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       The
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 POSTGRADUATE
LIBRARY ASSOCIATE
TRAINING PROGRAM
      IN
  BIOMEDICAL
 COMMUNICATIONS 
The  National  Library of Medicine's
Post-Graduate    Library   Associate
Training Program in Biomedical Com-
munications opens the doorway to an
exciting new world of communications
networks,   information systems,  and
medical librarianship.  The  Program
provides for:

APPOINTMENT AS AN NLM
ASSOCIATE
One  year  of  intensive  training  and
    education

Salary  range of $9,320 or above
Opportunity to attend local university
    courses
Experience with programs in:
  audiovisual techniques
  biomedical  communications   net-
    works
  specialized information services
  grants  and contracts in support of
    national biomedical communica-
    tions
  advanced medical library techniques
  resources and services of the national
    medical  library

NLM TRAINING PROGRAMS

  The National  Library of Medicine,
with a Congressional mandate to apply
its information resources broadly to the
advance  of the  health sciences,  uses
computers and other new technological
developments to accommodate the in-
creasing volume of knowledge and to
improve and accelerate the dissemina- 
tion of biomedical information.
  The Library  has initiated programs
to train personnel in the skills required
for the effective operation of communi-
cation services for the biomedical com-
munity. A program of grants will help
support traineeships and  fellowships
at public and private non-profit institu-
tions. In addition to a career develop-
ment program for its own staff and the
training it carries out in support of its
Regional Library Program,  the Library
offers a Post-Graduate Training Pro-
gram in Biomedical  Communications.
  This  program  provides  supervised
training through  a  well-rounded  cur-
riculum in  modern medical library
science.  After  a year  of  intensive
academic  study  and specialized work
at the operational level Associates may
apply for a career-conditional appoint-
ment at NLM or seek affiliation with
other medical libraries.

APPLICATIONS
  All applicants are required to file a
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDI-
CINE INFORMATION SHEET.
  Deadline  for filing  applications is
March 1.
  Requests  for application  materials
and  further  information should be di-
rected to the Training Officer, National
Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville
Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20014.

CURRICULUM
  The curriculum is divided into two
phases. The introductory phase covers 
all program areas of the  Library  and
includes lectures, seminars, demonstra-
tions, practical  experience, participa-
tion in staff meetings and orientation to
the  Library's computerized  Medical
Literature Analysis and Retrieval Sys-
tem  (MEDLARS).
  The second phase provides  for con-
centrated research in the  areas of the
Associate's  interest.  The Associates
throughout the year will make visits to
area medical  and  research  libraries,
participate  in  local meetings  and con-
ferences of professional organizations,
and   may   attend  local  university
courses.

QUALIFICATIONS
  All applicants must  be citizens of
the United  States and  qualify  under
the Federal Civil Service regulations
for appointment as a Librarian. Candi-
dates are required to have a Master's
degree in Library Science (earned be-
fore  September  1 of the  year of ap-
pointment) and reading competence in
a modern foreign language. An under-
graduate degree  in science is preferred
but is not a requirement.

APPOINTMENT
   Associates  are expected to stay at
NLM for a full year of training, Sep-
tember  1 to August  31, under Federal
Civil Service  appointment.  Appoint-
ments are generally made  at the enter-
ing salary of GS-9. 
  The Library was founded  in  1836
as the "Library of the Surgeon  Gen-
eral's Office"  (Army),  and developed
as a national resource under the leader-
ship  of John Shaw Billings, Librarian
from  1865 to 1895. Named the Army
Medical  Library in  1922  and the
Armed Forces  Medical  Library  in
1952, it  became part of  the Public
Health Service, U.S. Department  of
Health,  Education,  and  Welfare  in
1956 and was designated the  National
Library  of  Medicine.  In 1962  the
Library occupied its new building,  12
miles from the Capitol, near the Na-
tional Institutes of Health and the Na-
tional  Naval   Medical   Center   in
Bethesda, Maryland.
   The National Library of Medicine is
the world's  largest research library in
a single scientific and professional field.
The  Library's holdings total  nearly
 1,300,000  books,   journals, theses,
pamphlets,   prints,  and   microfilms.
More than  70 languages  are  repre-
sented in the collection. Its History of
Medicine Division contains the  major
world collection  of historical medical
documents.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH, EDUCATION,
    AND WELFARE

  Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health 
fuWic Health Service Publication No. 1530
                 (revised)