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| Long Range Plan 2000-2005 | |
NLM's fundamental priority is to sustain the collections of the Library and to provide high quality library and information services. All this, of course, modulo our changing times.
For NLM, the actual core of the information we acquire, organize, preserve, and disseminate has been changed radically by scientific progress and discovery, e.g., the molecular genetics discoveries. The means by which we give access to our holdings has changed from bound volumes to telecommunication networks. And lastly, the users we serve have changed to include patients, families, and the public in addition to our historic use by health professionals, scientists, and the librarians and other information professionals who serve them. Consequently, we are especially grateful for the advice embodied in this Plan.
In addition to our traditional roles, the Plan emphasizes seven important areas for new emphasis:
- Health information for the public
- Molecular biology information systems
- Training for computational biology
- Definition of the research publication of the future
- Permanent access to electronic information
- Fundamental informatics research
- Global health partnerships
Rather than being a fixed sequence of steps by which all of NLM’s goals and objectives are to be accomplished, this document is a map for the future and a set of opportunities that await NLM action and program development. Operational plans will be developed by NLM and its Board of Regents within resource limitations.
This Plan is based on the work of many advisors, colleagues, friends, Board members, and NLM staff. On behalf of the National Library of Medicine, I wish to thank all those who so graciously contributed their time, effort, and thoughts to this careful and penetrating statement.
Donald
A.B. Lindberg, M.D.
Director, National Library of Medicine
Last updated: 18 March 2001
First published: 18 March 2001
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