BookMichael R. Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld.
Summary: "This book covers the history of medical libraries and librarianship from the founding of the Medical Library Association in 1898 to today. The authors present the different stages in the evolution of health science librarianship and conclude with a discussion of the new, digital era of health science libraries"-- Provided by publisher
Contents:
John Shaw Billings and the Library of the Office of the Army Surgeon General: 1836-1898
The gentleman physician librarian era: 1898-1945
The era of the development of the clinical research infrastructure (NIH), the rapid expansion in funded and published clinical research, and the emergence of the National Library of Medicine: 1945-1962
The era of the development of the National Library of Medicine, online digital subject searching (MEDLINE) and the creation of the health science library infrastructure: 1962-1975
The MEDLINE Era: The golden age of medical libraries: 1978-1995
The era of universal access to information and the transition from paper to digitally based medical libraries: 1995-2015
The emerging era of the digital health sciences library: 2015.