Medical Librarianship, A Mid-Century Survey: A Symposium Present Status and Future Possibilities of Education for Librarianship in the Medical Sciences

摘要

I think you will agree with me that much has been said and recorded in the literature concerning education for special librarianship. The most recent comprehensive account (1) being that of the Subcommittee on Special Library Education of the Council of National Library Associations in 1954 on which Mary Louise Marshall was the Medical Library Association representative. The history of education for medical librarianship in the United States was reported upon extensively at the first International Congress on MIedical Librarianship in London in 1953 by Estelle Brodman (2). At the same Congress Mildred Jordan reported on the status of the two courses at that time sponsored by the Medical Library Association (3), and Wilma Troxel discussed the future in Medical Library Education (4). A thought provoking article, "Whither Medical Librarianship" by Estelle Brodman appeared in 1954 (5). It would seem that there would be little left to be said. However, just as MIedicine has advanced, so, too, has education for librarianship.