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"Health care is being converted from a social service to an economic commodity, sold in the marketplace and distributed on the basis of who can afford to pay for it." Dr Arnold Relman, Editor, New England Journal of Medicine, 1985 |
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Many of NLM's manuscripts are recorded in Dorothy M. Schullian and Francis E. Sommer, A Catalogue of Incunabula and Manuscripts in the Army Medical Library (1950) and Seymour De Ricci and W. J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States (1935-1940), supplemented by C. U. Faye and W. H. Bond, Supplement to the Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada (1962). Manuscripts added to the Library's collection since 1950 are not recorded in Schullian and Sommer. The 14 manuscripts added since 1962 are not recorded in the Census.
This short-title list provides the following information:
The De Ricci/Bond and Faye number, by which the list is arranged. [Numbers in square brackets indicate manuscripts not recorded by DeRicci/Bond and Faye.]
Schullian and Sommer number.
The reel number of NLM microfilm, when microfilm is available.
Names of authors.
A short title of the work.
The century the manuscript was written, if known or inferred.
Miscellaneous notes.
Although this short-title list is the only complete listing of all NLM's early Western manuscripts, it does not contain complete cataloging information. The Census of De Ricci, et al., and Schullian and Sommer must still be searched for essential information.
The mission of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM®) is to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing all U.S. health professionals equal access to biomedical information and by improving the public's access to information to enable them to make informed decisions about their health. The Program is coordinated by the National Library of Medicine and carried out through a nationwide network of health science libraries and information centers.
The network is administered by the National Library of Medicine. It consists of eight Regional Medical Libraries (major institutions under contract with the National Library of Medicine), more than 140 Resource Libraries (primarily at medical schools), and some 4,700 Primary Access Libraries (primarily at hospitals). The Regional Medical Libraries administer and coordinate services in the network's eight geographical regions.
The National Information Infrastructure offers the network new and exciting opportunities to improve information services to health professionals in the 2001-6 contracts. The Regional Medical Libraries will continue their efforts to reach underserved health professionals in rural and inner city areas, public health professionals, and special populations. NN/LM members will work with a variety of intermediaries, including health care providers, public health professionals, public librarians, educators, community organizations, health advocacy groups, faith-based organizations, and self-help groups, to reach members of the public.
The Regional Medical Libraries also exhibit and demonstrate NLM's products and services at national, regional and state health professional and consumer oriented meetings; provide training and consultations; coordinate the basic network services such as interlibrary loan; work to improve the supporting infrastructure for health sciences libraries; and assist with access to MEDLINE®; and other databases made available by the National Library of Medicine.
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