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Size | 24 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 13,000 items) |
Abstract | The Health Sciences Library (HSL) was established as a unit of the Division of Health Affairs at the University of North Carolina in 1952. However, it was not named Health Sciences Library until 1968. It served as the central library for the University hospital and the division's five schools (Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health) and their associated programs. Myrl Ebert (1913-2001) served as director of the HSL from its founding until her retirement from the University in 1975. She led the effort to develop the new library building, and she was also involved in the creation of MEDLARS, the biomedical bibliographic retrieval system that later became the online database MEDLINE. Records consist of correspondence and other files related to the development and operation of the Health Science Library, including annual reports, budget and grant materials, committee materials, minutes of HSL department heads and council meetings, departmental reports, salary information, newsletters, and a 1973 self-study. Also included are files relating to the development of the new library building in 1970 and later renovations, to the development of MEDLARS, and to the UNC Literature Exchange (UNCLE). Early files are those of Myrl Ebert, director of the library, 1952-1975. |
Creator | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. University Archives. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Lori Neumeier, February 2012; Carson Fish, February 2017; Carson Fish, June 2017; Jennifer Coggins, September 2019; Dawne Howard Lucas, January 2020
Encoded by: Lori Neumeier, February 2012
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The Health Sciences Library (HSL) was established as a unit of the Division of Health Affairs at the University of North Carolina in 1952. However, it was not named Health Sciences Library until 1968. It served as the central library for the University hospital and the division's five schools (Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Public Health) and their associated programs, consolidating the holdings of several smaller libraries that had existed prior to 1952. Originally located in MacNider Hall and later in the Clinic Wing of North Carolina Memorial Hospital, the library moved in 1970 to a new building constructed in MacNider Hall's courtyard to accommodate a growing student enrollment and added programs. Myrl Ebert (1913-2001) served as director of the HSL from its founding until her retirement from the University in 1975. She led the effort to develop the new library building, and she was also involved in the creation of MEDLARS, the biomedical bibliographic retrieval system that later became the online database MEDLINE.
Dorothy Long, Head of Readers' Services, served briefly as acting director of the Health Sciences Library following Ebert's retirement. Sam W. Hitt became director in 1976 and served until 1986; he was succeeded by Carol Jenkins. Jim Curtis served as interim director from 2013 until 2015 following Jenkins's retirement. Christie Degener served as interim director from 2015 until Nandita Mani became the permanent director in 2016.
Back to TopRecords consist of correspondence and other files related to the development and operation of the Health Science Library, including annual reports, budget and grant materials, committee materials, minutes of HSL department heads and council meetings, departmental reports, salary information, newsletters, and a 1973 self-study. Also included are files relating to the development of the new library building in 1970 and later renovations, to the development of MEDLARS, and to the UNC Literature Exchange (UNCLE). Early files are those of Myrl Ebert, director of the library, 1952-1975.
Back to TopNote that, for the most part, original file titles have been retained.
Acquisitions information: Addition of February 2017 (RT 20170130.1)
Records include Health Sciences Annual Reports, records of HSL committees, and records of the UNC Literature Exchange (UNCLE).
Acquisitions information: Addition of June 2017 (RT 20170619.1)
Acquisitions Information: RT 20190712.2.
Acquisitions Information: RT 20200128.1. Materials were transferred from the Health Sciences Library during the Health Sciences Library Special Collections move to the Wilson Special Collections Library, February-March 2019.
Contains administrative records, including correspondence, reports, newsclippings, and press releases documenting the history of the Health Sciences Library, 1930s-2000s. Many of the files pertain to renovations that took place at the library in the 1980s. Older correspondence files pertain to collection development for the Medical Library prior to the creation of the Division of Health Affairs. The retirement scrapbook primarily contains congratulatory letters sent to Ebert upon her retirement as director of the Health Sciences Library in 1975.
Box 12-15
Box 12Box 13Box 14Box 15 |
Administrative and Facilities Planning Records |
Box 16 |
Newsclippings and Press Releases |
Oversize Volume SV-40247/1 |
Myrl Ebert Retirement Scrapbook, 1975 |