Putting together a winter reading list? Images of America: U.S. National Library of Medicine, published in the popular series by Arcadia Publishing, is sure to please.
Heavily illustrated with 170+ archival images depicting the Library’s growth and development through 200 years of military, library, and medical history, the book reveals the work of generations of visionary leaders and dedicated individuals who experienced the American Civil War, the world wars, the Cold War, and the dawn of the Information Age.
Intensively researched by the staff of the National Library of Medicine History of Medicine Division, the book explains the evolution of the Library—supported by luminaries such as Michael E. Debakey and John F. Kennedy, surgeons general, senators, and citizens—into the world-renowned national resource it is today for public health information, medical data, and history of medicine.
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The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, has been a center of information innovation since its founding in 1836. The world’s largest biomedical library, NLM maintains and makes available a vast print collection and produces electronic information resources on a wide range of topics that are searched billions of times each year by millions of people around the globe. It also supports and conducts research, development, and training in biomedical informatics and health information technology. In addition, the Library coordinates a 6,500-member Network of the National Library of Medicine that promotes and provides access to health information in communities across the United States.
