Welcome to the AAHSL web site. AAHSL seeks to improve academic health sciences libraries in the United States and Canada by assessing, advancing, strengthening, leading and reframing their roles in patient care, research and teaching. Our web site features the work of the association in reaching our goals. Each month we Spotlight a member library to demonstrate how academic health sciences libraries are advancing their roles in education, research and patient care.

News Feed

July 15, 2008

New items are now posted to the AAHSL website.  These include:
--      Presidential Message Number 8 from Linda Watson, University of Minnesota, is now posted under About.
--      A bibliography of articles about the Matheson-Cooper Report is now posted on the 25th Anniversary page.  The bibliography was created by Ramune Kubilius, Collection Development and Special Projects Librarian at the Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University.  Links to the bibliography's fulltext articles that are available in PubMed Central were provided by Michael Dean Brunelle, Circulation Assistant, Galter Library.

As a reminder, applications for the NLM-AAHSL Leadership Fellowship Program are due August 1, 2008.  Potential fellows and those wishing to serve as mentors are encouraged to apply.  See the application information under Leadership Development.

--  James Shedlock, Northwestern University

June 25, 2008

--  The Matheson-Cooper 25th Anniversary page has been updated with a testimonial from Dr. Donald B. Lindberg, Director-National Library of Medicine.  Dr. Lindberg states, "Much has changed in healthcare delivery, academic medicine, and IT since 1982, but the principles and imperatives of the Matheson-Cooper report remain valid." 

--  There is an updated brochure for the NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellowship Program.  The brochure indentifies the process and procedure for applying for the fellowship program.

Click here to see the announcement for the 2008-2009 NLM/AAHSL Leadership Fellows Program.

-- James Shedlock, Northwestern University

May 2008

Drexel University Health Sciences Libraries

Drexel University College of Medicine (DUCOM) was created by the 1982 merger of Hahnemann Medical College and Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania. These institutions were two of the earliest medical colleges in the United States -- established in 1848 and 1850 respectively -- and Woman’s was the very first medical school for women in the nation. With two locations in Philadelphia, the combined Health Sciences Libraries serve over 7000 students, faculty, staff and residents both on our campuses and remotely.

The Library that serves DUCOM is located on the Queen Lane Campus—five miles from downtown Philadelphia.

The Hahnemann Library, in Center City Philadelphia, has collections geared to the needs of Drexel’s School of Public Health and College of Nursing and Health Professions.

Although we have over 500,000 physical visits to the libraries each year, our students live and work all over the world. The library’s website is their primary portal to services and materials. Our policy of sharing all licensed electronic resources with the University Library and many resources with our Law Library allows the Health Sciences Libraries to offer our users over 500 databases, 80,000 e-books and 21,000 journals, a great advantage in today’s interdisciplinary academic environment.

Drexel has often been in the vanguard in implementing technology: we were the first major university to operate a fully wireless campus and the Libraries among the first to migrate to a completely electronic journal collection beginning in 1998. In that spirit, our Libraries have a presence in the virtual world of Second Life at: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Drexel/125/175/25

Recent improvements to the physical plant included converting stack space into collaborative study rooms and a classroom as well as the installation of café furniture in a lounge area. We hope you’ll visit our recently updated website for more information about our programs and services.

http://www.library.drexel.edu/healthsciences/