| Language | English | 
|---|---|
| Publication details | |
Former name(s)  | Library Network/MEDLARS Technical Bulletin  | 
| History | 1969–present | 
| Publisher |  United States National Library of Medicine  (United States)  | 
| Frequency | Bimonthly | 
| Yes | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | NLM Tech. Bull. | 
| Indexing | |
| ISSN |  0146-3055  (print) 2161-2986 (web)  | 
| LCCN | 00237050 | 
| OCLC no. | 39104696 | 
| OCLC no. | 03261123 | 
| Links | |
The National Library of Medicine Technical Bulletin is a public domain information newsletter of the Office of Engagement and Training, United States National Library of Medicine (NLM). [1] [2] The newsletter contains current news and information for NLM products and services, listings for NLM events, [3] and update notes for NLM offerings, [4] including PubMed, [5] MEDLINE, [6] and MeSH. [7]
The bulletin is not peer reviewed.
It was published on a monthly schedule until 1990, after which point it was switched to bimonthly. [8] It was a paper periodical until the January–February 1998 issue, which was published online, along with all further issues. [8]
The newsletter's first issue appeared in 1969 as the MEDLARS/Network Technical Bulletin; it was changed after six issues to Library Network/MEDLARS Technical Bulletin. [9] In 1977, the current NLM Technical Bulletin was formed from the merger of the Library Network/MEDLARS Technical Bulletin and the TOXLINE Technical Bulletin; and the new bulletin continued with the issue numbers of the Library Network/MEDLARS Technical Bulletin.
After the 1998 transition to an online-only publication, printable versions of each issue were offered on the website. Since 2018, a printable version has not been offered for new issues. [10]