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NLM Lindberg-King Lecture & Scientific Symposium on September 1, 2022. This all-day event – Science, Society and the Legacy of Donald A.B. Lindberg, MD will be in honor of Dr. Lindberg who passed away in August 2019. Details to be announced.

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Research at NLM

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Research at the Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications (LHNCBC)

The Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications (LHNCBC) develops advanced health information resources and software tools.

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Computational Biology at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

Research in the NCBI Computational Biology Branch focuses on a broad range of topics in molecular biomedicine.

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Biomedical and Clinical Informatics at NLM

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Health IT and Health Data Standards

Efficient healthcare information exchange in the US and worldwide is made possible by NLM’s work with IT Data Standards.

Learn about NLM’s contributions to Health IT

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UMLS Terminology Services

This set of tooling services brings together many health and biomedical vocabularies and standards to enable interoperability between computer systems.

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Biomedical Informatics Training Program

This training program provides biomedical and clinical informatics training and research opportunities for individuals at various stages in their career.

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About NLM

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History

The Library started as a shelf of books in the Surgeon General’s office in 1836 but has grown to a collection of millions of print and electronic resources.

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Organization

The diverse centers, divisions, advisory bodies and other organizational units that make up NLM contribute in myriad ways to the Library’s mission.

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Strategic Plan

This ten year plan outlines NLM's role in a future where data and information transform and accelerate biomedical discovery and improve health and health care

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