Introduction
October 2007 marked the 25th anniversary of a special report published as a supplement of the Journal of Medical Education with the formal title Academic Information in the Academic Health Sciences Center: Roles for the Library in Information Management [1]. The report has become known as the Matheson-Cooper Report or the Matheson Report after its authors, Nina W. Matheson and John A.D. Cooper. The report defined a future role and changed paradigm for the academic library operating within the complex information environment of the academic health center (AHC). Continued -->
Matheson-Cooper Report - temporary PDF provided by Galter Library Staff, Northwestern University
Author Biographies:
Nina Matheson was interviewed at mid-career, after the publication of the Association of American Medical Colleges “Matheson Report” on the future roles for health sciences libraries and librarians and her advocacy of the role for librarians in medical informatics. Nina was Director of George Washington University Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library from 1974 to 1980, and of the Welch Medical Library at Johns Hopkins University beginning in 1984. She served on the Medical Library Association Board, was president of the Medical Library Association in 1983, and elected a Fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics in 1986. An English major in college, she says “if I've been successful as a medical librarian, it's not been because of any subject matter...[what is] really important [is]...native intellectual curiosity and a critical and analytic cast of mind that is keyed toward trying to find solutions.”
John A.D. Cooper, M.D., Ph.D., (1918-2002), President, Association of American Medical Colleges JMLA Obituary by Nina Matheson
Dr. John Allen Dicks Cooper was born on December 22, 1918 in El Paso, Texas. He grew up in the bilingual and bicultural environment of Las Cruces, New Mexico and attended the New Mexico State University from which he graduated with his B.S. degree in Chemistry in 1939. His interest in science and friendship with Dr. Robert J. McBride, a Las Cruces practitioner, were instrumental in his decision to pursue further education in the sciences. Dr. Cooper said, "Financially I wasn't able to go to medical school. But fellowships for graduate work were offered by a number of schools and I chose Northwestern." In 1943, he earned his Ph.D. in biochemistry. Dr. Cooper continued at Northwestern and served as a Biochemistry instructor there from 1943-1947 and as an assistant professor from 1947-1951. In 1951, he earned his M.D. from Northwestern.
Links:
AAHLS/GIR Nina Matheson Lecture
Bibliography on the Matheson-Cooper Report-->
Invited testimonials on the impact of the Matheson-Cooper Report:
Donald A.B. Lindberg, M.D.
Darrell G. Kirch, M.D.
Don E. Detmer, MD, MA
Carla J. Funk, MLS, MBA, CAE
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Nina Matheson, Director Emerita, Welch Medical Library, Johns Hopkins University