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PUBLIC LAW 89-291-OCT. 22, 1965

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30, 1966, and ending with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, such sums, not to exceed $500,000 for any fiscal year, as may be necessary. Sums made available under this section shall be utilized by the Surgeon General for the establishment of special fellowships to be awarded to physicians and other practitioners in the sciences related to health and scientists for the comf)ilation of existing, or writing of original, contributions relating to scientific, social, or cultural, advancements in sciences related to health. I n establishing such fellowships, the Surgeon General shall make appropriate arrangements whereby the facilities of the National Library of Medicine 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 fellowships are established. "RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN MEDICAL LIBRARY SCIENCE AND RELATED FIELDS

"SEC. 396. (a) I n order to enable the Surgeon General to carry out the purposes of section 390(b)(4), there are hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and ending with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, such sums, not to exceed $3,000,000 for any fiscal year, as may be necessary. Sums made available under this section shall be utilized by the Surgeon General in making grants to appropriate public or private nonprofit institutions and entering into contracts with appropriate persons, for purposes of carrying out projects of research and investigations 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. " (b) Payment pursuant to grants made under this section may be in advance or by way of reimbursement and in such installments as the Surgeon General shall prescribe by regulations after consultation with the Board.

Appropriation.

" G R A N T S FOR IMPROVING AND EXPANDING THE BASIC RESOURCES OF MEDICAL LIBRARIES AND RELATED INSTRUMENTALITIES

"SEC. 397. (a) I n order to enable the Surgeon General to carry out the purposes of section 390(b)(5), there are hereby authorized to be appropriated for each fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and ending with the fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, such sums, not to exceed $3,000,000 for any fiscal year, as may be necessary. " (b) Sums made available under this section shall be utilized by the Surgeon General for making grants of money, materials, or both, to public or private nonprofit medical libraries and related scientific communication instrumentalities for the purpose of expanding and improving their basic medical library or related resources. The uses for which grants so made may be employed include, but are not limited to, the following: (A) acquisition of books, journals, photographs, motion picture and other films, and other similar materials, (B) cataloging, binding, and other services and procedures for processing library resource materials for use by those who are served by the library or related instrumentality, and (C) 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 (D) introduction of new technologies in medical librarianship.

Appropriation.

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