Johns Hopkins University
William H. Welch Medical Library
1900 East Monument Street
Baltimore, MD 21205-2113
Phone: 410-955-3392

University of Maryland Baltimore
Health Sciences and Human Services Library
601 West Lombard Street
Baltimore, MD 21201-1512

Maryland News and Alerts - This feature on the Maryland Internet Portal provides links to selected current press releases from state government departments and agencies.

Maryland is located on the east coast of the United States, with its state capital located in Annapolis. Maryland has 23 counties and the independent City of Baltimore. Among the 50 states, Maryland ranks 42nd in size, covering 12,407 square miles. According to the 2000 Census, Maryland ranks 19th in population with 5,296,486 residents, and the state's population is projected to increase by 8 percent through 2010. Several counties are projected to experience growth rates of 20 percent or more over the next ten years, including Calvert, Charles, Frederick, and Howard counties.

Approximately 90 percent of Maryland 's 5.3 million residents live in the densely populated corridor between Baltimore and Washington, DC. Jurisdictions with the greatest population densities include Baltimore City and neighboring Baltimore and Anne Arundel Counties , and Montgomery and Prince George 's Counties, which border Washington, DC.

• Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped - Part of the national network of the Library of Congress's National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
• Maryland State Library Resource Center/Central Library - The Central Library of Baltimore City's public library system, the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Acting in place of the state library which exists in most states, SLRC works cooperatively with regional, local public, school, special and academic libraries in a network which allows materials and information to be shared state-wide.

To locate libraries in the NN/LM Network, please use the NN/LM Members Directory.

University of Maryland College of Information Studies (CLIS)
4105 Hornbake Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
Phone: 301-405-2033
Fax: 301-314-9145