PMC National Advisory Committee

The PubMed Central National Advisory Committee advises the Director, NIH, the Director, NLM, and the Director, NCBI, on the content and operation of the PubMed Central repository. It is responsible for monitoring the evolution of PubMed Central and ensuring that it remains responsive to the needs of researchers, publishers, librarians and the general public. The committee meets at least once a year at the National Library of Medicine. Committee members are appointed by the NIH Director from the biomedical and information communities and the general public.

Minutes of the June 19, 2012 meeting are here: June 19, 2012 PDF (200K).

Minutes of earlier meetings

• June 17, 2011 PDF (192K).
• June 4, 2010 PDF (220K).
• June 15, 2009 PDF (107k).
• June 17, 2008 PDF (37k).
• April 19, 2007 PDF (36k).
• October 26, 2006 PDF (52k).
• April 26, 2006 PDF (37k).
• October 20, 2005 PDF (38k).
• April 28, 2005 PDF (27k).
• November 22, 2004 PDF (27k).
• May 10, 2004 PDF (22k).
• December 2, 2003 PDF (32k).
• June 25, 2003 PDF (26k).
• January 16, 2003 PDF (25k).
• January 14, 2002 PDF (25k).
• March 21, 2001 PDF (24k).

Committee Members

A member's term on the committee runs through the date shown alongside the member's name.

Chair: THIBODEAU, Patricia (01/31/15)
Associate Dean for Library Services and Archives
Duke University Medical Center Library
Box 3702
Durham, NC 27710

ANDERSON, Ivy (01/31/14)
Director, Collection Development and Management
California Digital Library
University of California
415 20th Street, 4th Floor
Oakland, CA 94612

BEDARD, Martha (01/31/16)
Dean of University Libraries
University of New Mexico
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131-0001

BIRD, Christopher (01/31/13)
Solicitor, Legal Department
Wellcome Trust
215 Euston Road
London, England NW1 2BE

BLANTON, Ronald, M.D. (01/31/13)
Professor of Medicine
Center for Global Health and Diseases
Case Western Reserve University
1900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106-7286

BOURNE, Philip, Ph.D. (01/31/15)
Professor
School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093

COLAMARINO, Sophia, Ph.D. (01/31/15)
Independent Consultant
2924 Steiner Street
San Francisco, CA 94123

COURANT, Paul, Ph.D. (01/31/15)
Dean of Libraries and Professor of Public Policy
University of Michigan
818 Hatcher Graduate Library South
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1205

FASSLER, Jan, Ph.D. (01/31/14)
Professor, Department of Biology
University of Iowa
143 Biology Building
Iowa City, IA 52242-1324

HARICOMBE, Lorraine, Ph.D. (01/31/16)
Dean of Libraries
University of Kansas
Watson Library, Rm 502
1425 Jayhawk Boulevard
Lawrence, KS 66045-7544

KANN, Maricel, Ph.D. (01/31/13)
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Maryland
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250

MEGLIO, Delores (1/31/14)
Vice President, Publisher Relations
Knovel
489 Fifth Avenue, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10017

ROSSNER, Mike, Ph.D. (01/31/14)
Executive Director
The Rockefeller University Press
1114 First Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10021

TANNER, R. Michael, Ph.D. (01/31/13)
Vice President and Chief Academic Officer
Association of Public and Land-grant Universities
1307 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20005-4722

Executive Secretary: LIPMAN, David, M.D.
Director, National Center for Biotechnology Information
National Library of Medicine, NIH
8600 Rockville Pike
Building 38A, Room 8N-803
Bethesda, MD 20894