Inventing the Future of Communications
Friday afternoon:
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) and Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications are hosting HeSCA for a customized tour of these world renowned facilities. We will have a unique opportunity to glimpse into the future of health and science communications as it is being invented by the scientists at Lister Hill. Enjoy hands-on demos in the Visitors Center, see new developments in multimedia visualization including the OHPCC Collaboratory and the access grid, experience the “Turning the Pages” program which combines computer animation, digital images, and touch screen technology, and explore the current exhibit on forensic medicine. Located in Bethesda, Maryland on the campus of the National Institutes of Health, we will travel to this world renowned center via DC Metro Subway for our private tour. This day is not to be missed!
National Library of Medicine – Located on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, NLM is the world’s largest medical library. Collections cover 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.
- Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications is the research and development division of NLM. Seeking to improve access to high quality biomedical information for individuals around the world, Lister Hill explores uses of computer, communication and audiovisual technologies to improve the organization, dissemination, and utilization of biomedical information. Currently the Center is apply modern communications technologies to health-care related projects involving, for example, telemedicine, testbed networks, virtual reality, and a Unified Medical Language System.
- National Center for Biotechnology Information has assumed a leadership role in developing information services for biotechnology. NCBI is a recognized leader in basic research in computational molecular biology, and is also responsible for developing innovative computer solutions for the management and dissemination of the rapidly growing volume of genome information resulting from genetic research at the NIH and laboratories around the nation.
