United States National Library of Medicine

Summary

United States National Library of Medicine is a national library^[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• United States National Library of Medicine's field of work was biomedicine^[3].
• United States National Library of Medicine's field of work was library science^[4].
• United States National Library of Medicine was a member of Digital Library Federation^[5].
• United States National Library of Medicine was a member of Association of Research Libraries^[6].
• United States National Library of Medicine was a member of Committee on Publication Ethics^[7].
• United States National Library of Medicine was a member of International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions^[8].
• United States National Library of Medicine was a member of Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association^[9].
• United States National Library of Medicine was a member of Coalition for Networked Information^[10].
• United States National Library of Medicine is located in Montgomery County^[11].
• United States National Library of Medicine is in the country of United States^[12].
• United States National Library of Medicine's instance of is recorded as national library^[13].
• United States National Library of Medicine's instance of is recorded as medical library^[14].
• United States National Library of Medicine's founder is recorded as John Shaw Billings^[15].
• United States National Library of Medicine's headquarters location is recorded as Bethesda^[16].
• United States National Library of Medicine took place at Bethesda^[17].
• United States National Library of Medicine's postal code is recorded as 20894^[18].
• United States National Library of Medicine's child organization or unit is recorded as National Center for Biotechnology Information^[19].
• United States National Library of Medicine's child organization or unit is recorded as National Network of Libraries of Medicine^[20].
• United States National Library of Medicine's child organization or unit is recorded as Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications^[21].
• United States National Library of Medicine's Commons category is recorded as United States National Library of Medicine^[22].
• 1836 marks the founding of United States National Library of Medicine^[23].
• United States National Library of Medicine's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 38.9951, 'lon': -77.0993}^[24].
• United States National Library of Medicine's located on street is recorded as Maryland Route 355^[25].
• United States National Library of Medicine's parent organization or unit is recorded as United States National Institutes of Health^[26].
• United States National Library of Medicine's official website is recorded as https://www.nlm.nih.gov/^[27].

Body

Founding

United States National Library of Medicine's founder is recorded as John Shaw Billings^[15]. 1836 marks the founding of it^[23].

Identity

United States National Library of Medicine's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'NLM'}^[28].

Leadership

United States National Library of Medicine's director / manager is recorded as Patricia Flatley Brennan^[29].

Operations

United States National Library of Medicine's headquarters location is recorded as Bethesda^[16]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as United States National Institutes of Health^[26]. Subsidiaries include National Center for Biotechnology Information^[19], a research institute^[30], in United States^[31], founded in 1988^[32], headquartered in Bethesda^[33]; National Network of Libraries of Medicine^[20], a government organization^[34], in United States^[35], founded in 1965^[36], headquartered in Bethesda^[37]; and Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications^[21], a research institute^[38], in United States^[39], founded in 1968^[40], headquartered in Bethesda^[41].

Industry

Fields of work include biomedicine^[3], an academic major^[42] and library science^[4], an academic discipline^[43].

Why It Matters

United States National Library of Medicine has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[44]

Works attributed to it include Medical Subject Headings^[45], a thesaurus^[46], founded in 1960^[47] and National Library of Medicine classification^[48], a library classification scheme^[49], in United States^[50].