Existing Models

US National Library of Medicine (NLM)
and its National Network of Libraries of Medicine (NN/LM)

  • 8 Regional Medical Libraries under contract with NLM
  • 140 Resource Libraries (primarily at medical schools)
  • some 4,500 Primary Access Libraries (primarily at hospitals)
  • established by the Medical Libraries Assistance Act of 1965
  • national coordination of toxicological and biotechnological information
  • grant funding of Internet connections, research, and outreach to minority and underserved groups