York: Cambridge University Press; 1985, c1983. 
Stolz, E., editor.  Management of infected wounds : proceedings of a 
European symposium held in The Hague, 9th September, 1978. 
Amsterdam: Excerpta Medica; New York : Elsevier/North Holland; 1979.

Serials Gaps

	Please address serial issues to:
National Library of Medicine TSD-GAPS Attn: C. Fields Bethesda, MD 
20894
American Journal of Clinical Pathology 97:4 Supplement 1, 1992 
British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 36: 3, 1993 Ceskoslovenska 
Patholgie 29:3, 1993
Clinical Otolaryngology 18:4-6, 1993
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. A: Comparative Physiology 
106:3, 1993 Current Medical Research and Opinion 13: 4, 1993
European Journal of Anaesthesiology 10:5-6, 1993 Genetika 28:2-3, 
1992
Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology 31: 4-6, 1993 Journal of 
Oral Rehabilitation 20:5-6, 1993 Morfologiia 102:1-4, 1992; 104:3-4, 
1993
Ontogenez 23:1-2, 1992
Parasite Immunology 15:9-12, 1993
Problemy Tuberkuleza 2-3, 1993
Rossiiskii Meditsinskii Zhurnal All 1993 issues
Vestnik Khirurgii Imeni I. I. Grekova 147:1-6, 1991; 147:9-12, 1991; 
148: 7-12, 1992; 149:1-6, 1992; 150:1-2, 1993 Vestnik Rentgenologii 
I Radiologii 4, 1992
Voprosy Onkologii 36:7-9, 1990
Voprosy Pitaniia 4-6, 1991
Zhurnal Evoliutsinonnoi Biokhimii I Fiziologii 29:4, 1993; Any 1994 
issues available Zhurnal Voprosy Neirokhirurgii Imeni N. N. Burdenko 
1-2, 1993

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	Begley S, Rogers A. It's all in the genes. Newsweek 1994 
Sep 5:64.
	Bronson RJ. Creative ways to locate MeSH subheading 
information. Med Ref Serv Q 1994 Spring;13(1):73-80.
	Glowniak JV, Bushway MK. Computer networks as a medical 
resource: accessing and using the internet. JAMA 1994 Jun 
22/29;271(24):1934-9.
Guterl F. The doctor will see you now--just not in person. Bus Week 
1994 Oct 3:117. Le DX, Thoma GR, Wechsler H. Document classification 
using connectionist models. Proc 1994 IEEE Internat Conf Neural 
Networks 1994;5:3009-14.
	Le DX, Thoma GR. Automated portrait/landscape mode 
detection on a binary image. Proc SPIE Visual Info Process 
1993;1961:202-12.
	Le DX, Thoma GR. Document skew angle detection algorithm. 
Proc SPIE Visual Info Process 1993;1961:251-62.
	McKibbon KA, Walker-Dilks CJ. Beyond ACP Journal Club: how 
to harness MEDLINE for diagnostic problems [editorial]. ACP J Club 
1994 Sep-Oct:A-10-12. (Ann Intern Med vol 120, suppl 5)
	Mehnert R. Computer access to clinical practice guidelines 
[letter]. Can Med Assoc J 1994 Aug 1;151(3):273.
	Nunnally RH. Computer disc revolution. J Ark Med Soc 1994 
May;90(12):593-4.
	Sneiderman C, Schosser R, Pearson TG. A comparison of JPEG 
and FIF compression of color medical images for dermatology. Comput 
Med Imag Graph 1994;18(5):339-42.
	Winslow R. More doctors are adding on-line tools to their 
kits. Wall St J 1994 Oct 7:B1.
	_ Tapping into the world's research in two minutes. 
Parameters for Health 1994 Apr-Jun:6.Database [HSTAR] joins Nat'l 
Library of Medicine. Link-up 1994 May/Jun;11(3):12. _ Free AIDS 
database [news]. Lancet 1994 Feb 5;343(8893):351.MisHIN project 
grant approved. J Miss State Med Assn 1994 May:132-3.

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