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Donald A.B. Lindberg M.D.
MEDLINE
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Journal
Information services & use
ISSN: 0167-5265
Titre abrégé: Inf Serv Use
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 9879358
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2022
2022
Historique:
entrez:
20
6
2022
pubmed:
21
6
2022
medline:
21
6
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
When Donald A.B. Lindberg M.D. was sworn in as Director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM) in 1984, MEDLINE, NLM's online database of citations and abstracts to biomedical journal articles, was searched primarily by librarians trained to use its command language interface. There were fees for searching, primarily to recover the cost of using commercial value-added telecommunications networks. Thirteen years later, in 1997, MEDLINE became free to anyone with an Internet connection and a Web browser. This chapter provides an insider's view of how Dr. Lindberg's vision and leadership - combined with new technology, astute handling of policy issues, and key help from political supporters and influential advocates - enabled a tremendous expansion in access to biomedical and health information for scientists, health professionals, patients, and the public.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35720425
doi: 10.3233/ISU-220148
pii: ISU220148
pmc: PMC9196096
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
161-170Informations de copyright
© 2022 – The authors. Published by IOS Press.
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