[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 101 (Thursday, July 27, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1569]
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  INTRODUCTION OF A RESOLUTION CONGRATULATING THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF 
                    MEDICINE ON ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY

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                         HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN

                              of maryland

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 27, 2006

  Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, today I am introducing a resolution 
congratulating the National Library of Medicine on the occasion of its 
50th anniversary.
  The National Library of Medicine, which is located on the National 
Institutes of Health campus and is in my Congressional district, was 
created in 1956 by the National Library of Medicine Act. Before 1956, 
the National Library of Medicine was known as the Armed Forces Medical 
Library.
  The National Library of Medicine provides invaluable tools for 
medical librarians such as the Medical Librarian Association, health 
consumers, and health professionals to support information access and 
high-quality health care. With its vast collections in all areas of 
biomedicine and health care, the National Library of Medicine is the 
world's largest medical library with more than 8 million items.
  Through its extramural grant programs, outreach programs, health 
information technology research programs, and databases such as 
Medline/PubMed Central and ClinicalTrials.gov, the National Library of 
Medicine works to provide the highest quality, most relevant, and 
timely health information for health professionals and health 
consumers.
  Mr. Speaker, I salute the National Library of Medicine on its 50th 
anniversary and commend it for its leadership in the health sciences 
information field.

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