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has-post-thumbnail hentry category-a-new-history-of-nlm category-about-us category-collections category-news category-prints-photographs tag-images-from-the-history-of-medicine tag-images-of-america"> <a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2018/06/24/nlm-in-pictures-read-it-this-summer/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="600" height="280" src="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/videocast-screenshot_feature.jpg?resize=600%2C280&ssl=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="The book Images of America: The US National LIbrary of Medicine sits on a collage of archival images." decoding="async" data-attachment-id="14691" data-permalink="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2018/06/24/nlm-in-pictures-read-it-this-summer/videocast-screenshot_feature/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/videocast-screenshot_feature.jpg?fit=900%2C400&ssl=1" data-orig-size="900,400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Videocast-Screenshot_feature" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/videocast-screenshot_feature.jpg?fit=300%2C133&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/videocast-screenshot_feature.jpg?fit=840%2C373&ssl=1" /> </a> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2018/06/24/nlm-in-pictures-read-it-this-summer/" rel="bookmark">NLM in Pictures—Read it This Summer</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta clearfix"><span class="meta-date"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2018/06/24/nlm-in-pictures-read-it-this-summer/" title="11:00 AM" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2018-06-24T11:00:10-04:00">June 24, 2018</time></a></span><span class="meta-author"> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/author/bethmullen/" title="View all posts by Circulating Now" rel="author">Circulating Now</a></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content entry-excerpt clearfix"> <p>Putting together a summer reading list? Images of America: U.S. National Library of Medicine, published a two years ago this month in the popular series by Arcadia Publishing, is sure to please.</p></div> <div class="read-more"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2018/06/24/nlm-in-pictures-read-it-this-summer/" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></p> </div> </article> </div> <div class="post-column clearfix"> <article id="post-12019" class="post-12019 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-a-new-history-of-nlm category-about-us tag-21st-century tag-digital-age tag-donald-a-b-lindberg tag-index-catalogue tag-indexcat tag-medline tag-medlineplus tag-medlineplus-salud"> <a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/08/04/new-history-of-the-nlm-the-library-in-the-21st-century/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="600" height="280" src="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/brennan-swearing-in-101707394_feature.jpg?resize=600%2C280&ssl=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, is sworn in as the 19th director of the Library on September 12, 2016." decoding="async" data-attachment-id="12160" data-permalink="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/08/04/new-history-of-the-nlm-the-library-in-the-21st-century/national-library-of-medicine-swearing-in-ceremony-patricia-flatley-brennan-rn-phd/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/brennan-swearing-in-101707394_feature.jpg?fit=900%2C401&ssl=1" data-orig-size="900,401" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"3.5","credit":"Image Caffeiene Photography- Chi","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark III","caption":"September 12, 2016","created_timestamp":"1473696767","copyright":"","focal_length":"200","iso":"1600","shutter_speed":"0.01","title":"National Library of Medicine Swearing-In Ceremony Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="National Library of Medicine Swearing-In Ceremony Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD" data-image-description="<p>National Institutes of Health director Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, (left) swears in Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD, as the 19th director of the Library on September 12, 2016. Brennan’s sister Jean Flatley McGuire is holding a copy of the US Constitution. Brennan was the first woman and first nurse appointed as director. Hundreds witnessed the historic occasion, a “great day for the National Institutes of Health,” as Collins stated. (Courtesy of Ernie Branson and the National Institutes of Health.) </p> " data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/brennan-swearing-in-101707394_feature.jpg?fit=300%2C134&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/brennan-swearing-in-101707394_feature.jpg?fit=840%2C374&ssl=1" /> </a> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/08/04/new-history-of-the-nlm-the-library-in-the-21st-century/" rel="bookmark">A New History of NLM: The Library in the 21st Century</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta clearfix"><span class="meta-date"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/08/04/new-history-of-the-nlm-the-library-in-the-21st-century/" title="11:00 AM" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2017-08-04T11:00:24-04:00">August 4, 2017</time></a></span><span class="meta-author"> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/author/tranathu/" title="View all posts by Circulating Now" rel="author">Circulating Now</a></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content entry-excerpt clearfix"> <p>By Jeffrey S. Reznick and Kenneth M. Koyle ~ This is the final post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US</p></div> <div class="read-more"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/08/04/new-history-of-the-nlm-the-library-in-the-21st-century/" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></p> </div> </article> </div> <div class="post-column clearfix"> <article id="post-12017" class="post-12017 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-a-new-history-of-nlm category-about-us tag-1980s tag-anniversaries tag-human-genome-project tag-ncbi"> <a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/08/02/new-history-of-the-nlm-celebrating-150-years-of-public-service-and-looking-to-the-future/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="600" height="280" src="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nlm-150th-101707373_feature.jpg?resize=600%2C280&ssl=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="NLM Staff gathered on the steps of the Library for a photograph." decoding="async" data-attachment-id="12149" data-permalink="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/08/02/new-history-of-the-nlm-celebrating-150-years-of-public-service-and-looking-to-the-future/nlm-150th-101707373_feature/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nlm-150th-101707373_feature.jpg?fit=900%2C401&ssl=1" data-orig-size="900,401" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"32","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D750","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1491902362","copyright":"","focal_length":"60","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.125","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="NLM-150th-101707373_feature" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nlm-150th-101707373_feature.jpg?fit=300%2C134&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/nlm-150th-101707373_feature.jpg?fit=840%2C374&ssl=1" /> </a> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/08/02/new-history-of-the-nlm-celebrating-150-years-of-public-service-and-looking-to-the-future/" rel="bookmark">A New History of NLM: Celebrating 150 Years of Public Service and Looking to the Future</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta clearfix"><span class="meta-date"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/08/02/new-history-of-the-nlm-celebrating-150-years-of-public-service-and-looking-to-the-future/" title="11:00 AM" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2017-08-02T11:00:57-04:00">August 2, 2017</time></a></span><span class="meta-author"> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/author/tranathu/" title="View all posts by Circulating Now" rel="author">Circulating Now</a></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content entry-excerpt clearfix"> <p>By Jeffrey S. Reznick ~ This is the eighth post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine</p></div> <div class="read-more"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/08/02/new-history-of-the-nlm-celebrating-150-years-of-public-service-and-looking-to-the-future/" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></p> </div> </article> </div> <div class="post-column clearfix"> <article id="post-12015" class="post-12015 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-a-new-history-of-nlm category-about-us tag-1960s tag-1970s tag-library-technology tag-medlars tag-medline tag-nnlm"> <a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/31/new-history-of-the-nlm-information-age/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="600" height="280" src="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/construction-lister-hill-national-center-for-biomedical-communication-101446234_feature.jpg?resize=600%2C280&ssl=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="The Lister Hill Center for Biomedical Communication highrise building underconstruction alongside the National Library of Medicine" decoding="async" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="12138" data-permalink="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/31/new-history-of-the-nlm-information-age/construction-lister-hill-national-center-for-biomedical-communication-101446234_feature/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/construction-lister-hill-national-center-for-biomedical-communication-101446234_feature.jpg?fit=900%2C400&ssl=1" data-orig-size="900,400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="Construction-Lister-Hill-National-Center-for-Biomedical-Communication-101446234_feature" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/construction-lister-hill-national-center-for-biomedical-communication-101446234_feature.jpg?fit=300%2C133&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/construction-lister-hill-national-center-for-biomedical-communication-101446234_feature.jpg?fit=840%2C373&ssl=1" /> </a> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/31/new-history-of-the-nlm-information-age/" rel="bookmark">A New History of NLM: Information Age</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta clearfix"><span class="meta-date"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/31/new-history-of-the-nlm-information-age/" title="11:00 AM" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2017-07-31T11:00:43-04:00">July 31, 2017</time></a></span><span class="meta-author"> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/author/tranathu/" title="View all posts by Circulating Now" rel="author">Circulating Now</a></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content entry-excerpt clearfix"> <p>By Susan L. Speaker ~ This is the seventh post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine</p></div> <div class="read-more"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/31/new-history-of-the-nlm-information-age/" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></p> </div> </article> </div> <div class="post-column clearfix"> <article id="post-12013" class="post-12013 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-a-new-history-of-nlm category-about-us tag-1950s tag-michael-e-debakey tag-john-f-kennedy"> <a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/27/new-history-of-the-nlm-a-new-name-and-a-new-home/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="600" height="280" src="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/nlmca1968-101643296_feature.jpg?resize=600%2C280&ssl=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="An areal view of the National Library of Medicine building on the NIH campus when it was new." decoding="async" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="12132" data-permalink="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/27/new-history-of-the-nlm-a-new-name-and-a-new-home/nlmca1968-101643296_feature/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/nlmca1968-101643296_feature.jpg?fit=900%2C400&ssl=1" data-orig-size="900,400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="NLMca1968-101643296_feature" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/nlmca1968-101643296_feature.jpg?fit=300%2C133&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/nlmca1968-101643296_feature.jpg?fit=840%2C373&ssl=1" /> </a> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/27/new-history-of-the-nlm-a-new-name-and-a-new-home/" rel="bookmark">A New History of NLM: A New Name and A New Home</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta clearfix"><span class="meta-date"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/27/new-history-of-the-nlm-a-new-name-and-a-new-home/" title="11:00 AM" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2017-07-27T11:00:28-04:00">July 27, 2017</time></a></span><span class="meta-author"> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/author/tranathu/" title="View all posts by Circulating Now" rel="author">Circulating Now</a></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content entry-excerpt clearfix"> <p>By Jeffrey S. Reznick and Susan L. Speaker ~ This is the sixth post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US</p></div> <div class="read-more"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/27/new-history-of-the-nlm-a-new-name-and-a-new-home/" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></p> </div> </article> </div> <div class="post-column clearfix"> <article id="post-12011" class="post-12011 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-a-new-history-of-nlm category-about-us tag-american-library-association tag-army-medical-library tag-cleveland tag-harold-w-jones tag-history-of-medicine-division tag-pearl-harbor tag-world-war-ii"> <a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/25/new-history-of-the-nlm-world-war-ii-and-relocation/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="600" height="280" src="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/406-bookbinder_chap4_feature.jpg?resize=600%2C280&ssl=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="A man works in a book binding shop." decoding="async" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="12131" data-permalink="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/25/new-history-of-the-nlm-world-war-ii-and-relocation/406-bookbinder_chap4_feature/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/406-bookbinder_chap4_feature.jpg?fit=900%2C400&ssl=1" data-orig-size="900,400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="406 – bookbinder_chap4_feature" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/406-bookbinder_chap4_feature.jpg?fit=300%2C133&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/406-bookbinder_chap4_feature.jpg?fit=840%2C373&ssl=1" /> </a> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/25/new-history-of-the-nlm-world-war-ii-and-relocation/" rel="bookmark">A New History of NLM: World War II and Relocation</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta clearfix"><span class="meta-date"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/25/new-history-of-the-nlm-world-war-ii-and-relocation/" title="11:00 AM" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2017-07-25T11:00:07-04:00">July 25, 2017</time></a></span><span class="meta-author"> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/author/tranathu/" title="View all posts by Circulating Now" rel="author">Circulating Now</a></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content entry-excerpt clearfix"> <p>By Stephen J. 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a work of great labor - which I am satisfied can only be done under Government." decoding="async" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="12120" data-permalink="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/18/new-history-of-the-nlm-civil-war-and-the-era-of-john-shaw-billings/john-shaw-billings-letter-1872-101706780_feature/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/john-shaw-billings-letter-1872-101706780_feature.jpg?fit=900%2C400&ssl=1" data-orig-size="900,400" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="John-Shaw-Billings-Letter-1872-101706780_feature" data-image-description="<p>In this letter to a potential donor, written on May 13, 1872, John Shaw Billings explains his ambition for the library: “I am trying to form a great national Medical Library here—a work of great labor—which I am satisfied can only be done under government auspices. We have now about 18,000 vols—on our shelves in the fireproof building of the Army Med Museum. Catalogued and open to the profession—and it is now on a proper basis as the Medical Section of the National or Congressional Library. I want to make it as complete as it can be made and the great difficulty of course is to get old pamphlets—and to complete our files of journals.”</p> " data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/john-shaw-billings-letter-1872-101706780_feature.jpg?fit=300%2C133&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/john-shaw-billings-letter-1872-101706780_feature.jpg?fit=840%2C373&ssl=1" /> </a> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/18/new-history-of-the-nlm-civil-war-and-the-era-of-john-shaw-billings/" rel="bookmark">A New History of NLM: Civil War and the Era of John Shaw Billings</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta clearfix"><span class="meta-date"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/18/new-history-of-the-nlm-civil-war-and-the-era-of-john-shaw-billings/" title="11:00 AM" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2017-07-18T11:00:52-04:00">July 18, 2017</time></a></span><span class="meta-author"> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/author/tranathu/" title="View all posts by Circulating Now" rel="author">Circulating Now</a></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content entry-excerpt clearfix"> <p>By James Labosier ~ This is the third post in a series of nine which serializes the new book US National Library of Medicine in</p></div> <div class="read-more"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/18/new-history-of-the-nlm-civil-war-and-the-era-of-john-shaw-billings/" class="more-link">Continue reading</a></p> </div> </article> </div> <div class="post-column clearfix"> <article id="post-12005" class="post-12005 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-a-new-history-of-nlm category-about-us tag-1800s tag-joseph-lovell tag-surgeon-general tag-thomas-lawson tag-us-army-medical-department"> <a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/13/new-history-of-the-nlm-origins-and-early-years/" rel="bookmark"> <img width="600" height="280" src="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sg-budget-estimate-101706969_feature.jpg?resize=600%2C280&ssl=1" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Detail of a handwritten budget estimate with a line for $150 for Medical Books for Office." decoding="async" loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="12116" data-permalink="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/13/new-history-of-the-nlm-origins-and-early-years/sg-budget-estimate-101706969_feature/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sg-budget-estimate-101706969_feature.jpg?fit=900%2C399&ssl=1" data-orig-size="900,399" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"32","credit":"","camera":"NIKON D800","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1473255874","copyright":"","focal_length":"60","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="SG-Budget-Estimate-101706969_feature" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sg-budget-estimate-101706969_feature.jpg?fit=300%2C133&ssl=1" data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sg-budget-estimate-101706969_feature.jpg?fit=840%2C372&ssl=1" /> </a> <header class="entry-header"> <h2 class="entry-title"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/13/new-history-of-the-nlm-origins-and-early-years/" rel="bookmark">A New History of NLM: Origins and Early Years</a></h2> <div class="entry-meta clearfix"><span class="meta-date"><a href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2017/07/13/new-history-of-the-nlm-origins-and-early-years/" title="11:00 AM" rel="bookmark"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2017-07-13T11:00:34-04:00">July 13, 2017</time></a></span><span class="meta-author"> <span class="author vcard"><a class="url fn n" href="https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/author/tranathu/" title="View all posts by Circulating Now" rel="author">Circulating Now</a></span></span></div> </header> <div class="entry-content entry-excerpt clearfix"> <p>By Kenneth M. 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