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A history of medical libraries and medical librarianship : from John Shaw Billings to the digital era

Title
A history of medical libraries and medical librarianship : from John Shaw Billings to the digital era / Michael R. Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld.
Author
Kronenfeld, Michael R.
Publication
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]

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Additional Authors
Kronenfeld, Jennie J.
Description
xxii, 341 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm.
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"--
Series Statement
Medical Library Association books
Uniform Title
Medical Library Association books.
Subject
  • Medical libraries > United States > History
  • Medical librarianship > United States > History
  • Medical librarianship
  • Medical libraries
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The Era of the Library of the Office of the Army Surgeon General and John Shaw Billing: 1836-1898 -- The Era of the Gentleman Physician Librarian: 1898 to 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 Medical Librarianship as a Profession: 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: A Golden Age for Medical Libraries: 1975-1995 -- The Era of Universal Access to Information and the Transition from Paper to Digitally Based Medical Libraries: 1995-2015 -- The Era of the Digital Health Sciences Library: 2015-.
Call Number
JFE 21-6450
ISBN
  • 9781538118818
  • 1538118815
LCCN
2020042764
OCLC
1199056363
Author
Kronenfeld, Michael R., author.
Title
A history of medical libraries and medical librarianship : from John Shaw Billings to the digital era / Michael R. Kronenfeld, Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld.
Publisher
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Medical Library Association books
Medical Library Association books.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Kronenfeld, Jennie J., author.
Other Form:
Online version: Kronenfeld, Michael R. History of medical libraries and medical librarianship Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021] 9781538118825 (DLC) 2020042765
Research Call Number
JFE 21-6450
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