NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH National Library of Medicine Programs and Services Fiscal Year 2004 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 Outreach and Consumer Health.........................................................................................................1 International Programs ......................................................................................................................3 Planning and Analysis .......................................................................................................................6 Library Operations ...........................................................................................................................................7 Program Planning and Management .................................................................................................7 Collection Development and Management .......................................................................................8 Vocabulary Development and Standards ........................................................................................ 10 Bibliographic Control ...................................................................................................................... 11 Information Products ....................................................................................................................... 13 Direct User Services ........................................................................................................................ 16 Outreach .......................................................................................................................................... 17 Specialized Information Services ................................................................................................................. 25 Resource Building ........................................................................................................................... 25 AIDS Information Services ............................................................................................................. 28 Outreach/User Support .................................................................................................................... 29 Research and Development Initiatives ............................................................................................ 29 Lister Hill Center .......................................................................................................................................... 31 Organization .................................................................................................................................... 31 Training Opportunities at the Lister Hill Center ............................................................................. 32 Language and Knowledge Processing ............................................................................................. 33 Image Processing ............................................................................................................................. 35 Information Systems ....................................................................................................................... 40 Research Infrastructure and Support ............................................................................................... 44 National Center for Biotechnology Information ........................................................................................... 47 GenBank®: The NIH Sequence Database ....................................................................................... 47 The Human Genome ....................................................................................................................... 48 Model Organisms for Research ....................................................................................................... 51 Literature Databases ........................................................................................................................ 51 The BLAST® Suite of Sequence Comparison Programs ............................................................... 52 Other Specialized Databases and Tools........................................................................................... 53 Database Access .............................................................................................................................. 55 Research .......................................................................................................................................... 56 Outreach and Education .................................................................................................................. 56 Biotechnology Information in the Future ........................................................................................ 58 Extramural Programs .................................................................................................................................... 59 Resource Grants .............................................................................................................................. 59 Training and Fellowships ................................................................................................................ 60 Research Support ............................................................................................................................. 61 Pan-NIH Projects ............................................................................................................................. 62 EP Operating Units—Highlights ..................................................................................................... 64 Office of Computer and Communications Systems ....................................................................................... 68 Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................ 68 Customer Services ........................................................................................................................... 69 Desktop Support .............................................................................................................................. 70 Network Support ............................................................................................................................. 70 Systems Support .............................................................................................................................. 71 iii IT Security ....................................................................................................................................... 71 Policies and Product Standards ....................................................................................................... 72 Quality Management and Configuration Control ............................................................................ 72 Computer Room Facilities ............................................................................................................... 72 Consumer Health ............................................................................................................................. 73 Professional Health Information...................................................................................................... 73 Research and Development Efforts ................................................................................................. 75 NLM® Web Support ....................................................................................................................... 75 Outreach .........................................................................................................................................