Dr. Patricia Brennan, RN, PhD, was installed as the Director of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) in August, 2016. She is the first nurse and female to head the library in its 181 year history. "Dr. Brennan is a pioneer in the development of information systems for patients. She developed ComputerLink, an electronic network designed to reduce isolation and improve self-care among home care patients. She directed HeartCare, a web-based information and communication service that helps home-dwelling cardiac patients recover faster, and with fewer symptoms. She also directed Project HealthDesign, an initiative designed to stimulate the next generation of personal health records. Dr. Brennan has also conducted external evaluations of health information technology architectures and worked to repurpose engineering methods for health care." She is quite interested in Big Data and precision medicine going forward. We expect that Dr. Brennan, with her innovative leadership, will be ushering the NLM in new and interesting directions in the next few years!