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HOSPITAL DUKE VOL. 9, No. 5 DKCKMBER, 19()2 DUKHAM, N. C New Medical Center Library Emerges Miss Ella Jones and Mr. Cavana^h work on the treasured Trent Collection while an unidentified student enjoys a ([iiiet moment in the Trent Room. Ella is the member of the housekeeping!: department who keeps the wheels turning in the library. The old Duke Hospital library is sportin'? a new name—and more. The new Medical Center Library has be hind it the solid foundation of years of earefnl ^rowth since the bejinninjr of the medical school. U])on this foun dation the new library plans to enlarge its horizons to a seo]ie appropriate to the recent g-rowth of the medical center as a preat teachinjr and research center. Ileadiu" the expansion of the library is G. S. T. (’avanafjh, former chii'f librarian at the Uni versity of Kansas Medical Center. Mr. Cavanafjh, director of the library, professor of medical literature and curator of the Josiah C. Trent (\)1- lection in the History of Medicine, succeeds Miss Judith Farrar, one of the orifjinal medical center staff mem bers who was instrumental in estab lishing tlie library ',V2 years ai>'0. When Dean Wilburt C. Davison be^an or^anizinj;- the medical sc-hool in 1927, library funds were one of his first concerns. An initial sum of ilil0(),00() was made available to him to use for this purpose. Tin’oufrh careful selection and shrewd bar- "aining: the dean had acc\nnulated almo.st twenty thousand books by the time the hosi)ital o])ened in 19‘50. An active Library Committee has ov(>r the years continued to keep new materials added to 1he shelves. In 1956 the library was ;iven one of the nation’s outstandinr collections on medical history. Mrs. James Semans donated the Trent Collection which is attractively housed in the Trent Room at the far end of the Readinjr Room. This collection Avas accumulated by the late Dr. Josiah C. Trent and his wife, now Mrs. S(Muans. It ('onsists of about 4()0() books and 2()()() inauuscripts—soiiu' datin^^ iiai-k to the 14th century—containing virtu ally all the classics that stand for major contributions to medicine. A "roup, the Associates of the Trent Collection, has been formed recently to add to this unitjue collection. Over the ])ast years the medical center has >'rown tremendously in its role in the field of education, treat ment and research. The need for an enlarged, pi-ofessioual staff and more conii)reluMisive services was recog nized, The iipi)oiu1mciit of Mr. Cavanagh and iiis staff keynotes this e.xpansion, Tn addition to the new director, the Medical Center Library staff' now includes Mrs. Polly Miller, assistant librarian; Miss Dorothy Mueller, reference librarian ; Mi-. Emil Frey, accpiisitioiis librarian; and Miss ('onstance McDaniel, chief cataloger. This group of five professionally trained librarians form the nucleus of the library staff^ Hix other full time workei's, ])lus additional student hel]) is necessary to coin])I(‘te the staff'. The libi'ary is now oi)cn ;ii)proximatc- ly lO.") Iioui-s weekly. 'Phis includ(‘s ((’ontinued on page 2)
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