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Abstract
Founded on May 2, 1898, by four librarians and four physicians at the suggestion of George M. Gould, M.D., editor of the Philadelphia Medical Journal, the Medical Library Association (MLA) is the second oldest special library association in the United States.
Dates
- Creation: 1898-2002
Extent
787 Linear Feet
Creator
- Medical Library Association (Organization)
Physical Location
Materials stored offsite. 30 days prior notice required for delivery. Retrievals made last Friday of the month. Contact the NLM Support Center for scheduling.
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
Restrictions
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Historical Note
Founded on May 2, 1898, by four librarians and four physicians at the suggestion of George M. Gould, M.D., editor of the Philadelphia Medical Journal, the Medical Library Association (MLA) is the second oldest special library association in the United States. Membership was limited to librarians representing medical libraries of not less than 500 volumes and with regular library hours and attendance. The Association of Medical Librarians (as it was known until 1907) was founded "to encourage the improvement and increase of public medical libraries".
MLA has grown to a professional organization of more than 1,200 institutions and 3,800 professionals in the health information field. It continues to assist librarians with the exchange of health sciences books and periodicals (the MLA Exchange is one of the founders' earliest and most important projects) and to develop a variety of programs to serve the needs of health information specialists.
MLA is dedicated to improving excellence and leadership of the health information professional to foster the art and science of health information services. It furthers the professional development of our members through career information resources, meetings, publications, courses, awards, scholarships, and various support services. The association also serves as an advocate for the profession and for all health sciences libraries and librarians.
Excerpted from http://www.mlanet.org/about/overview.html.
Collection Summary
The Medical Library Association papers document the growth of the organization through correspondence, journals, surveys, minutes, and photographs. Series numbers reflect record group numbers used by the association. Not all record groups are accounted for in this guide.
Abstract
Founded on May 2, 1898, by four librarians and four physicians at the suggestion of George M. Gould, M.D., editor of the Philadelphia Medical Journal, the Medical Library Association (MLA) is the second oldest special library association in the United States.
Physical Location
Materials stored offsite. 30 days prior notice required for delivery. Retrievals made last Friday of the month. Contact the NLM Support Center for scheduling.
Provenance
Gift of Medical Library Association. Periodic additions are made to the collection. Contact Curator for additional finding aids.
General
- Processed by
- HMD Staff
- Processing Completed
- 2002
- Encoded by
- Cynthia Rand; John P. Rees
Creator
- Medical Library Association (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Medical Library Association Archives, 1898-2002
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- HMD Staff
- Date
- 2002
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latn
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- 1.0
Revision Statements
- July 2004: PUBLIC "-//National Library of Medicine::History of Medicine Division//TEXT (US::DNLM::MLA 1::Medical Library Association Archives)//EN" "mla" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
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