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An NLM Holiday Sing-a-long 12/21/2017 12:00 PM EST         N-L-M to tune of "Jingle Bells" Dashing through the stacks, Retrieving as we go. We scan and cart and prep to bind While shouting "Ho, ho, ho!" Visible Humans dance And the bust of Lister Hill sings. Our magic isn't just research But in so many things! N-L-M! N-L-M! Rings as… NLM Technical Bulletin, Nov-Dec 2017, PubMed Central Canada Permanently Offline on February 23, 2018 12/21/2017 11:33 AM EST PubMed Central Canada will be permanently offline as of February 23, 2018. This will not affect the status or operations of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Library of Medicine (NLM) PubMed Central (US) or Europe PubMed Central. NLM Technical Bulletin, Nov-Dec 2017, General Material Designations Removed from NLM Bibliographic Records 12/21/2017 11:33 AM EST The project to replace the General Material Designation (MARC 21 field 245 $h) on pre-Resource Description and Access records in the catalog and substitute the appropriate MARC 21 33X fields, described in Removing General Material Designations from NLM Cataloging Records, has been completed. There will not be a separate distribution of these files. Subscribers who wish to receive updated records with the new 33X fields should download the complete base files which will be made available on January 2, 2018 in MARC and XML formats. An Airtight Case: Custom Fabrication for a Medical History Treasure 12/21/2017 11:30 AM EST Robert Clary is a machinist in the Mechanical Instrumentation Design and Fabrication Branch, part of the Division of Scientific Equipment and Instrumentation Services (DSEIS) in Continue reading NLM Technical Bulletin, Nov-Dec 2017, NLM Resource Sharing Availability via OCLC Delayed 12/21/2017 09:21 AM EST The new National Library of Medicine (NLM) interlibrary loan (ILL) resource sharing program through the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) has been delayed until after January 1, 2018.   This service is provided to you at no charge by the NLM Office Of Communication and Public Liaison. This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: U.S. National Library of Medicine · 8600 Rockville Pike · Bethesda, MD 20894