Links of Interest
American Association for the History of Nursing, Inc. - The American Association for the History of Nursing is a professional organization open to everyone interested in the history of nursing. Originally founded in 1978 as a historical methodology group, the association was briefly named the International History of Nursing Society. The purpose of the Association shall be to foster the importance of history as relevant to understanding the past, defining the present, and influencing the future of nursing.
Association of American Medical Colleges - The AAMC and the medical schools, teaching hospitals, academic and professional societies, faculty, residents, and students we represent are committed to improving the nation's health through medical education, research, and high-quality patient care. The AAMC is dedicated to the communities we serve, committed to advancing the public good, and steadfast in our desire to earn and keep the public's trust for the role we are privileged to play in our society.
Clendening History of Medicine Library & Museum - The Clendening History of Medicine Library and Museum is the rare books and manuscripts library of the University of Kansas Medical Center. The Library actively collects rare books as well as current works in the history of medicine, nursing, and the allied professions. The Library also supports the biomedical ethics and medical humanities curriculum by collecting contemporary secondary works in these areas. Under the auspices of its Museum, the Library also owns hundreds of medical artifacts.
Countway Library of Medicine - The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, one of the largest medical libraries in the world, serves the Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston Medical Library and the Massachusetts Medical Society. The Countway Library holds more than 630,000 volumes, subscribes to 3,500 current journal titles and houses over 10,000 non-current biomedical journal titles. The library also houses one of the world's leading medical history collections, and provides access to many electronic information resources.
The Countway hosts The Center for the History of Medicine, which includes Archives and Records Management Program for the schools of the Harvard medical area, and the Warren Anatomical Museum.
History of the Health Sciences Section of the Medical Library Association - The purpose of the section is to stimulate and support interest in the history of the health sciences among libraries and librarians.
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia - Advances the cause of health while upholding the ideals and heritage of medicine. The College strives to enable individuals, families and communities to take greater responsibility for their health; improve the health of the public through service to health professionals; enhance appreciation of the heritage of medicine; and provide information for the development of health policy.
The Randforce Associates, LLC - Randforce is helping a broad range of oral history and qualitative analysis clients to digitize and index audio-video documentation. Our approach uses a unique database environment that can organize and access the audio-video content itself, not transcript or text reductions. Utilizing and refining new digital technologies including the InterClipper® software initially developed for the market research field by InterClipper, INC. Randforce helps clients work with any audio-video documentation, including oral history and other interviews, fieldwork, focus groups, meeting minutes, performance, and home video. Applications range from oral history collection management and access, to indexing tools for qualitative research, pedagogic resources, museum, library, community, and family projects.
Women's Calendar - The Women's Calendar is the largest listing of women's events covering every possible venue, topic or issue important to women. Women's Calendar is a superb networking tool for women.