The US National Library of Medicine does a fabulous job of mobilizing good thinkers to contribute to its ongoing long-term planning process. I had the good fortune to be able to participate in part of this process, and learned a great deal from it. The report from the planning effort is now available at

and is well worth reading. It addresses interactions between information technology, biomedical research, large-scale social trends, and the evolving role of the National Library of Medicine.

Clifford Lynch Director, CNI