The (U.S.) National library of Medicine (NLM) is a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NLM in early 2018 began an effort to re-envision its toxicology and environmental health resources. This is the first ever re-envisoning of these resources, covering several decades of existence for some resources, The goal is to optimize NLM's electronic resources in the areas of toxicology and environmental health by assessing and re-envisioning them to ensure that they continue to meet the changing needs of a diverse set of users. The overall coverage of NLM's resources includes chemicals and drugs, diseases and the environment, environmental health, exposure science, occupational safety and health, poisoning, emergency response, risk assessment and regulations, and toxicology. Examples of the users of NLM's toxicology and environmental health resources include academic researchers, government agencies, industry, not-for-profit organizations, and healthcare providers. A workshop of about 45 experts respresenting a wife range of these types of users was held in April 2018. The workshop provided in-depth insights into the information and services provided by NLM and what is foreseen for the future; It also identied current information sources (from NLM and elsewhere). In addition, it helped to identify critical gaps in the resources NLM offers in order to improve the function, content, and presentation of desired information resources in the future. Further, it provided in-depth insights to thoughtfully inform the development of a new generation of NLM resources. This presentation will focus on the exposure science-related aspects of this NLM re-envisioning effort.
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