NLM Musings from the Mezzanine
Innovations in Health Information from the National Library of Medicine
Policy can be a dynamic tool for providing public access to vital research resources. The keys to harnessing these tools are transparency and data sharing, and groundbreaking initiatives like the revised Public Access Policy NIH are the proactive approaches needed to improve health outcomes and enhance confidence in scientific research.
This International Open Access Week, NLM shares its commitment to digital accessibility of and equitable access to PubMed Central’s (PMC) 10+ million biomedical articles. For one, NLM is collaborating with people who use assistive technologies to refine article displays—just one of the many recent updates to PMC.
This year’s Medical Library Association annual conference, themed “Stronger Together,” gathered health information professionals from around the country for community and partnership. During the conference, NLM hosted an engaging AI Summit and discussed the role of AI in health sciences information… plus much more.
NLM is excited to announce the launch of a beta version of a new online tool, the Dataset Catalog. The tool is designed to help improve the discoverability and reuse of research data by making it easier for users to find and connect biomedical datasets. Read more about this new tool, then try it out and share your feedback!