Federal:
The MLA and AAHSL have filed comments in support of the new NLM Strategic Plan, under development in 2017. The new plan includes four central themes:
(1) Role of NLM in advancing data science, open science, and biomedical informatics;
(2) Role of NLM in advancing biomedical discovery and translational science;
(3) Role of the NLM in supporting the public’s health: clinical systems, public health systems and services, and personal health; and,
(4) Role of NLM in building collections to support discovery and health in the 21st century.
Future planning panel meetings are scheduled in March and April 2017.
The MLA and AAHSL made recommendations to the NIH regarding data management practices in response to the NIH request for information (RFI) made in late 2016. The NIH aims to update its 2003 Data Sharing Policy. The current RFI includes two sections, considering guidelines for data sharing and data and software citation.
State:
Be sure to check out the Illinois Library Association’s 2017 Palm Card for a quick summary of the legislation that you should be watching in the Spring session of the General Assembly.