Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

MLA 2009, NLM Update, Sheldon Kotzin

 

Slide 1

NLM

 UPDATE: Library Operations

Sheldon Kotzin
Associate Director for Library Operations
kotzin@nlm.nih.gov
May 19, 2009

NLM UPDATE: Library Operations

Sheldon Kotzin
Associate Director for Library Operations
kotzin@nlm.nih.gov

May 19, 2009

Slide 2

Image:

 Black & White photo of Sheldon Kotzin in 1979 when he was promoted to RML Director at NLM.

Image: Black & White photo of Sheldon Kotzin in 1979 when he was promoted to RML Director at NLM.

Slide 3

Medical

 Librarians on NLM Advisory Committees

Board of Regents
Eileen Stanley
Ginny Tanji
Holly Buchanan, consultant

Board of Scientific Counselors, Lister Hill Center
Joan Ash

Medical Librarians on NLM Advisory Committees

Board of Regents

Board of Scientific Counselors, Lister Hill Center

Slide 4

Medical

 Librarians on NLM Advisory Committees

PMC National Advisory Committee
Cynthia Henderson

Literature Selection Technical Review Committee (LSTRC)
Cathy Norton
Linda Walton

Medical Librarians on NLM Advisory Committees

PMC National Advisory Committee

Literature Selection Technical Review Committee (LSTRC)

Slide 5

Medical

 Librarians on NLM Advisory Committees

Biomedical Library Review Committee
Judy Consales
Jim Shedlock
Michele Tenant
Deborah Ward

Medical Librarians on NLM Advisory Committees

Slide 6

Image:

 Screenshot of MedlinePlus Web page from October 22, 1998

October 22, 1998: 22 Health Topics
Health topics are primary
Search box on front

But…
Too much text
Too much jargon

Image: Screenshot of MedlinePlus Web page from October 22, 1998

October 22, 1998: 22 Health Topics

But…

Slide 7

2001

494

 topics
Tutorials
News
Email lists

Image: Screenshot of MedlinePlus Web page in 2001
Image: Screenshot of MedlinePlus interactive health tutorial in 2001

2001

Image: Screenshot of MedlinePlus Web page in 2001

Image: Screenshot of MedlinePlus interactive health tutorial in 2001

Slide 8

2002
En

 español!
Redesign
ASHP Drugs in Spanish & English
First Go Local

Image: Screenshot of MedlinePlus home page in 2002

2002

Image: Screenshot of MedlinePlus home page in 2002

Slide 9

Image:

 Screenshot of a MedlinePlus page in 2008

2008
Multiple languages
27 Go Local sites
Topic summaries
771 topics

2008

Image: Screenshot of a MedlinePlus page in 2008

Slide 10

Emergency

 Access Initiative

Collaborative partnership between NLM, NN/LM and participating publishers to provide free access to full-text articles from 300+ biomedical serial titles and select reference books to healthcare professionals and libraries affected by disasters in the United States

Emergency Access Initiative

Collaborative partnership between NLM, NN/LM and participating publishers to provide free access to full-text articles from 300+ biomedical serial titles and select reference books to healthcare professionals and libraries affected by disasters in the United States

Slide 11

Sample

 Journal Titles

Accident and emergency nursing
American journal of infection control
Burns
Cochrane database of systematic reviews 
Depression and anxiety
Emergency radiology
Environmental toxicology and pharmacology
International journal of cardiology
International journal of infectious diseases
Journal of anxiety disorders
Journal of emergency medicine
Journal of traumatic stress
New England journal of medicine
Pest management science

Sample Journal Titles

Slide 12

Sample

 Book Titles

Merck manual of diagnosis and therapy
Public health and prevention management
Trauma
Human virology
Emergency medicine procedures
Infectious diseases: the clinician’s guide to diagnosis, treatment and prevention
AHFS Drug Information

Sample Book Titles

Slide 13

Publisher

 Participants

BMJ
Elsevier
Mary Ann Liebert
Oxford University Press
Springer
University of Chicago Press
Wiley
Wolters Kluwer (Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins)
Various Societies

Publisher Participants

Slide 14

Emergency Access

Nancy Roderer, Johns Hopkins Welch Medical Library
Becky Lyon, NLM
Angela Ruffin, NLM
Ada Seltzer, University of Mississippi
Mary Moore, University of Miami
Jocelyn Rankin, CDC
Barbara Aronson, WHO
Janice Kelly, University of Maryland
Diane Scott-Lichter, The Endocrine Society

Emergency Access

Slide 15

MedlinePlus

 Go Local Coverage: 32 States/Regions & 45% of US Population

Image: MedllinePlus Go Local Coverage Map displays the status of each state or region, and the 8 RML regions are numbered and outlined.

Source: Go Local Statistics and Charts
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/internal/webadmin/webstats/golocal.html 

(Map is dated 3/9/2009)

MedlinePlus Go Local Coverage: 32 States/Regions & 45% of US Population

Image: MedllinePlus Go Local Coverage Map displays the status of each state or region, and the 8 RML regions are numbered and outlined.

(Map is dated 3/9/2009)

Source: Go Local Statistics and Charts
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/internal/webadmin/webstats/golocal.html

Slide 16

Inventory

 of NLM Serials Collection

Goal: Item Records for all post-1800 volumes

Completed: Titles indexed in MEDLINE and Index Catalogue

Not Done: Non-Indexed English and other non-English

Inventory of NLM Serials Collection

Slide 17

Image:

 Screenshot of the Welcome page of the NLM Journal Donation System

NLM Journal Donation Program

Image: Screenshot of the Welcome page of the NLM Journal Donation System

Slide 18

Image:

 Screenshot of search results in the NLM Journal Donation System

Image: Screenshot of search results in the NLM Journal Donation System

Slide 19

History

 of Medicine Travelling Exhibitions

Opening Doors: Contemporary African American Surgeons
Changing the Face of Medicine
Against the Odds: Making a Difference in Global Health
Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature
Harry Potter’s World
Rewriting the Book of Nature

History of Medicine Travelling Exhibitions

Slide 20

HMD’s

 Images in the History of Medicine

70,000 images upgraded to new platform

Enables users to:
View, resize, and download images
No watermarks or slashes
New search capabilities

HMD’s Images in the History of Medicine

70,000 images upgraded to new platform

Enables users to:

Slide 21

Image:

 Screenshot of the Web page "Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)"

Image: Screenshot of the Web page "Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)"

Slide 22

Image:

 Screenshot of search results from the "Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)" Web page

Image: Screenshot of search results from the "Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)" Web page

Slide 23

Image:

 Screenshot of the former "detailed view" of a record from the "Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)" Web page

Image: Screenshot of the former "detailed view" of a record from the "Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)" Web page

Slide 24

Image:

 Screenshot of the newly designed "detailed view" of a record from the "Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)" Web page

Image: Screenshot of the newly designed "detailed view" of a record from the "Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)" Web page

Slide 25

Image:

 Screenshot of the newly designed "Zoom Feature" of a detailed record from the "Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)" Web page

Image: Screenshot of the newly designed "Zoom Feature" of a detailed record from the "Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)" Web page

Slide 26

Webinars

PubMed

 Search clinic
Searching Redesigned PubMed (Summer/Fall 2009)
RxNorm, MyMedicationList, & DailyMed
UMLS Documentation
Using UMLS Data in MS Access
Processing Vocabularies for Representation in the Metathesaurus (tentative)

Webinars

Slide 27

Molecular

 Biology Webinars

Possible Modules:
Sequence Databases
Genes & Genomes
Using BLAST
PubChem
Gene Expression

Molecular Biology Webinars

Possible Modules:

Slide 28

“How

 to” Approach

Find a curated version of a sequence record
Find expression data for a gene
Find genes associated with a disease
View the 3D structure of a protein
Find published information on a gene

“How to” Approach

Slide 29

Special

 Populations Web Pages

American Indian Health
Asian American Health
Arctic Health
Women’s Health Resources
Enviro-Health Kids Portal Prototype

Image: Brochure cover with a photo of a Native American girl holding an American flag above a second photo of waterfalls
Image: Book cover titled "Hands Around The World"

Special Populations Web Pages

Image: Brochure cover with a photo of a Native American girl holding an American flag above a second photo of waterfalls

Image: Book cover titled "Hands Around The World"

Slide 30

2008

 AIDS Community Outreach Awardees

Alliance Library System (East Peoria, IL)
California State University (Long Beach, CA)
Magnolia Coastland AHEC (Statesboro, GA)
Maricopa Integrated Health System (Phoenix, AZ)
Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (San Diego, CA)
Philadelphia FIGHT/AIDS Library (Philadelphia, PA)
University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM)
The Wall Las Memorias (Los Angeles, CA)
Queens Borough Public Library (Jamaica, NY)
AID Atlanta (Atlanta, GA)
Univ of Maryland Health Sci Library (Baltimore, MD)

2008 AIDS Community Outreach Awardees

Slide 31

Production

 Highlights for FY09

Add 710,000 New Citations to MEDLINE
Add 1947 Print Citations to MEDLINE
Add Rare Disease Terms to MeSH
Redesign MedlinePlus
New PubMed Screens
Digitize 100 Years of JNMA

Production Highlights for FY09

Slide 32

2008-2009

 AAHSL Leadership Fellows

Names of fellows and their mentors:
Laura Cousineau, Med U of South Carolina -- mentored by Gail Yakote, UC Davis 
Melissa Just, City of Hope Medical Ctr. -- mentored by Christina Pope , SUNY Upstate 
Rod MacNeil, Thomas Jefferson -- mentored by Scott Plutchak, U of Alabama 
Sandra Martin, Wayne State -- mentored by Gary Freiburger, U of Arizona 
Nancy Tannery, U of Pitttsburg -- mentored by Jim Shedlock, Northwestern

2008-2009 AAHSL Leadership Fellows

Names of fellows and their mentors:

Slide 33

2008/2009

  NLM Associate Fellowship Program

Image: photo of the four fellows in front of NLM (Amy Donahue, Patrick McLaughlin, Kathleen Amos and Paula Maez)

Amy Donahue, Patrick McLaughlin, Kathleen Amos and Paula Maez

2008/2009 NLM Associate Fellowship Program

Image: photo of the four fellows in front of NLM (Amy Donahue, Patrick McLaughlin, Kathleen Amos and Paula Maez)

Amy Donahue, Patrick McLaughlin, Kathleen Amos and Paula Maez

Slide 34

Second

 Year Associates

Image: Kate Flewelling
Image: Emily Vardell
Image: Brenda Linares
Image: Joanna Karpinski
Image: Melissa Resnick and her guide dog

Second Year Associates

Image: Kate Flewelling
Image: Emily Vardell
Image: Brenda Linares
Image: Joanna Karpinski
Image: Melissa Resnick and her guide dog

Slide 35

THANK
 YOU!

THANK YOU!

Last Reviewed: June 16, 2009