[Internal memo from Dr. Donald Lindberg regarding Grateful Med]

[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., 1933-2019.
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Genre(s):
Pictorial Work
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)
OCLC no.:
990153742
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101707364