National Library of Medicine chooses inSORS Grid for Co-Lab
NLM continues push for advanced applications

 

July 14, 2004

(Bethesda, MD) The National Library of Medicine, a division of the NIH, has deployed an inSORS Grid (IG) node in their Co-Lab or “Collaborative Laboratory.” The Co-Lab has a connection to the Internet2 Research and Development Network and is used as a proving ground for advanced, network based collaborative applications. The NLM prides itself on being a front-runner within the NIH to promote ongoing use of next-generation technologies. The Co-Lab is an ideal location for the IG and will provide NLM staff with collaborative opportunities with the over 200 research and educational facilities also connected to the Internet2 network.

The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is the world's largest medical library. The Library collects materials in all areas of biomedicine and health care, as well as works on biomedical aspects of technology, the humanities, and the physical, life, and social sciences. The collections stand at more than 7 million items--books, journals, technical reports, manuscripts, microfilms, photographs and images. Housed within the Library is one of the world's finest medical history collections of old and rare medical works. The Library's collection may be consulted in the reading room or requested on interlibrary loan. NLM is a national resource for all U.S. health science libraries through a National Network of Libraries of Medicine. For more information on the NLM visit www.nlm.nih.gov.

For more information on inSORS please visit www.insors.com or contact Joe Marinich at jmarinich@insors.com.