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Research
Library and Information Services
Research
Library
Electronic
Information and Publications
Museum
and History
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Research
Library and Information Services
Division Contact:
Mary-Deirdre
Coraggio
NIST maintains a comprehensive, international collection of information
in the physical sciences, engineering, metrology, mathematics, and computer
science. NIST's research consultants, librarians, writers, editors, printing
specialists, and online publishing experts work to assist researchers
with all of their information needs, drawing on resources that include
the Research Library as well as programs in Electronic Information and
Publications services.
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Research
Library
The NIST Research
Library comprises a specialized collection of approximately 300,000
volumes, including subscriptions to 1,100 journals, and on-line databases.
Current areas of strategic focus include nanotechnology, information/knowledge
management, health care, and homeland security. The NIST
Virtual Library provides access to the library's online catalog, databases, and other
resources. Interlibrary loan, document delivery service, and library
education tours and training sessions also are provided.
Contact: Barbara
Silcox
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Electronic
Information and Publications
The NIST Journal
of Research, TCal (the NIST Technicalendar suite), Technical
Notes, and NIST interagency reports are provided to the NIST research
community and the public through a wide range of electronic information
and publication services.
Contact: Barbara
Silcox
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Museum
and History
Historical information about NIST is collected in the NIST
Museum, located at the entrance to the NIST Research Library on the Gaithersburg,
Md., campus. It contains numerous artifacts and displays about past research
at NIST and its predecessor, the National Bureau of Standards (NBS). In
addition to the physical collection, NIST has a Virtual
Museum, which permits
researchers and the public to learn about the history of NIST and NBS via
the Internet.
Contact: Susan
Sanders
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Date
created:December
19, 2001
Last modified:
Aug. 02, 2007
Contact: inquiries@nist.gov
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