NLM User Services and Collection Division (USCD)

• Collect by selecting, acquiring, and preserving one of the world’s largest and most trusted physical and digital collections of health and biomedical information – in both physical and digital form;
• Curate by cataloging, indexing, processing, and creating metadata to make biomedical information FAIR, or Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable, through our rich portfolio of resources; and
• Connect by linking our diverse global audience to NLM’s collections, products, and services for users of all backgrounds to learn, research, and discover information about health and biomedical matters.

NLM’s LO envisions a future in which data and information will continue to transform and accelerate biomedical discovery and improve health and health care globally.

Goals of our 2036 Long Range Plan are to:

1. Create a modernized organizational structure
2. Unify and transform NLM collections
3. Support and promote the use of health data standards & terminologies
4. Provide customer design experience support
5. Know and equitably engage our users

     Read the 2036 Long Range Plan Summary