Further information about the programs described in this administrative report is available from the: Office of Communications and Public Liaison National Library of Medicine 8600 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD 20894 301-496-6308 E-mail: [email protected] Web: www.nlm.nih.gov Cover: “Transporting the Wounded.” A steel engraving (16 x 21 cm) in the NLM collection. By C.E. Wagstaff and J. Andrews after a drawing by Samuel Eastman ca. 185? Two Indians are transporting a sick or wounded comrade on a stretcher. NLM has an active program of support and outreach for American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians (see pages 3–4). 88 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH National Library of Medicine Programs and Services Fiscal Year 2005 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service Bethesda, Maryland i National Library of Medicine Catalog in Publication Z National Library of Medicine (U.S.) 675.M4 National Library of Medicine programs and services.— U56an 1977- .—Bethesda, Md. : The Library, [1978- v.: ill., ports. Report covers fiscal year. Continues: National Library of Medicine (U.S.). Programs and Services. Vols. For 1977-78 issued as DHEW publication; no. (NIH) 78-256, etc.; for 1979-80 as NIH publication; no. 80-256, etc. Vols. For 1981-available from the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Va. ISSN 0163-4569 = National Library of Medicine programs and services. 1. Information Services – United States – periodicals 2. Libraries, Medical – United States – periodicals I. Title II. Series: DHEW publication ; no. 80-256, etc. DISCRIMINATION PROHIBITED: Under provisions of applicable public laws enacted by Congress since 1964, no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, national origin, sex, or handicap, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. In addition, Executive Order 11141 prohibits discrimination on the basis of age by contractors and subcontractors in the performance of Federal contracts. Therefore, the National Library of Medicine must be operated in compliance with these laws and executive order. ii CONTENTS Preface ..................................................................................................................................................... v Office of Health Information Programs Development................................................................................ 1 Planning and Analysis................................................................................................................. 1 Outreach and Consumer Health...................................................................................................1 International Programs................................................................................................................ 5 Library Operations.................................................................................................................................... 8 Program Planning and Management ............................................................................................ 8 Collection Development and Management................................................................................... 9 Vocabulary Development and Standards.................................................................................... 11 Bibliographic Control ............................................................................................................... 13 Information Products................................................................................................................. 14 Direct User Services ................................................................................................................. 16 Outreach................................................................................................................................... 18 Specialized Information Services ........................................................................................................... 27 Toxicology and Environmental Health Resources...................................................................... 27 AIDS Information Services ....................................................................................................... 28 Evaluation Activities................................................................................................................. 29 Outreach Initiatives................................................................................................................... 29 Research and Development Initiatives ....................................................................................... 30 Lister Hill Center ................................................................................................................................... 31 Image Processing...................................................................................................................... 31 Information Systems ................................................................................................................. 34 Infrastructure Research ............................................................................................................. 38 Language and Knowledge Processing........................................................................................ 39 Multimedia Visualization.......................................................................................................... 42 Training Opportunities.............................................................................................................. 43 National Center for Biotechnology Information ...................................................................................... 44 GenBank: The NIH Sequence Database..................................................................................... 44 Genome Resources ................................................................................................................... 45 Other Specialized Databases and Tools...................................................................................... 48 Literature Databases.................................................................................................................. 50 The BLAST Suite of Sequence Comparison Programs .............................................................. 51 Database Access ....................................................................................................................... 51 Research................................................................................................................................... 53 Outreach and Education ............................................................................................................ 53 Biotechnology Information in the Future ................................................................................... 55 Extramural Programs ............................................................................................................................. 56 Success Rates ........................................................................................................................... 56 Research Support for Biomedical Informatics and Bioinformatics.............................................. 56 Resource Grants........................................................................................................................ 57 Training and Fellowships .......................................................................................................... 58 Pan-NIH Projects ...................................................................................................................... 59 EP Operating Units ................................................................................................................... 61 Office of Computer and Communications Systems ................................................................................. 64 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery............................................................................... 64 Consumer Health ...................................................................................................................... 64 iii IT Security................................................................................................................................ 65 Professional Health Information................................................................................................ 66 Network and Systems Support................................................................................................... 67 Desktop Support ....................................................................................................................... 68 Research and Development Initiatives ....................................................................................... 68 NLM Web Support ................................................................................................................... 68 Customer Services .................................................................................................................... 69 Process Improvement Initiative ................................................................................................. 69 Data Center Operations and Administrative Support.................................................................