Abstract

Personal Recollections of the Contributions of Estelle Brodman: An Enduring Legacy for Health Sciences Librarianship

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  • Dr Brodman was very active in the Medical Library Association (MLA), serving as editor of the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association (BMLA) from 1947 to 1957, member of the MLA Board of Directors from 1962 to 1964, and MLA president in 1964/65

  • The course was approved by the Medical Library Association and had been initiated by Professor Thomas P

  • I examined the boxes of materials concerning her teaching at the school of library service but failed to find any class records

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Dr Brodman’s professional career was served in three institutions: Columbia University, the Army Medical Library, and Washington University. At Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons Library, she was assistant librarian from 1937 to 1949 and taught the medical librarianship course in the Columbia University School of Library Service. In 1949, she became assistant librarian for reference services at the Army Medical Library ( the National Library of Medicine), and, in 1961, she was named director and associate professor in the history of medicine at the Washington University School of Medicine Library in St. Louis.

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