NLM & National Endowment for the Humanities to collaborate on initiatives of common interest

The National Library of Medicine (NLM), largest medical library in the world and a component of the National Institutes of Health and the National Endowment for Humanities (NEH) are forming a new partnership. They will cooperate to develop initiatives which bring together scholars, researchers, librarians, doctors and professionals in the cultural heritage from the biomedical Humanities and community in order to share expertise and develop new research programs.

Representatives of the NLM and the NEH signed a memorandum of understanding outlining their partnership and recognize their shared interest to advance health and the spread of education, training and medical information for research, teaching and learning sciences and biomedical communities.

As initial efforts, the partners will work together to:

Explore areas of mutual interest in research, particularly in the fields of digital humanities and history of medicine; develop and participate in programs and courses, training and opportunities for internships and other educational initiatives; andDevelop initiatives to improve access to careers in medicine and health, with particular interest in reaching students who are underrepresented in the fields

On the partner institutions:

The National Endowment for the Humanities is a grant-making agency-Executive, independent of the United States of America, dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities and social sciences that use humanistic methods. NEH accomplishes this mission by providing grants for Humanities projects of high quality cultural institutions such as museums, archives, libraries, schools, universities, public television and radio stations and individual scholars.

Since its founding in 1836, the National Library of Medicine has played a key role in translating biomedical research into practice. NLM, the National Institutes of Health, is the largest medical library in the world, with more than 17 million items in the collection. Leader in innovation of information, is the developer of electronic information services used by scientists, health professionals and audiences around the world. NLM makes its services information known and available with the help of the national network of libraries of medicine, which consists of 5,600 member institutions, including eight regional medical libraries. NLM conducts and supports research that relates to computer and information technology to meet the information needs of doctors, public health administrators, biomedical researchers and consumers.

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