# NN/LM WEB SERVICES OFFICE (NWSO)

> **NIH NIH UG4** · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · 2020 · $446,149

## Abstract

The University of Pittsburgh proposes to host the NN/LM Web Services Office (NWSO). 
NWSO will be based in the Health Sciences Library System (HSLS), which is also the 
Regional Medical Library for the NN/LM Middle Atlantic Region (MAR). 
The NWSO leadership team, Fran Yarger and John LaDue, have worked together for 
over eight years to develop and maintain the HSLS Web presence. During that time 
HSLS has migrated their Website to the Drupal content management system, upgraded 
Drupal from version 6 to version 7, and migrated the hardware to the University of 
Pittsburgh's Network Operations Center (NOC) in compliance with the university's 
Enterprise Web Initiative. HSLS has also added a file and media server, expanded Web 
analytics, and developed a number of useful tools for patrons and staff. The knowledge, 
planning, and skills garnered through these actions will be applied to expand and bolster 
NN/LM's Web capabilities. 
The NN/LM technology infrastructure will be housed at the NOC; the NOC provides a 
FISMA and HITECH compliant environment with redundant power sources, 
uninterruptable power supplies and backup generators. A collaborative effort between 
NWSO, the NOC and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will 
result in quarterly security audits to ensure that NWSO is identifying, implementing and 
evaluating NN/LM systems security in accordance with HHS information policies. 
NWSO will also work in conjunction with the NOC to provide 24/7 monitoring of server 
performance and the security of the NN/LM services.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 9918465
- **Project number:** 5UG4LM012342-05
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH
- **Principal Investigator:** Frances Yarger
- **Activity code:** UG4 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $446,149
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** — → 2022-04-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/9918465

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 9918465, NN/LM WEB SERVICES OFFICE (NWSO) (5UG4LM012342-05). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-11 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/9918465. Licensed CC0.

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