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 twice 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.

The next meeting of the committee is scheduled for November 22, 2004, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., in the Board of Regents room at NLM.

Minutes of the May 10, 2004 meeting  (PDF file - 22 KB).
Minutes of the December 2, 2003 meeting  (PDF file - 32 KB).
Minutes of the June 25, 2003 meeting  (PDF file - 26 KB).
Minutes of the January 16, 2003 meeting  (PDF file - 25 KB).

The committee met only once in 2002.
Minutes of the January 14, 2002 meeting  (PDF file - 25 KB).

The committee met only once in 2001.
Minutes of the March 21, 2001 meeting  (PDF file - 24 KB).


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

Chair: WILLIAMS, James  (1/31/06)
Dean, University Libraries
University of Colorado at Boulder
Campus Box 184
Boulder, CO 80309

DELAMOTHE, Anthony, M.D.  (1/31/06)
Web Editor, bmj.com
BMJ Publishing Group
BMA House, Tavistock Square
London WC1H 9JR
United Kingdom

EISEN, Michael, Ph.D.  (1/31/06)
Asst. Adjunct Prof. of Genetics & Development
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
Member, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
University of California, Berkeley
MS 84-171, One Cyclotron Road
Berkeley, CA 94720

JOHNSON, Richard  (1/31/05)
Enterprise Director
The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036

JOSEPH, Heather  (1/31/07)
President and COO
BioOne
21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036

KAPLAN, Samuel, Ph.D.  (1/31/05)
Chair
Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
University of Texas-Houston Medical School
P.O. Box 20708
Houston, TX 77225-0708

KAUFMAN, Paula  (1/31/06)
University Librarian and Professor of Library Administration
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
230 Main Library, MC-522
1408 West Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801

KHOSLA, Chaitan, Ph.D.  (1/31/05)
Professor of Chemical Engineering and of Chemistry
Stanford University
Keck 389
Stanford, CA, 94305-5025

KIRSCHNER, Marc, Ph.D.  (1/31/07)
Professor and Chair
Department of Cell Biology
Harvard Medical School
Building C2, Room 517
240 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

LAPPIN, Debra, J.D.  (01/31/07)
Princeton Partners Ltd.
5235 East Princeton Avenue
Englewood, CO 80113

ROEHR, Bob  (01/31/07)
Writer
P.O. Box 34096
Washington, DC 20043

RUBIN, Gerald, Ph.D.  (1/31/06)
Vice President and Director of Janelia Farm Research Campus
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
4000 Jones Bridge Road
Chevy Chase, MD 20815-6789

THOMAS, Sarah, Ph.D.  (1/31/05)
Karl A. Kroch University Librarian
Cornell University
201 Olin Library
Ithaca, NY 14853

VARKI, Ajit, M.D.  (1/31/06)
Professor of Medicine
Director, Glycobiology Research and Training Center
University of California, San Diego
1065 CMM-East, Mail Code 0687
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0687

WATSON, Linda  (1/31/05)
Director, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
University of Virginia Health System
PO Box 800722
Charlottesville, VA 22908-0722


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