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| The post-Genomic Era began with the completion of the Human Genome in 2003. This achievement was made under the auspices of the Human Genome Project (HGP), a 13-year project coordinated by the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health. The goals of the HGP included identification of 20,000 to 25,000 genes encoded in human DNA, determination of sequences of chemical base pairs (~30 million) making up human DNA, storing this genomic data in specialized databases and developing and enhancing the databases and other tools for accessing and analyzing this data. In more recent years we have witnessed the emergence and ongoing evolution of intertwining disciplines in the biological, life, chemical, and computational sciences forming a New Biology of genomics, bioinformatics, proteomics, chemical biology, systems biology and other subdisciplines spinning off the branches of molecular and structural biology and genetics. Keeping abreast of the science and technology behind the New Biology is a daunting task. Simultaneously keeping abreast of the new and ever-changing developments in the data and information storage and delivery systems for the New Biology is an example of “information synergism,” begging the question, “How can science librarians and information specialists provide reference services and library instruction for the new and rapidly emerging fields of research and inquiry of the New Biology?” This presentation will discuss a variety of continuing education initiatives, including: the full-suite of education resources available from the National Center for Biotechnology Information's (a program within the National Library of Medicine) continuing education services and tutorials for librarians, information specialists, and researchers to library school bioinformatics, current awareness services, special journal issues, selected reference and book titles, and science education journals and periodicals. Recruiting science students into library, information, and data careers will be briefly discussed. |
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Careers in Chemical Information
8:30 AM-11:50 AM, Sunday, 26 March 2006 Georgia World Congress Center -- B303, Oral
Division of Chemical Information |