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 April 19, 2007 meeting  (PDF–36K).

Minutes of earlier meetings:
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). The committee met only once in 2002.
March 21, 2001  (PDF–24K). The committee met only once in 2001.


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

Chair:  KILEY, Robert  (01/31/09)
Head, Systems Strategy, Wellcome Library
Wellcome Trust
215 Euston Road
London, England NW1 2BE

ADLER, Prudence  (01/31/11)
Associate Executive Director
Association of Research Libraries
21 Dupont Circle, NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036

ALIRE, Camila, Ed.D.  (01/31/10)
Dean of University Libraries
University of New Mexico
MSC05 3020
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

BAKER, Shirley  (01/31/08)
Dean and Vice Chancellor
Libraries and Information Technology
Washington University
One Brookings Drive, Campus Box 1061
St. Louis, MO 63130

GREENSTEIN, Daniel, D.Phil.  (01/31/09)
University Librarian
California Digital Library
415 20th Street, #436
Oakland, CA 94612

HAWLEY, John  (01/31/10)
Executive Director
American Society for Clinical Investigation
35 Research Drive, Suite 300
Ann Arbor, MI 48103

KOHANE, Isaac, M.D., Ph.D.  (01/31/10)
Director, Informatics Program
Department of Medicine
Children's Hospital, Boston
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

MICHALAK, Sarah  (01/31/11)
Associate Provost for Libraries, and University Librarian
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
208 Raleigh Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27514

PARTHASARATHY, Hemai, Ph.D.  (01/31/09)
Managing Editor, PloS Biology
Public Library of Science
185 Berry Street, Suite 3100
San Francisco, CA 94107

RYAN, Mary  (01/31/08)
Director, UAMS Library
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
4301 W. Markham, Room 1/110
Little Rock, AR 72205

SO, Anthony, M.D.  (01/31/08)
Director, Program on Global Health and Technology Access
Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy
Duke University
Science & Towerview Roads, Box 90245
Durham, NC 27708

SOBEL, Mark, M.D., Ph.D.  (01/31/11)
Executive Officer
American Society for Investigative Pathology
9650 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20814

VELTEROP, Johannes, Ph.D.  (01/31/11)
Director of Open Access and Journal Publishing Facilitation
Springer Publishing
Asbourne House, Old Portsmouth Road
Guildford, Surrey GU3 1LP
United Kingdom

WARD, Gary, Ph.D.  (01/31/11)
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
University of Vermont
214B Stafford Hall
95 Carrigan Avenue
Burlington, VT 05405

WILBANKS, John  (1/31/10)
Executive Director
Science Commons
881 East First Street, #203
South Boston, MA 02127


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