U.S.  DEPARTMENT  OF  HEALTH,  EDUCATION, AND WELFARE  ^^
Public  Health  Service 
National
Library
of  Medicine
    The National Library of Medicine assists
the advancement of medical and  related sci-
ences through (1) the collection, dissemina-
tion, and exchange of information important
to the progress of medicine and public health,
and  (2) the provision of support for medical
library development including assistance for
resources  and personnel  necessary  to  serve
the health programs  and activities  of  non-
profit research and educational institutions.


Office of the Director

     (1) Directs and coordinates Library ac-
tivities; (2) advises the Surgeon General on
PHS policy relating to the management and
control  of published  scientific information;
(3)  studies, identifies, and  defines  needs in
biomedical  communications;  (4)  provides
the secretariat for the NLM Board of Regents;
and (5)  provides overall management and
administrative services for the Library.


Technical Services Division

     (1) Recommends policy on scope and cov-
erage  of  the collection, (2)  acquires  and
catalogs  materials  for  the collections,  and
(3) develops and maintains national and inter-
national publication  exchange relationships. 
BOARD OF REGENTS
 EXECUTIVE OFFICER
ADMINISTRATIVE SERV.
SURGEON GENERAL
    DIRECTOR
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
EXTRAMURAL PROGRAM
 RESEARCH
& TRAINING
SPECIAL ASSISTANT
 to the DIRECTOR
ASSISTANT to
the DIRECTOR
 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
INTRAMURAL PROGRAM
TECHNICAL
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BIBLIOGRAPHIC
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    erence Services division

     (1) Provides reference research services,
assistance, and facilities; (2) prepares biblio-
graphical  publications  on  special  subjects,
(3) administers the  interlibrary  loan  pro-
gram;  (4)  maintains,  circulates,   and  pre-
serves the Library's collections; (5)  provides
photographic, photocopying services.
Bibliographic Services Division

     (1) Analyzes and indexes for publication
the literature of medicine and allied sciences,
(2) develops and maintains the medical sub-
ject heading authority list, (3)  analyzes and
prepares requests for special bibliographies
for computer  processing, and  (4)  prepares
abstracts of articles in special subject fields. 
Data Processing Division

     (1)  Performs systems analyses;  (2)  de-
velops and  maintains  computer  programs:
(3)  converts raw data  for  computer  proc-
essing;  and  (4)  provides  computer  services
including production of bibliographical pub-
lications, demand  searches,  and  recurring
bibliographies.


History of Medicine Division

     (1)  Acquires, organizes, and services the
historical  source materials of the  Library;
(2)  contributes to historical studies  by pub-
lishing   catalogs, bibliographies,  and other
aids  to  medical-historical scholarship;   and
 (3)  collects, catalogs, and  controls the  pic-
torial materials of the Library including films,
prints, photographs,  slides, and paintings.


Publications and Translations Division

     (1)  Facilitates the utilization of recorded
information by research scientists and health
practitioners through the conduct of support
programs  including  (a)  the support of  the
publication  of  monographs, critical  reviews,
directories,  abstracts, and bibliographies  im-
portant  to the national health effort, as appro-
priate to the programs of the National Library
of Medicine,  and  (6)  the support  of  the
translation of biomedical literature.  (2)  Re-
views requests  for PHS publications support
and provides  secretariat service to  the  Ad-
visory Committee on Scientific Publications.

Research and Training Division

     Secures   improved  management  of  re-
corded information in the field of biomedical 
and related sciences through 11) the conduct
and support of studies to improve capability
for storing, retrieving, and disseminating bio-
medical literature; (2) fostering programs to
train  specialists in  the  communication  of
recorded  medical knowledge;  and  (3)  sup-
porting scholarship for  the development  of
research  monographs, critical  reviews, bibli-
ographies, and historical studies related  to
the medical sciences, as  appropriate to the
programs of the National  Library of Medicine.
        U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
          Public Health Service
      National Library of Medicine
       Bethesda, Maryland   20014
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1964—0-729-864