News, Events, and Updates

NLM Reading Room to Reopen by Appointment on October 3, 2022

NLM will resume Reading Room operations on October 3, 2022. Due to renovations taking place in the NLM building, as well as ongoing COVID-19 considerations, NLM Reading Room services will have several changes from the services provided prior to the pandemic.

NLM Collaborates with Publishers to Make Monkeypox-related Literature Immediately Accessible

As part of ongoing efforts to leverage information resources to accelerate discovery around monkeypox, NLM is working with publishers to make monkeypox-related publications freely and immediately accessible to the public.

Expediting Access to Results of Federally Funded Research

NLM stands ready to support NIH’s implementation of updated policy guidance issued by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy through NLM’s PubMed Central and other relevant data repositories.

NLM to Host Data, Health, and the Digital Humanities: Shared Horizons II

A series of all-virtual programs and a scholarly book supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through a grant awarded to Virginia Tech, all collaborative outcomes of the NLM/NEH partnership to collaborate on research, education, and career initiatives.

NLM Leverages Its Information Resources to Improve Access to Monkeypox-related Literature and Research

NLM is working to accelerate the global monkeypox response through initiatives that expand access to scientific literature, sequence data, clinical trial information, and consumer health information.

Amanda J. Wilson appointed as NLM Deputy Associate Director for Library Operations

Effective July 31, 2022, Amanda J. Wilson, MSLS, has been appointed NLM Deputy Associate Director for Library Operations.

NLM Announces 2022 Lindberg-King Lecture & Scientific Symposium

On Thursday, September 1, 2022, NLM will host a day long virtual scientific symposium, "Science, Society, and the Legacy of Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D."

Lindberg-King Lecture and Scientific Symposium: Science, Society, and the Legacy of Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D.

On Thursday, September 1, 2022, NLM will host a day long virtual scientific symposium, "Science, Society, and the Legacy of Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D."

NLM welcomes 2022-2023 Associate Fellows

Starting July, NLM Associate Fellows will begin a robust educational and leadership program offering myriad activities including formal lectures, presentations, projects in operations, research and development, policy, and data analysis. The 2022-2023 fellowship year will be conducted remotely.

Explore Complete Sequence of a Human Genome Through NLM’s Open Access Resources and Tools

Scientists, researchers, and others interested in exploring the first complete sequence of a human genome, known as T2T-CHM13, can now access and analyze this assembly through NLM's open access data, tools, and resources.

National Library of Medicine Awards Nearly $58 Million to Advance a Data-Driven Research Workforce

Over the next five years, the NLM will award nearly $58 million to support biomedical informatics and data science programs at 18 institutions. NLM will distribute this funding on an annual basis, granting a total of $11.5 million each year.

NLM Welcomes Applications to its Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine for 2023

Applications are open for the Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine, which provides selected individuals with up to $10,000 each to support research in the NLM historical collections.

NLM Introduces New Tool in Support of Ongoing Pandemic Response

The National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) launched this week the SARS-CoV-2 Variants Overview interactive web resource to support the identification of emerging variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This free, open access tool provides the public health community with valuable information needed to guide COVID-19 pandemic research and response efforts.

NLM Collaboration Improves Standards for Reporting Clinical Genomics Variants

The National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) have released a set of standard transcripts for 99% of human protein coding genes and 99.8% of genes of clinical relevance. This set, part of the Matched Annotation from NCBI and EMBL-EBI (MANE) collection, harmonizes transcript and protein sets produced by this joint genome annotation effort.

NLM Continues to Take Action to Support COVID-19 Sequence Data Information Needs

During the COVID-19 pandemic, NLM responded swiftly to growing demand for relevant data and information, leveraging its data infrastructure for scientific and public health purposes, and forging new partnerships to provide the data and information needed to guide research and response efforts.

Data Curation Network Seminar Series: Introduction to Data Curation & Services for Researchers

The NIH Office of Data Science Strategy, in partnership NLM, is organizing an event series led by the Data Curation Network.

NLM Announces a Research Education Program (R25) Funding Opportunity to Support Short-Term Research Experiences in Bioinformatics and Data Science and Enhance Diversity

NLM is pleased to announce RFA-LM-22-001, “Short-Term Research Education Experiences to Attract Talented Students to Biomedical Informatics/Data Science Careers and Enhance Diversity (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed).”

PubMed Central Website has a Fresh Look

NLM is pleased to announce an update to the user interface of its PubMed Central (PMC) digital archive—a free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal articles. This is the first step in an ongoing modernization effort.

NLM Science, Technology, and Society Lecture | Taking on Big Tech: New Paradigms for New Possibilities

This lecture, part of the NLM Science, Technology, and Society Lecture Series, will look at emerging work that explores the impact of commercial technologies on the public.

NLM Classification Updated

NLM Announces 2022 Michael E. DeBakey Fellows in the History of Medicine

Following its call for applications to the NLM Michael E. DeBakey Fellowship in the History of Medicine, NLM is pleased to announce its 2022 DeBakey Fellows.

NLM Announces 2022 History Talks

NLM announces its 2022 History Talks.