NLM News 1995 March-April; Vol. 50, No. 2

     The NLM News is published 6 times a year by the
National Library of Medicine (National Institutes of Health,
Department of Health and Human Services).  Beginning with
Vol. 49, No. 1, the NLM News is avaiable via the Internet.
To access, ftp to nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov and login as
anonymous.  Use your e-mail address as the password.

     In addition to electronic access, the printed NLM News
is mailed without charge to institutions and individuals
interested in health sciences communications.  For further
information, contact NLM's Office of Public Information
(8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894); e-mail address:
publicinfo@occshost.nlm.nih.gov.

NLM Director, Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D.
Chief, Office of Public Information, Robert B. Mehnert,
Editor, Roger L. Gilkeson; e-mail address: Gilkeson@nih.gov

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Contents:

o NLM at MLA

o Mel Spann Named Associate Director, Specialized
Information Services

o Exhibit on Medical Ephemera Opens May 22

o Staff Notes: Retirements--Bennett, Carney, Cosmides,
Hsieh, Schuyler, Vasta

o Dr. Thoma Receives 1995 Federal 100 Award

o Norman Smith Dies

o 1995 Discover Awards Honor "Visible Human"

o  Libraries Contribute to NLM Preservation Microfilming
Program

o Monograph and Serial G aps

o NLM in Print

o Erratum

o NLM Receives Gift from Northwestern University Medical
Library

o Publications Notes

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NLM at MLA

     The 1995 annual meeting of the Medical Library
Association will be held in Washington, D.C., this year, May
5-10, followed by the International Congress on Medical
Librarianship (ICML).  The ICML sessions begin Wednesday,
May 10, the last of MLA meetings, and continue through May
12.

NLM Exhibit Booth: Island F

Be sure to visit the NLM exhibit booth featuring
demonstrations of the NLM Internet-accessible Resources.  In
addition there will be special presentations on the Visible
Human Project, the UMLS Knowledge Source Server, HSTAT, and
Spaceline (a new database being developed in cooperation
with NASA).

     Listed below are a sampling of events which involve the
National Library of Medicine or in which NLM products and
services will be discussed.  Please see the final program
for additional items and further details.
Medical Library Association

Friday, May 5

CE Courses:

ù Understanding and Using Medical Terminology
ù Descriptive Cataloging: Applications, Problems, Solutions
ù MeSH and NLM Classification for Catalogers
ù Health Statistics Sources
ù Clinical Epidemiology for Librarians

Saturday, May 6

CE Courses (MLA):

ù Information Technology Leadership Skills (advanced course)
ù Biotechnology Information: NLM Databases
CE Course (ICML):
ù Information Resources in Toxicology and Environmental
Health [including NLM's ToxGopher on the Internet];
conducted at the National Library of Medicine.

Sunday, May 7

Joseph Leiter NLM/MLA Lecture

ù Daniel R. Masys, M.D., former LHC director and now
director of biomedical informatics, School of Medicine,
University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California,
speaks on "The Informatics of Health Care Reform."
Lunch and Learn:

ù NLM staff discuss plans for new MEDLARS databases and
features; DOCLINE activities; Internet access.

Second Annual Fixed-Fee User Group Meeting

Sunday, May 7; 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Jefferson East Room.
Presentations by current fixed-fee customers; designed for
those seeking MEDLINE access at a fixed cost, hospital
libraries looking for ways to sell their administrations on
the Internet, and others interested in hearing about the use
of fixed-fee programs in small hospitals, large medical
centers, and universities.

Monday, May 8

NLM Update, featuring reports by Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D.,
NLM director; Betsy L. Humphreys, assistant director for
health services research information; Alexa T. McCray,
Ph.D., newly appointed chief of the Cognitive Science Branch
(formerly Education Technology Branch); and Lois Ann
Colaianni, associate director, Library Operations.
Section/SIG Programming:

ù A Longitudinal Study of Hospital Libraries in the Pacific
Southwest Region of NN/LM

ù Health and Drug Information via the Information
Superhighway, including "Comparing International
Pharmaceutical Abstracts and MEDLINE," and "Accessing
GenBank Using Internet and E-Mail"
Friends of NLM Special Event:

ù Friends of NLM will enter the world of Alice Roosevelt
Longworth and other socialites of the 1920's in the Mansion
on "O" Street (tickets, $10 for members; $20 for
nonmembers).

Tuesday, May 9

Section/SIG Programming:

ù MEDCONNECT: How an NLM Grant Improved the Technical
Infrastructure of Information Transfer in Colorado
Informal Session of SERHOLD Coordinators
Wednesday, May 10


Section/SIG Programming:

ù Medical Informatics including: recent a
dvances, "Library

Without Walls," digital full-text journals, Metathesaurus
Browser

ù The Unified Medical Language System Project of the NLM.

ù Promotion of Health Information Access via Grateful Med
and Loansome Doc

Thursday, May 11

CE Courses (MLA):

ù Grateful Med Searching: Advanced Features/Troubleshooting

ù Structure of MeSH

ù Health Services Research Information

International Congress on Medical Librarianship

Wednesday, May 10

The ICML for 1995 is planned around four plenary sessions
that will explore the theme "Health Information for the
Global Village" and show how new technology makes health
information available throughout the world.

ù Keynote Address: Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D., director, NLM

ù Plenary Session I: Health Care Delivery in the Global
Village, "Telemedicine: the Medicine Wagon on the
Information Superhighway," Michael J. Ackerman, Ph.D.,
National Coordination Office, High Performance Computing and
Communications; Jan Van Bemmel, M.D., Department of Medical
Informatics, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, will talk on
automated medical records during the same session.
Section/SIG Programming:

ù Networking Rural America: Diversified Clients/Diversified
Needs (including: "Promotion of Health Information Access
via Grateful Med and Loansome Doc: Why Isn't It Working?")

Thursday, May 11

ù Plenary Session II: Health Information Resources: Astrid
Heiberg, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, University of Oslo,
and Gladys Faba Baumont, Ph.D., director, Centro Nacional de
Informacion y Documentacion en Salud, Mexico, on Resources
on Women's Health in the Developing and Developed World;
Goren Falkenberg, M.D., director, MIC, Karolinska
Institutet, Sweden, and Matthew Lewis, HIVNET, the
Netherlands, on HIV and AIDS Resources.

Tour of NLM:

At registration, sign up for "Tour T12," for an afternoon of
programs and tours at the National Library of Medicine.

Friday, May 12

Lunchtime Seminars (concurrent):

ù NLM: Improving Your Access to Health Information on the
Global Highway. [NLM staff discuss future plans; feedback
from the audience is encouraged.]

ù NASA: Spaceline, a New Space and Life Sciences Database.
[NLM & NASA have teamed up to produce a database with
references to health and productivity of humans in space,
applications of space life-sciences research, exobiology,
etc.]

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NLM's Spann Named Associate Director, Specialized
Information Services

     National Library of Medicine Director Donald A. B.
Lindberg, M.D., has named Melvin L. Spann, Ph.D., to direct
the Library's Specialized Information Services Division
(SIS).  Dr. Spann has been chief of SIS's Biomedical
Information Services Branch since 1978.

     Dr. Spann, a chemist, came to NLM in 1976 to manage
NLM's CHEMLINE file.  Prior to his NLM appointment, he had
spent ten years with the Food and Drug Administration, first
as a chemical information specialist and then as chief of
FDA's Scientific Information Systems Design Branch.    A
graduate of Howard University with a B.S. in chemistry, Dr.
Spann was appointed to head the Biomedical Information
Services Branch of SIS in 1978, where he has been
responsible for managing a variety of information products
and services concerning toxic substances and their effects
on health.  These include computer-based files (e.g.,
TOXLINE and the Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical
Substances) and both conventional and microcomputer-based
user training aids.

     He has also been responsible for directing a toxicology
information outreach project to strengthen the capacity of
Historically Black Colleges and Universities to train
medical and other health professionals in the use of
toxicological, environmental, occupational, and hazardous
waste information resources developed by NLM.  He serves on
the Environmental Justice Subcommittee of the HHS
Environmental Health Policy Committee.

     Dr. Spann received his Ph.D. in chemistry and computer
systems in 1979 from The American University in Washington,
D.C., where he is presently an adjunct professor in the
Chemistry Department.

     SIS is the Library component responsible for the
Toxicology Information Program--with its family of databases
and databanks on toxicology and environmental health--and
other NLM information services such as the Directory of
Information Resources Online (DIRLINE) and services related
to HIV/AIDS.  It has a staff of 34.  In addition to the
Biomedical Information Services Branch, the Division
includes the Hazardous Substances Information Office and the
Biomedical Files Implementation Branch. Dr. Spann has been
active in the American Chemical Society, the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Chemical
Society of Washington.  His numerous awards include the NIH
Director's Award; Blacks in Government, NIH Chapter,
Outstanding Manager's Award; and several NLM equal
employment opportunity awards.

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Exhibit on Medical Ephemera Opens May 22

     Here Today, Here Tomorrow: Varieties of Medical
Ephemera--an exhibit of printed medical ephemera from the
collections of William H. Helfand and the National Library
of Medicine--will be on display in the Library's main lobby
from May 22 through September 11, 1995.

     The exhibit presents a lively and colorful collection
of medical and pharmaceutical ephemera, dating from the
early 19th century to the present.  Organized around the
themes of women, children, the medicine show, public health,
AIDS, medical education, and addiction, the exhibit
demonstrates the ways in which ephemeral materials--the
"transitory" and commonplace documents of everyday life--
educate the public and reflect the cultural values of the
time.  Seen within these diverse contexts, medical ephemera
provide a window through which to view the social place of
medicine in history.

     Included in the exhibit is a variety of printed
ephemera:  posters, pamphlets, business and trade cards,
handbills, broadsides, postcards, advertising flyers,
cartoons, and other items.  Highlighted is a rich and varied
collection of medical, dental, and pharmaceutical bookplates
covering a wide range of subjects, including diseases,
instruments, and medical specialties.  In addition, there is
a videodisc presentation on the subject of medical ephemera,
narrated by the exhibit's curator, Mr. Helfand.

     For further information, contact Sheila O'Neill,
curator of modern manuscripts, History of Medicine Division:
phone: 301/496-5963 or e-mail:
sheila_o'neill@occshost.nlm.nih.gov.

[Caption for Photo:
Come to the exhibit to see the other side of this
proprietary medicine trade card.]

Hours

The exhibit may be viewed during the Library's regular
hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., weekdays; Saturday, 8:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m.; closed Sunday.  Before Memorial Day and after
Labor Day, the Library is open until 9:00 p.m. on Thursdays.
It is closed for the Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends and
on July 4th.  (The History of Medicine Division closes
weekdays at 5:00 and is not open on Saturdays.)

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Dr. Thoma Receives 1995 Federal 100 Award

      George  R. Thoma, Ph.D., of NLM's Lister Hill National
Center  for Biomedical Communications, has received  Federal
Computer Week's (FCW) Federal 100 Award of 1995.  Dr. Thoma,
chief of the Lister Hill Center's Communications Engineering
Branch,  developed  prototype systems  designed  to  deliver
document  and  X-ray  images  to medical  professionals  and
students throughout the world.  The document delivery system
is  said  to  stand  a  good chance of  revolutionizing  the
concept of interlibrary loans and, in time, may allow NLM to
respond  to document requests by faxing or printing  scanned
images of journals for users nationwide.

      Dr.  Thoma also developed the concept of an electronic
archive   of   digitized   X-rays   accessible   by   remote
radiographic  display workstations over the Internet.   "The
concept of providing access to to information regardless  of
location  is fundamental to the whole area of health  care,"
said Earl Henderson, deputy director, LHC.

      The  group of 100 executives receiving the  award  are
from government, industry, and academia and are nominated by
FCW's  readers.   An independent panel of judges  makes  the
final  selection  based on worked deemed  to  have  had  the
greatest impact on the government systems community in 1994.
Winners  were  recognized in a special supplement  to  FCW's
March  6th issue and on March 21st at a reception and dinner
at the Capitol Hilton in Washington, D.C., during FOSE '95.

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Norman Smith Dies

     Long-time staff of the National Library of Medicine
were saddened to hear of the death, on April 10, of Norman
K. Smith.  Smitty, as he was called by one and all, retired
10 years ago as administrative offficer of NLM's Library
Operations Division.  He served Lois Ann Colaianni, NLM
associate director for Library Operations, and for many
years her predecessor, Dr. Joseph Leiter, as a chief
administrative assistant.

     Smitty first came to the National Institutes of Health
in 1942, and he served in the Division of Industrial
Hygiene, the National Cancer Institute, and the National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases before coming
to the NLM in 1966.  He will be missed by the many friends
who kept in touch with him, and his wife Clare, in
retirement.  Expressions of sympathy may be addressed to the
family (including son and daughter-in-law, Alan and Nancy)
at 1122 Charolotte Ave., Rock Hill, SC 29732.  Contributions
in Smitty's memory may be sent to the York County Hospitce,
325 south Oakland Ave., Rock hill, SC 29730 (phone: 803/239-
4663).

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1995 Discover Awards Honor "Visible Human"

     The editors of Discover Magazine have selected "The
Visible Human Project" (News, Nov-Dec 1994) as one of five
finalists in the category "Computer Software," for the
magazine's 1995 Discover Awards for Technological
Innovation.  The finalists were chosen from thousands of
entries in seven categories.

     The project officers for the "Visible Human," Michael
J. Ackerman, Ph.D., and Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D., were
cited by the magazine for developing "a complete human
database...[to] simplify the study of human anatomy by
providing a realistic reference guide to human physiology."

     The winners, to be announced at a gala on April 29 at
Epcot '95, will be chosen by a diverse panel of judges,
including film critic Gene Siskel, singer Ray Charles,
astronaut James Lovell, and magicians Penn and Teller.  The
"Visible Human Project" will be featured in a special June
1995 awards issue of Discover and has already been the
subject of several broadcasts on the Discovery cable TV
channel.

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Libraries Contribute to
NLM Preservation Microfilming Program

     NLM began its current preservation microfilming program
in late 1986.  As of the end of February 1995, more than
58,000 brittle volumes have been filmed.

     NLM's microfilm is intended to serve as national
preservation masters.  Once paper-based volumes become too
deteriorated for use, other libraries can rely on NLM to
make them available on microfilm..

     Since individual serial titles will be filmed only
once, it is important that each title be filmed with as
complete a run as possible.  When gaps in specific titles
selected for filming are identified, NLM's Preservation and
Collection Management staff borrow copies from U.S.
biomedical and other libraries thought to hold volumes or
issues missing from the NLM collection.  If no U.S. sources
can be found, requests are occasionally sent to libraries in
other countries.

     The response to these requests has been uniformly
positive.  Since the inception of the program, 4,412 items
have been borrowed from 70 U.S. and 12 foreign libraries.
NLM wishes to thank all who have participated in this
ongoing cooperative preservation effort.
                                                            
                       U. S. LIBRARIES
                              
ARKANSAS
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Library


CALIFORNIA
Loma Linda University Del E. Webb Memorial Library

Stanford University Medical Center Lane Medical Library

University of California at Berkeley BioSciences Library

University of California at Davis Loren D. Carlson Health
Sciences Library

University of California San Diego Biomedical Library

University of California at San Francisco Library and Center
for Knowledge Management


COLORADO
University of Colorado Health Sciences Center Denison
Memorial Library


CONNECTICUT
Yale University Divinity School Library

Yale University Medical Library


DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
American Red Cross General Records

Library of Congress


FLORIDA
University of Miami School of Medicine Louis Calder Memorial
Library


ILLINOIS
American Dental Association Library

Center for Research Libraries

University of Chicago John Crerar Library

University of Chicago Library

University of Illinois at Chicago Library of the Health
Sciences

University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign


INDIANA
Indiana University Medical Sciences Library

Indiana University School of Dentistry Library


IOWA
Iowa State University Library


KENTUCKY
University of Kentucky Medical Center Library


LOUISIANA
Louisiana State University Medical Center Library

Tulane University of Louisiana Matas Medical Library



MARYLAND
Johns Hopkins University William H. Welch Medical Library

National Agricultural Library

University of Maryland at Baltimore Health Sciences Library


MASSACHUSETTS
American Antiquarian Society Library

Clark University Robert Hutchings Goddard Library

Harvard University Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine

Marine Biological Laboratory Library, Woods Hole

Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary Lucien Howe Library of
Ophthalmology


MICHIGAN
Michigan State University Library

University of Michigan Alfred Taubman Medical Library

University of Michigan Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library


MINNESOTA
Mayo Foundation Medical Library

University of Minnesota Biomedical Library

University of Minnesota Owen H. Wangensteen Historical
Library of Biology and Medicine


MISSOURI
Washington University School of Medicine Library


NEW HAMPSHIRE
Dartmouth College Dana Bio-medical Library & Matthews-Fuller
Health Sciences Library

NEW MEXICO
University of New Mexico Medical Center Library


NEW YORK
American Museum of Natural History Library

Columbia University Health Sciences Library

Cornell University Albert R. Mann Library

Medical Library Center of New York

New York Academy of Medicine Library

State University of New York at Brooklyn Medical Research
Library

State University of New York at Buffalo Health Sciences
Library

University of Rochester Rush Rhees Library

University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Edward G. Miner Library


NORTH CAROLINA
University North Carolina at Chapel Hill Health Sciences
Library


OHIO
Case Western Reserve University Allen Memorial Library

Ohio State University John A. Prior Health Sciences Library

University of Cincinnati MCIC Health Sciences Library


PENNSYLVANIA
College of Physicians of Philadelphia Library

Hahnemann University Library

University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine Leon
Levy Library

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Biomedical
Library

University of Pittsburgh Maurice & Laura Falk Library of the
Health Sciences

RHODE ISLAND
Brown University Rockefeller Library


TEXAS
University of Texas General Libraries

University of Texas Health Science Center Dental Branch
Library

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Briscoe Library

University of Texas Medical Branch Moody Medical Library


VIRGINIA
Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College of Virginia
Campus
Tompkins-McCaw Library

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Veterinary
Medical Library


WASHINGTON
University of Washington Health Sciences Library


WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia University Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences
Center Library


WISCONSIN
University of Wisconsin William S. Middleton Health Sciences
Library


                      FOREIGN LIBRARIES

Australia
National Library of Australia
Canberra


Brazil
BIREME (Organizacion Pan-Americana de Saude)
Sao Paulo


Canada
Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information
Ottawa

McGill University Health Sciences Library
Montreal

National Library of Canada
Ottawa


Denmark
Aalborg Hospital Medical Library
Aalborg

Universitetsbiblioteket Denmarks Natur-Og Lagevidenskabelige
Bibliotek
Copenhagen


Finland
Central Medical Library
Helsinki


Slovenia
Centralna Medicinska Knjiznica
Vrazov

Univerza Edvarda Kardelja V Ljubljant Institute Za
Biomedicinsko Informatiko
Vrazov

South Africa
South African Medical Research Council Institute for
Biomedical Communication
Tygerberg

Sweden
Karolinska Institutets Bibliotek
Stockholm

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Monograph & Serial G aps

NLM regularly seeks the help of the medical library
community in filling gaps in its monograph and serial
collections.  If you can provide any of these items we would
be most grateful.

Monographs

     If you are able to provide a copy of any of the
monographs listed below, please send to:

          National library of Medicine
          TSD-MONOGRAPHS Attn: L. Turnage
          Bethesda, MD 20894

     Konturek, S.J.  Gastric secretion: basic and clinical
aspects. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 1981.

     Meyer, R.G.  Law for the psychotherapist.  1st ed.  New
York: Norton, c1988.

     Ornish, Dean.  Stress, diet, and your heart.  1st ed.
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1983.

     Rose, A.H.; Harrison, J.S., editors.  Yeasts and the
environment. 2nd ed. London; Orlando: Academic Press, 1987.
(The Yeasts; v.2)

     Schatten, H.; Schatten, G., editors.  Molecular biology
of fertilization.  San Diego: Academic Press, c1989.

     Sieberth, H.G.  Plasma exchange: Plasmapheresis,
plasmaseparation: International Symposium in Cologne, on 6th
and 7th June 1980. Stuttgart: F.K. Schattauer Verlag, 1980.

     Wadsworth, B.J.  Piaget's theory of cognitive and
affective development.  4th ed.  New York: Longman, c1989.

Serial Gaps

     Please address serial issues to:
          National Library of Medicine
          TSD-GAPS  Attn: C. Fields
          Bethesda, MD 20894

American Journal of Human Genetics 54:4, 1994
American Journal of Surgery 162:6, 1991
Annual Conference on Research in Medical Education 17th,
1978
British Journal of Audiology 11:1, 1977
British Journal of Clinical Practice.  Symposium Supplement
1, 1978; 41:Suppl 51, 1987
Cancer Chemotherapy Reports. Part 3 1:2, 1969; 2:2, 1971;
5:2-3, 1974
Diasters 10:4, 1986
Entechnology 1-4,6-9,11-12, 1985; 1-8,10-12, 1986, 9, 1986
Environmental Biology and Medicine 2:4, 1976
European Journal of Anaesthesiology 7:1-6, 1990; 10:5-6,
1993
Immunology Series 10, 198?; 22, 198?
Journal of Clinical Neuro-Ophthalmology 8:2, 1988
Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease 179:10-11, 1991
Laboratory Animals 18:1, 1984
Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey 38:2, 1983; 48:10,
1993; 49:4, 1994
Science 252:5009, 1991
Woman Physician 25:3, 1970

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NLM in Print

     The following references cite works that discuss the
products and services of the National Library of Medicine.
If you know of other appropriate citations for this column,
please send reprints or references to the editor, NLM News,
National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD 20894. (Note:
Some of the articles below may be from journals that are out
of scope for the NLM collection and are therefore not
available from the Library on interlibrary loan.)

     Adams CE, Power A, Frederick K, Lefebvre C. An
investigation of the adequacy of MEDLINE searches for
randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of the effects of mental
health care. Psychol Med 1994 Aug;24(3):741-8.

     Anderson PO. How to get started with computerized
literature searches. Am J Hosp Pharm 1994 Sep
15;51(18):2303-4, 2307.

     Anderson RK, Haddix A, McCray JC, Wunz TP. Developing a
health information infrastructure for Arizona. Bull Med Libr
Assoc 1994 Oct;82(4):396-400.

     Antczak-Bouckoms A, Shaw WC. The Cochrane
Collaboration: oral health group [editorial]. J Dent Res
1994 Nov;73(11):1674-6.

     Baldwin F. Linking up with MEDLINE. Pa Med 1994
Oct;97(10):12-3.

     Baldwin FD. Rocking along with Grateful Med. Pa Med
1994 Dec;97(12):42-3.

     Ball MJ, Weise FO, Freiburger GA, Douglas JV. Building
the library/information center of the future. Comput Methods
Programs Biomed 1994 Sep;44(3-4):143-6.

     Bayne SC, Swift EJ Jr. Review of the 1993 dental
materials literature. Dent Mater 1994 Jan;10(1):59-76.

     Corn M. Funding for computer-assisted instruction
projects. Acad Med 1994 Dec;69(12):958-60.

     Corn M, Johnson FE. Connecting the health sciences
community to the Internet: the NLM/NSF grant program. Bull
Med Libr Assoc 1994 Oct;82(4):392-5.

     Counsell C, Fraser H. Identifying relevant studies for
systematic reviews [letter]. BMJ 1995 Jan 14;310(6972):126.

     Darmoni SJ, Thirion B. Understanding MeSH for
literature searches [letter] JAMA 1995 Jan 18;273(3):184;
discussion 184-5.

     Dorsch JL, Landwirth TK. Document needs in a rural
GRATEFUL MED outreach project. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1994
Oct;82(4):357-62.

     Ferber RC. Grateful Doc. Del Med Jrl 1995
Mar;67(3):179-80.

     Franklin J. Bioinformatics and biotechnology
information--some moves in Europe. Dis Markers 1994
Oct;12(1):11-21.

     Fremer E. Understanding MeSH for literature searches
[letter] JAMA 1995 Jan 18;273(3):184; discussion 184-5.

     Goldsmith MF. Directed to defend its raison d'etre, NIH
holds communications conference.  JAMA 1995 Mar
8;273(10):761, 763-4.

     Gouveia-Oliveira A. [The computerized clinical record:
merely an academic discussion or an essential technology?]
Acta Med Port 1994 Jul-Aug;7(7-8):447-53.

     Gregoire G, Derderian F, Le Lorier J. Selecting the
language of the publications included in a meta-analysis: is
there a Tower of Babel bias? J Clin Epidemiol 1995
Jan;48(1):159-63.

     Hart KW, Searls DB, Overton GC. SORTEZ: a relational
translator for NCBI's ASN.1 database. Comput Appl Biosci
1994 Jul;10(4):369-78.

     Haynes RB, Wilczynski N, McKibbon KA, Walker CJ,
Sinclair JC. Developing optimal search strategies for
detecting clinically sound studies in MEDLINE. J Am Med
Inform Assoc 1994 Nov-Dec;1(6):447-58.

     Henderson FC, Henderson CL, McGettigan B. Gathering
information. NLN Publ 1994 Oct;(14-2640):54-80.

     Hersh W, Hickam D. Use of a multi-application computer
workstation in a clinical setting. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1994
Oct;82(4):382-9.

     Hinegardner PG, Lansing PS. Nursing informatics
programs at the University of Maryland at Baltimore. Bull
Med Libr Assoc 1994 Oct;82(4):441-3.

     Kallich JD, Hays RD. The benefits and pitfalls of
health services research funded by proprietary firms
[editorial]. Qual Life Res 1994 Aug;3(4):231-3.

     King DN. Clinical search effectiveness: an assessment
of the contribution of the computer-assisted information
services of hospital libraries to clinical decision-making
by physicians [dissertation].  Urbana-Champaign: University
of Illinois; 1994. 201p.  Available from: Dissertation
Abstracts International; AAI9503238.

     Klatt MJ. An aid for total quality searching:
developing a hedge book. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1994
Oct;82(4):438-41.

     Lacroix EM. Interlibrary loan in U.S. health sciences
libraries: journal article use. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1994
Oct;82(4):363-8.

     Lacroix EM, Backus JE, Lyon BJ. Service providers and
users discover the Internet. Bull Med Libr Assoc 1994
Oct;82(4):412-8.

     Lindberg DAB. NLM net captures growing universe. US Med
1995 Feb;:29-31.

     Lopez-Ramirez EM. The adequacy of the structure of the
National Library of Medicine Classification Scheme for
organizing pharmacy literature [dissertation]. Florida State
University; 1994. 272p.  Available from: Dissertation
Abstracts International; AAI9502815.

     Murphy J. Grateful Med: an easy on-line tap into the
National Library of Medicine. Group Pract Manage Healthc
News 1995 Mar;:30,36.

     Nagano J. Linking up: medical on-line databases open up
new world for physicians and patients. LACMA Phys 1995 Mar
20;:23-5.

     Smith KA. The Lister Hill National Center for
Biomedical Communications. Comput Methods Programs Biomed
1994 Sep;44(3-4):201-8.

     Wood EH. MEDLINE: the options for health professionals.
J Am Med Inform Assoc 1994 Sep-Oct;1(5):372-80.

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Erratum

The fact sheet "AIDS Information Resources," which appeared
on pages 12-3 of the last issue of the News, contained
incorrect price and ordering information for the monthly
AIDS Bibliography.  The annual subscription price is $84;
the GPO List ID is AID95.  For a copy of the corrected fact
sheet, send an e-mail request to publicinfo@nlm.nih.gov or
download a copy using the NLM Gopher or via anonymous ftp
from nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov.

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NLM Receives Gift from
Northwestern University Medical Library

     More than 40 boxes of journal volumes missing or
needing replacement in the NLM collection were received at
NLM in February.  As part of a weeding process at the Galter
Health Science Library, the staff prepared a list which NLM
searched against its collection.  Approximately 50
individual volumes of some 17 serial titles filled gaps in
the NLM collection.  About 40 additional serial runs were
sent to NLM to replace volumes which were too brittle or
worn.  A total of 334 pieces were shipped to NLM to help
complete its collection.

     NLM encourages libraries weeding their collections to
search the LOCATOR file, which lists gaps identified in the
NLM collection.  If a library is withdrawing a volume listed
as missing in the NLM collection, NLM would appreciate
receiving the volume.  Please send together with a printout
of the LOCATOR record to:

          TSD - GAPS
          Serial Records Section
          National Library of Medicine
          8600 Rockville Pike
          Bethesda MD  20894

     NLM does not have complete gap listings for material
published prior to 1970.  If the film records in the LOCATOR
file indicate a broken run, libraries are encouraged to
contact NLM for a shelf check of older material.  Inquires
may be directed to:

     Carol Unger
     Preservation Section
     National Library of Medicine
     8600 Rockville Pike
     Bethesda, MD 20894
          e-mail: carol_unger@occshost.nlm.nih.gov

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Publications]

NLM Classification: Printing Errors

     A small percentage of copies of the recently released
NLM Classification, Fifth Edition (News, Nov-Dec 1994, Jan-
Feb 1995) have been found to have printing defects,
primarily missing pages.  Please check your copies carefully
and report defective copies to the U.S. Government Printing
Office.  Claims for replacement copies should be accompanied
by a copy of the order and proof of payment, and sent to:
U.S.G.P.O., Publications Services Section, Stop: SSOS,
Washington, DC 20402-9329.  Phone: 202/512-1803; fax:
202/512-2168.

     Errors in the text proper, or questions about the
content of the Classification, should be sent to the
attention of Christa F.B. Hoffmann, head, Cataloging Section
(christa_hoffmann@ccmail.nlm.nih.gov).

     For a description of the Classification
and ordering information, see the fact
sheet printed in this issue, page  15.

Gender Issues in Health Care

     The most recent paper in the Scope Note Series from the
National Reference Center for Bioethics Literature is Gender
Issues in Health Care.  The 14-page work provides background
information and annotated references to recent literature
pointing out past differences in the care and treatment of
women compared to men.  Scope Note 27 appeared in the
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal [1995 Mar;5(1):61-82]
and may be obtained as a separate reprint version for $5
each, prepaid ($8 overseas airmail) from the National
Reference Center for Bioethics Literature, Kennedy Institute
of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057-1065
(phone: 202/687-3885 or 800/MED-ETHX).