The National Library of Medicine is undertaking a Strategic Planning Process and is soliciting input from its broad stakeholder community...

Environmental Health & Toxicology Update from the National Library of Medicine Request for Information (RFI): Strategic Plan for the National Library of Medicine The National Library of Medicine is undertaking a Strategic Planning Process and is soliciting input from its broad stakeholder community, with a final response date by January 9, 2017.   We recognize that many of our stakeholders generously replied to the 2015 RFI regarding future directions of NLM.  Input provided in 2015 is already under consideration and need not be re-submitted.  The 2015 RFI was issued by NIH on behalf of the NLM Working Group of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD) to obtain input for their June 2015 report (http://acd.od.nih.gov/reports/Report-NLM-06112015-ACD.pdf) on a vision for the future of NLM in the context of NLM's leadership transition and emerging NIH data science priorities.  The current RFI is issued to obtain public input on goals and priorities for NLM's next strategic plan. There are 4 planning themes: Role of NLM in advancing data science, open science, and biomedical informatics Role of NLM in advancing biomedical discovery and translational science Role of NLM in supporting the public's health: clinical systems, public health systems and services, and personal health Role of NLM in building collections to support discovery and health in the 21st century Please use the link below to access the RFI, and please forward to others who have an interest in the planning themes. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-LM-17-002.html