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Medical Library and Homeopathic Medical Library<\/strong><\/p>\n

Although the Medical School held its first session in 1879, there was no space officially set aside for a collection of medical books until 1882 in the Hall of Liberal Arts (Schaeffer).\u00a0 The first acquisition of medical and homeopathic books is mentioned in the June 1879 annual report of the Librarian, where 250 volumes had been purchased.\u00a0 The first librarian was a medical student who kept the library open for two to four hours daily.\u00a0 By 1893 the medical and dental libraries had been put under general management of the Librarian; and the homeopathic medical library was moved to the main collection in North Hall.\u00a0 By 1916 the homeopathic medical library had been moved again to a faculty office, where it was reported by the Librarian that the office was never locked and no one seemed to be responsible for any type of daily operation.<\/p>\n

In 1901 the entire medical collection of fifteen hundred volumes was lost in a fire which destroyed the Medical Building and Old South Hall.\u00a0 During the next 24 years the medical collection was housed in the General Library, first in the Hall of Liberal Arts and then in the Hall of Natural Science (Macbride Hall).\u00a0 During this time collections were accumulated in a number of medical departments.\u00a0 Since most of the books were purchased with library funds but were under the control of departmental staff, access to these books was difficult for those outside the\u00a0department.\u00a0 These separate holdings were finally integrated in 1925, and in 1927 the Medical Library was moved to the new Medical Laboratories Building, where it was to remain until the Health Sciences Library was occupied in 1974.<\/p>\n

Dental Library<\/strong><\/p>\n

The annual report of 1887 accounts for 21 books in the dental library.\u00a0 In 1896, no new books have been received and the library was generally thought of as containing little of use to students.\u00a0 By 1893 the library occupied a corner of one of the operating rooms in the Dental Department.\u00a0 In 1901 a fire destroyed Old South Hall which contained the medical library as well as the small dental collection.\u00a0 By 1914, the dental collection had been moved to the general library where room had been created by the engineering books being moved to the Applied Science Building.\u00a0 In 1917 the Dental Building (now Trowbridge Hall) was constructed and two years later the Dental Library was installed there.\u00a0 1943\/44 was the first full year that the library was under the direct control of the University libraries administration.\u00a0 The dental library was integrated into the Health Sciences Library in 1974.In 1966, Robert C. Hardin, dean of the College of Medicine, brought the critical library needs to the attention of the Board of Regents who gave tentative approval for a new health science library building.\u00a0 Construction began in June 1971 and was completed in May 1974.\u00a0 In 1989 the library was renamed the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, in honor of Dr. Hardin.<\/p>\n

The Speech Pathology Library<\/strong>, composed of books and journals withdrawn from the Education-Psychology Library, opened in 1967 when the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology moved from East Hall to the new Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center.\u00a0 This collection was also integrated into the new Health Sciences building.<\/p>\n

Hardin Library for the Health Sciences \u2013 a Photographic History<\/a>\u00a0(created \u00a0in 2004 for Hardin Library\u2019s 30th Anniversary)<\/p>\n

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Medical Library Reading Room (1943)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Medical Library Stereoscope Table (1943)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Medical Library stacks, c. 1960s<\/p><\/div>\n

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Medical Library stacks, c. 1960s<\/p><\/div>\n

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Health Sciences Library soon after completion<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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