"National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM) Regional Medical Library Contracts Awarded"

• Selected by National Library of Medicine
• Contracts Run Through 2016
• Eight Libraries Act as Regional Medical Libraries
• All Libraries Affiliated With a University

The NN/LM consists of the eight competitively selected Regional Medical Libraries, and over 6,000 health sciences and public libraries.

Since its original authorization by Congress in the 1965 Medical Library Assistance Act, the NN/LM has worked to equalize and enhance access to health sciences information throughout the United States. Its mission is to advance the progress of medicine and improve the public health by providing health professionals and the general public with equal access to biomedical information. The goals of the 2011-2016 contracts are: to develop collaborations among Network members and other organizations to improve access to and sharing of biomedical information resources throughout the nation; to promote awareness of, access to, and use of biomedical information resources for health professionals and the public, with a particular emphasis on contributing to Healthy People 2020; and to develop, promote, and improve electronic access to health information by Network members, health professionals, and organizations providing health information to the public.

The 2011-2016 Regional Medical Libraries are:

1. Middle Atlantic Region
   University of Pittsburgh
   Health Sciences Library System
   Pittsburgh, PA
   States Served: DE, NJ, NY, PA
2. Southeastern/Atlantic Region
   University of Maryland at Baltimore
   Health Sciences and Human Services Library
   Baltimore, MD
   States Served: AL, FL, GA, MD, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA,WV,
   the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands
3. Greater Midwest Region
   The University of Illinois at Chicago
   Library of the Health Sciences
   Chicago, IL
   States Served: IA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MN, ND, OH, SD, WI
4. Midcontinental Region
   University of Utah
   Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library
   Salt Lake City, UT
   States Served: CO, KS, MO, NE, UT, WY
5. South Central Region
   Houston Academy of Medicine
   Texas Medical Center Library
   Houston, TX
   States Served: AR, LA, NM, OK, TX
6. Pacific Northwest Region
   University of Washington
   Health Sciences Libraries and Information Center
   Seattle, WA
   States Served: AK, ID, MT, OR, WA
7. Pacific Southwest Region
   University of California, Los Angeles
   Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
   Los Angeles, CA
   States Served: AZ, CA, HI, NV, and
   U.S. Territories in the Pacific Basin
8. New England Region
   University of Massachusetts Medical School
   The Lamar Soutter Library
   Worcester, MA
   States Served: CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT

The University of Utah has been awarded the National Library of Medicine Training Center (NTC) for the entire Network. The University of Washington will continue as the Outreach Evaluation Resource Center (OERC) and as the Web Services Technology Operations Center (Web-STOC).

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