PUBLIC LAW 99-158—NOV. 20, 1985
99 STAT. 861
"(2) to individuals who are librarians or specialists in information on sciences relating to health, to enable them to undergo intensive training or retraining so as to attain greater competence in their occupations (including competence in the fields of automatic data processing and retrieval); "(3) to assist appropriate public and private nonprofit institutions in developing, expanding, and improving training programs in library science and the field of communications of information pertaining to sciences relating to health; and "(4) to assist in the establishment of internship programs in established medical libraries meeting standards which the Secretary shall prescribe. "ASSISTANCE FOR SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS, AND FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN MEDICAL UBRARY SCIENCE AND RELATED FIELDS
"SEC. 473. (a) The Secretary shall make grants to physicians and other practitioners in the sciences related to health, to scientists, and to public or nonprofit private institutions on behalf of such physicians, other practitioners, and scientists for the compilation of existing, or the writing of original, contributions relating to scientific, social, or cultural advancements in sciences related to health. In making such grants, the Secretary shall make appropriate arrangements under which the facilities of the Library and the facilities of libraries of public and private nonprofit institutions of higher learning may be made available in connection with the projects for which such grants are made. "(b) The Secretary shall make grants to appropriate public or private nonprofit institutions and enter into contracts with appropriate persons, for purposes of carrying out projects of research, investigations, and demonstrations in the field of medical library science and related activities and for the development of new techniques, systems, and equipment, for processing, storing, retrieving, and distributing information pertaining to sciences related to health.
Grants. Physicians. 42 USC 286b-4.
Contracts.
GRANTS FOR ESTABLISHING, EXPANDING, AND IMPROVING THE BASIC RESOURCES OF MEDICAL UBRARIES AND RELATED INSTRUMENTALITIES
"SEC. 474. (a) The Secretary shall make grants of money, materials, or both, to public or private nonprofit medical libraries and related scientific communication instrumentalities for the purpose of establishing, expanding, and improving their basic medical library or related resources. A grant under this subsection may be used for— "(1) the acquisition of books, journals, photographs, motion picture and other films, and other similar materials; "(2) catalojging, binding, and other services and procedures for processing library resource materials for use by those who are served by the library or related instrumentality; "(3) the acquisition of duplication devices, facsimile equipment, film projectors, recording equipment, and other equipment to facilitate the use of the resources of the library or related instrumentality by those who are served by it; and "(4) the introduction of new technologies in medical librarianship.
42 USC 286b-5.
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