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information newsletter of the Office of Engagement and Training,

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(NLM). The newsletter contains current news and information for NLM products and services, listings for NLM events, and update notes for NLM offerings, including

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. It was published on a monthly schedule until 1990, after which point it was switched to bimonthly. It was a paper periodical until the January–February 1998 issue, which was published online, along with all further issues.

History

The newsletter's first issue appeared in 1969 as the ''MEDLARS/Network Technical Bulletin''; it was changed after six issues to ''Library Network/MEDLARS Technical Bulletin.'' In 1977, the current ''NLM Technical Bulletin'' was formed from the merger of the ''Library Network/MEDLARS Technical Bulletin'' and the ''TOXLINE Technical Bulletin''; and the new bulletin continued with the issue numbers of the ''Library Network/MEDLARS Technical Bulletin''.

Website

After the 1998 transition to an online-only publication, printable versions of each issue were offered on the website. Since 2018, a printable version has not been offered for new issues.{{Cite journal , date=2018 , title=NLM Technical Bulletin Print This Issue Feature and PDFs Discontinued , url=https://sites.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/techbull/ma18/brief/ma18_tb_pdf_cease.html , journal=NLM Technical Bulletin , issue=421 , pages=b9

References

External links

NLM Technical Bulletin Archive

NLM Catalog - NCBI
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