Open AccessAnticipating the Future of Biomedical Communications
Author(s) -
Meg White,
Patrícia Flatley Brennan
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.5703/1288284317191
Subject(s) - publishing , scientific communication , computer science , national library , world wide web , scholarly communication , data science , library science , political science , law
The National Library of Medicine is poised to launch its third century ofproviding library services to serve science and society. The nature of scientificcommunications is changing, with rapid growth in archival literature, new artifacts ofcommunication artifacts such as preprints, pipelines and data sets, and a scholarly andsocial public greater attuned to video and sound productions than to the printed word.The NLM Director will describe the exciting steps the NLM is taking to prepare for thisfuture, and identify critical challenges that can only be solved through partnershipsbetween the NLM and the publishing community.