Changing the Face of Medicine:
Celebrating America's Women Physicians
Sixty-one Libraries Selected for Traveling Exhibition about Women in Medicine
The American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) have selected 61 public, academic and medical libraries to host the traveling exhibition, Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians. The traveling exhibition examines the lives and achievements of women in medicine since they first gained admission to American medical schools 150 years ago. It is based on a major exhibition of the same title, which was on display at the National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Md., until April 2, 2005.
The libraries selected to receive the Changing the Face of Medicine exhibit are (in alphabetical order by state):
- University of Alabama at Birmingham, Lister Hill Library of Health Sciences, Birmingham, Ala.
- Glendale Public Library, Glendale, Ariz.
- University of Arizona, Arizona Health Sciences Library, Tucson, Ariz.
- University of California/San Francisco -- Fresno Medical Education Program, Fresno, Calif.
- University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denison Memorial Center, Denver, Colo.
- University of Florida Health Science Center Libraries, Gainesville, Fla.
- Jacksonville Public Library, Jacksonville, Fla.
- Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Information Center, Atlanta, Ga.
- Medical College of Georgia, Robert B. Greenblatt Medical Library, Augusta, Ga.
- Georgia College & State University Library, Milledgeville, Ga.
- Council Bluffs Public Library, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
- University of Iowa, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, Iowa City, Iowa.
- Southern Illinois University School of Medicine Library, Springfield, Ill.
- Governors State University, University Library, University Park, Ill.
- Indiana University School of Medicine Libraries, Indianapolis, Ind.
- Marion Public Library, Marion, Ind.
- University of Kansas Medical Center, A.R. Dykes Library, Kansas City, Kan.
- Wichita Public Library, Wichita, Kan.
- University of Louisville, Kornhauser Health Science Library, Louisville, Ky.
- Vermillion Parish Library, Abbeville, La.
- Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine (Harvard Medical School/Boston Medical Library), Boston, Mass.
- Mount Holyoke College Library & Information Technology Services, South Hadley, Mass.
- University of Massachusetts Medical School, Lamar Soutter Library, Worcester, Mass.
- University of Maryland Baltimore, Health Sciences & Human Services Library, Baltimore, Md.
- Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Mich.
- Peter White Public Library, Marquette, Mich.
- Southwest Minnesota State University Library, Marshall, Minn.
- University of Mississippi, Rowland Medical Library, Jackson, Miss.
- University of Missouri at Columbia, J. Otto Lottes Health Sciences Library, Columbia, Mo.
- Washington University, Bernard Becker Medical Library, St. Louis, Mo.
- St. Patrick Hospital & Health Sciences Center, Missoula, Mont.
- University of Nevada Savitt Medical Library, and Northwest Reno Public Library, Reno, Nev.
- New Brunswick Free Public Library, New Brunswick, N.J.
- University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Information Center, Albuquerque, N.M.
- The City College Library, New York, N.Y.
- SUNY Upstate Medical University, Health Sciences Library, Syracuse, N.Y.
- Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, N.C
- East Carolina University, W.E. Laupus Health Sciences Library, Greenville, N.C.
- The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, and University of Cincinnati Medical Center and Libraries, Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Health Sciences Library, Cleveland, Ohio.
- The Ohio State University, Prior Health Sciences Library, Columbus, Ohio.
- Wright State University Libraries, Paul Laurence Dunbar Library, Dayton, Ohio.
- Tulsa City County Library, and University of Oklahoma -- Tulsa Library, Tulsa, Okla.
- Multnomah County Library, Portland, Ore.
Drexel University, College of Medicine Archives & Special Collections, Philadelphia, Pa.
- University of Pittsburgh, Falk Library of the Health Sciences, Pittsburgh, Pa.
- Richland County Public Library, Columbia, S.C.
- Chattanooga-Hamilton County Bicentennial Library, Chattanooga, Tenn.
- East Tennessee State University, C.C. Sherrod Library, Johnson City, Tenn.
- Memphis-Shelby County Public Library & Information Center, Memphis, Tenn.
- University of Texas Medical Branch, Moody Medical Library, Galveston, Texas.
- Houston Academy of Medicine, Texas Medical Center Library, Houston, Texas.
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.
- University of Virginia, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, Charlottesville, Va.
- Fairfax County Public Library, Fairfax, Va.
- Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries, Tompkins McCaw Library for the Health Sciences, Richmond, Va.
- Mid-Columbia Library District, Kennewick, Wash.
- University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries, Seattle, Wash.
- University of Wisconsin, Ebling Library of Health Sciences, Madison, Wis.
- West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, W.Va.
- Natrona County Public Library, Casper, Wyo.
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