6-8-99

TO:     MEDLIB-L Readers
FROM:   Jim Shedlock, Northwestern University
RE:     E-Biomed Proposal and MLA

To follow-up Scott's reference, MLA responded to the E-Biomed Proposal with
a message to Dr. Varmus around May 25, 1999, and he in turn acknowledged
the receipt of MLA's message (the Board discussed E-Biomed at their
pre-MLA'99 meetings).  Unfortunately, MLA's message of support and
recommendation to add a medical librarian to the planning board is not
posted to the Proposal's web site.


>Date:         Tue, 8 Jun 1999 10:34:02 -0500
>Reply-To: "T. Scott Plutchak" <[log in to unmask]>
>Sender: Medical Libraries Discussion List
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>From: "T. Scott Plutchak" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject:      Re: "E-BIOMED" NEJM Editorial
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
>Although there's been little discussion on the MEDLIB list, there's been
>quite a bit of discussion in other forums.  Go to the E-Biomed website:
>http://www.nih.gov/welcome/director/ebiomed/ebiomed.htm  and check the
>comments section.  There's quite a bit of very well thought-out commentary
>there, both pro and con.
>
>T. Scott Plutchak
>Director, Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences
>Associate Director, Academic Programs Information Technology
>University of Alabama at Birmingham
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Barb Palso [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 10:15 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: "E-BIOMED" NEJM Editorial
>
>
>Recently Pamela Van Hine (I think) commented on NIH's proposal for  the
>establishment of "E-BIOMED", a Web site for the publication of all new
>biomed research, and wondered why it wasn't the subject of more discussion.
>
>Perhaps the discussion is finally starting. The _NEJM_, June 10, 1999, vol.
>340 (23), pp. 1828-1829 contains an editorial by Arnold S. Relman, with whom
>I agree, on the subject.
>
>Barbara Palso, MLS, AHIP
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