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A history of medical libraries and medical librarianship : from John Shaw Billings to the digital era / Michael R. Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kronenfeld, Michael R., author.
- Kronenfeld, Jennie J., author.
- Series:
- Medical Library Association books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical libraries--United States--History.
- Medical libraries.
- Medical librarianship--United States--History.
- Medical librarianship.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 341 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]
- 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:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. John Shaw Billings and the Library of the Office of the Army Surgeon General
- 1836-1898
- 2. The Gentleman Physician Librarian Era
- 1898-1945
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. The MEDLINE Era
- The Golden Age of Medical Libraries
- 1978-1995
- 6. The Era of Universal Access to Information and the Transition from Paper to Digitally Based Medical Libraries
- 1995-2015
- 7. The Emerging Era of the Digital Health Sciences Library
- 2015.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Kronenfeld, Michael R. History of medical libraries and medical librarianship
- ISBN:
- 9781538118818
- 1538118815
- OCLC:
- 1199056363
- Publisher Number:
- 99986861964
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