Panel 1: NLM Resources and Infrastructure for the 21st Century
Agendas

Letter from Dr. Lindberg (Word document) | 1st Meeting (Oct. 31-Nov. 1) | Between Meetings | 2nd Meeting (Feb. 21-22)


Panel 1.  NLM Resources and Infrastructure for the 21st Century

Agenda

October 31-November 1, 2005

National Library of Medicine, Board of Regents Room

Monday, October 31

8:00

Continental Breakfast

 Board Room

9:00

Opening Business

Description of scope of panel’s charge

Panel work process—what the panel will accomplish, how it will be done, final output expectations, schedule.
Introductions around the table

9:30

Scholarly Communication (30 min total)

Scott Plutchak, Lead-off Speaker (5 min.)

Some examples of ideas to be included:

  • open access/public access
  • making alternative publication forms findable and accessible
  • synopses that go beyond abstracts
  • new publication forms, e.g. interactive publications
  • dense linking of publications

 

10:00

Preservation  (30 min total)

Linda Watson, Lead-off Speaker (5 min.)

Some examples of ideas to be included:

  • preserving digital copies of publications
  • digital repositories, PubMed Central
  • digitizing historical collections
  • sharing technology and software, i.e. digital archiving and indexing of video lectures and presentations
  • public policy issues, publishers and copyright considerations
  • archival models for newer publication types
  • standards

 

10:30 

Coffee Break  

 

10:45

Information resources and tools   (30 min total)

Henry Lowe and Roz Dudden, Lead-off Speakers (5 min. each)

Some examples of ideas to be included:

  • integrated repositories, databases, and terminologies
  • support for clinical and translational research
  • push technologies including applications for consumer health
  • supporting primary access and hospital libraries
  • data mining
  • collaboratories

 

11:15

Pipeline/K-12 (15 min total)

Ana Cleveland, Lead-off Speaker (5 min.)

Some examples of ideas to be included:

  • promoting career interests in health and science
  • targeting elementary and middle school students in support of healthy behaviors

 

11:30

Information Specialist Training (15 min total)

M.J. Tooey and Nunzia Giuse, Lead-off Speakers (5 min. each)

Some examples of ideas to be included:

  • training public access and hospital librarians in HIT
  • informationist centers
  • librarianship offsite
  • evidence based health care

 

11:45

Disaster Management (15 min total)

Marion Ball, Lead-off Speaker (5 min.)

Some examples of ideas to be included:

  • disaster recovery for libraries
  • national preparedness

 

12:00

Lunch

NLM Visitors Center

1:00-5:00

Panel Discussion
(mid-afternoon coffee break)

Discussion of additional recommended activities

Focus on consolidation of list

 

6:00

Reception and Dinner

La Ferme Restaurant, Chevy Chase, MD
(transportation provided from NLM to La Ferme, and from La Ferme to Embassy Suites)

 


Tuesday, November 1

8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

Board Room

9:00

Prioritization

 

 

 

 

  (mid-morning coffee break)

Prioritize recommended activities from previous day as follows: 

  1. Activities that are quite difficult, remarkable, formative if they happen
  2. Major extensions of existing activities, at NLM or elsewhere in the community
  3. Important activities that are  relatively easier to achieve (i.e. slam dunks)

 

11:30

Next Steps for the Panel

Where we go from here

Additional information needed before the next meeting

Any volunteers to help write up draft findings and recommendations?

12:00

Adjourn

 

 

Lunch

Optional for those who care to stay (carryout boxes for those heading to the airport)

 


Between Meetings

Between the first and second meetings, the designated panel resource person/scribe will work with NLM staff to consolidate the list of recommended activities and prepare a draft set of recommendations for the panel to review at meeting 2. The recommendations will be accompanied with an outline of a final panel report.

This will be distributed before meeting 2.



 

Panel 1.  NLM Resources and Infrastructure for the 21st Century

Agenda

February 21-22, 2006

National Library of Medicine, Board of Regents Room

Tuesday, February 21

8:00

Continental Breakfast

 Board Room

9:00

Opening Business
Panel Co-Chairs
Ted Shortliffe, Gail Yokote

Overview of the meeting agenda

what the panel will accomplish, how it will be done, final output expectations, schedule

9:05

Reflections on the Panel’s Draft Report
Don Lindberg

 

9:15

Working Group 1:  Improve the ability to generate useful knowledge by reshaping the systems for organizing and communicating biomedical information.

Scott Plutchak, Working Group Chair
  • Overview of key issues discussed -- Working Group Chair  (10 minutes)
  • Within the scope of each working group’s report, substantive discussion to evaluate the recommendations from the standpoint of:
  • Are they clear and complete?
  • Are they actionable?
  • Are they actionable by NLM?
  • What would be defined as success?
  • Identification of the panel’s highest priorities within the objective

10:00

Coffee Break  

 

10:15 

Working Group 2: Ensure Preservation of and permanent access to biomedical literature and generated scientific knowledge

Linda Watson, Working Group Chair

See above

11:00

Working Group 3: Improve the information resources and tools needed to translate scientific discovery into improvements in health

Alexa McCray, Working Group Chair

See above

11:45

Working Group 4: Enhancing education pathways, from K-16 to graduate school to continuing professional education.

Roz Dudden, Working Group Chair

See above

12:30

Working Group 5:  Enhance and extend NLM’s contributions to emergency and disaster response.

Jim Gray, Working Group Chair

See above

12:30

Lunch

NLM Visitors Center

1:30

Working Group 6: Expand NLM facilities to meet the Library’s 21st century mission and space requirements

Kent Smith, Working Group Chair

See above

2:15

Scenario 2016: Marshaling Medicine, Information, and Technology to Battle Disease

Nunzia Giuse, Working Group Chair
  • Overview of key points -- Working Group Chair  (10 minutes)
  • Substantive discussion to evaluate the scenario from the standpoint of clarity and completeness.

3:00

Coffee Break

 

3:15-5:00

Prioritization

 

Prioritize recommended activities from previous discussions as follows: 

  1. Activities that are quite difficult, remarkable, formative if they happen
  2. Major extensions of existing activities, at NLM or elsewhere in the community
  1. Important activities that are  relatively easier to achieve (i.e. slam dunks)

6:00

Reception and Dinner

La Ferme Restaurant, Chevy Chase, MD
(transportation provided from NLM to La Ferme, and from La Ferme to Embassy Suites)

Wednesday, February 22

8:30 a.m.

Continental Breakfast

Board Room

9:00

 Continuation of discussion from Previous Day
(mid-morning coffee break)

 

11:30

Next Steps for the Panel

Where we go from here

12:00

Adjourn

 

 

Lunch

Optional for those who care to stay (carryout boxes for those heading to the airport)

Last reviewed: 16 September 2008
Last updated: 16 September 2008
First published: 13 October 2005
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