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13. Toward a Biomedical Research Commons: A View from the National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health
Pages 103-110

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From page 103...
... We are home to the National Center for Biotechnology Information, which not only provides data and information services, but also conducts a great deal of research on bioinformatics, improving the ways that we link, find, and do research with biomedical information. Our Specialized Information Services provide information resources related to environmental health, toxicology, and disaster information management.
From page 104...
... FIGURE 13–1 Screen shot of the Influenza Virus Resource database. SOURCE: National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Institutes of Health NLM has also been working to develop channels for getting out information about H1N1 influenza faster than typically occurs through traditional publication channels.
From page 105...
... Articles are posted in a matter of weeks, rather than months or years, with the expectation that the reported research may eventually be published as a standard, peer reviewed publications NLM initially developed a new service Rapid Research Notes to serve as an archive for PLoS Currents: Influenza and other fast turn-around research communication mechanisms that may be developed. Over time, it was recognized that much of the content of Currents took the form of short journal-like articles that could be archived in PubMed Central and benefit from the enhanced search capabilities build into that platform and the integration of PubMed Central with other NLM resources.
From page 106...
... NIH already has in place a number of agency-wide policies to promote data and information sharing. These include the NIH Data Sharing Policy, the NIH Public Access Policy, the NIH Genome-Wide Association Study Policy, and emerging policies (and regulations)
From page 107...
... Another requirement, expressed in the NIH Public Access Policy, is for NIH grantees to submit to PubMed Central any peer reviewed publications resulting from NIH-funded research. The publications must be submitted upon their acceptance by a scientific journal, but public release can be embargoed for up to 12 months.
From page 108...
... Something similar is true for articles reporting clinical trials: The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors announced that articles submitted for publication should have the data registered at inception in a publicly accessible database. Our database was the only one that met their criteria at the time, and publishers look for our NCT number in submitted articles as verification that the trial has been registered.
From page 109...
... The number of conferences and meetings and activities indicates that there is a growing interest in making information more easily available within the biomedical research community in order to advance the science and make better use of the research dollars that are provided by the NIH and other funding organizations. I also believe there is an increasing recognition of the need for various types of infrastructure and resources.


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