NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FISCAL YEAR 1999 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE BETHESDA, MARYLAND National Library of Medicine Catalog in Publication ii CONTENTS PREFACE ..........................................................................................................................................................V OFFICE OF HEALTH INFORMATION PROGRAMS DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................ 1 NLM Long Range Plan..................................................................................................................... 1 International Programs...................................................................................................................... 1 Outreach Activities ........................................................................................................................... 3 LIBRARY OPERATIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 5 Planning and Management................................................................................................................ 5 Collection Development and Management ....................................................................................... 6 Bibliographic Control ....................................................................................................................... 8 Information Products ...................................................................................................................... 11 Direct User Services ....................................................................................................................... 13 Outreach.......................................................................................................................................... 14 Health Informatics Activities .......................................................................................................... 17 SPECIALIZED INFORMATION SERVICES ........................................................................................................... 22 Resource Building........................................................................................................................... 22 Resource Access ............................................................................................................................. 23 AIDS Information Services............................................................................................................. 24 Outreach/User Support ................................................................................................................... 25 LISTER HILL CENTER ..................................................................................................................................... 26 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 26 Knowledge Processing.................................................................................................................... 27 Information Systems ....................................................................................................................... 29 Image Processing ............................................................................................................................ 34 Medical Informatics Training ......................................................................................................... 38 Resource Support and Development............................................................................................... 38 Engineering Laboratories................................................................................................................ 40 External Research Support.............................................................................................................. 40 NATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY INFORMATION ............................................................................. 43 GenBank: The NIH Sequence Database ......................................................................................... 43 The Human Genome....................................................................................................................... 44 PubMed........................................................................................................................................... 46 Other Specialized Databases and Tools.......................................................................................... 47 Database Access ............................................................................................................................. 48 Basic Research................................................................................................................................ 49 User Support and Outreach............................................................................................................. 50 EXTRAMURAL PROGRAMS ............................................................................................................................. 52 Resource Grants.............................................................................................................................. 52 Training and Fellowships................................................................................................................ 52 Other Grants.................................................................................................................................... 54 Other Extramural Programs Activities............................................................................................54 Grants Management Highlights ...................................................................................................... 55 iii OFFICE OF COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS .............................................................................. 58 Year 2000 Concerns ....................................................................................................................... 58 Development Branch ...................................................................................................................... 59 Systems Technology Branch........................................................................................................... 64 ADMINISTRATION........................................................................................................................................... 69 National Performance Review ........................................................................................................ 69 Financial Resources ........................................................................................................................ 69 Personnel ........................................................................................................................................ 70 NLM Diversity Council .................................................................................................................. 75 INDEX ............................................................................................................................................................ 91 NLM ORGANIZATION CHART ................................................................................................ inside back cover APPENDIXES 1. Regional Medical Libraries.................................................................................................................... 76 2. Board of Regents ................................................................................................................................... 77 3. Board of Scientific Counselors/LHC ..................................................................................................... 78 4. Board of Scientific Counselors/NCBI.................................................................................................... 79 5. Biomedical Library Review Committee................................................................................................. 80 6. Literature Selection Technical Review Committee................................................................................ 82 7. Extramural Programs Grants.................................................................................................................. 83 TABLES Table 1. Growth of Collections ............................................................................................................ 19 Table 2. Acquisition Statistics.............................................................................................................. 19 Table 3. Cataloging Statistics............................................................................................................... 20 Table 4. Bibliographic Services ........................................................................................................... 20 Table 5. Circulation Statistics .............................................................................................................. 20 Table 6. Online Searches—All Databases............................................................................................ 21 Table 7. Reference and Customer Service...........................................................................................