[Internal memo from Dr. Donald Lindberg regarding Grateful Med]
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Contributor(s):
- National Library of Medicine (U.S.), publisher.
- Publication:
- Bethesda, MD : U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Health & Human Services, [2017]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Grateful Med Correspondence as Topic Lindberg, Donald A. B., 1933- National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
- Genre(s):
- Pictorial Works
- Abstract:
- Image caption on page 111 of the book US National Library of Medicine: "Grateful Med was conceived and launched in the 1980s. Director Donald A.B. Lindberg, MD, wrote this internal memo on November 29, 1985. With it, Lindberg selected the name "Grateful Med" for the product intended to help expand and ease access to databases of the library. The memo reads: 'John Anderson, re name for new microprocessor based user front end to MEDLARS. Let's use Grateful Med. It is just too good to pass up....'"
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Related Title(s):
- US National Library of Medicine
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 image)
- Technique:
- color
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101707364 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101707364