| The Houston Academy of Medicine -Texas Medical Center
Library was founded in the Texas Medical Center in 1949. At that
time, two existing medical libraries -- the Houston Academy of
Medicine Library and Baylor
College of Medicine -- combined their collections to better
serve the physicians in Harris County and the teaching and research
programs of Baylor.
The Houston Academy of Medicine brought nearly 18,000 volumes
to the 1949 merger. The Baylor College of Medicine brought almost
16,000 volumes. In 1954 the Library moved from the Roy and Lillie
Cullen Building of the Baylor College of Medicine into the new
Jesse H. Jones Library Building
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As the Texas Medical Center expanded through the 60's so did
the Library. In 1970 the
University of Texas Medical School was established in Houston.
With the Operating Agreement of 1970, the Library came under
the joint governance of six Participating Institutions through
a board of directors and under the operational administration
of an executive director. In 1992, this joint governance expanded
to seven Participating Institutions with the addition of Texas
A&M University.
Participating Institutions are:
Currently, the Library contains 76,500 square feet of space,
and has shelving for approximately 260,000 volumes and about
300 seats for readers.
The Library serves and receives support from some 16 health
science institutions. It is also the Regional Medical Library
for the National Network of Libraries of Medicine,
South Central Region, with responsibility for the library
needs of health professionals in the 5 state region of Arkansas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Texas.
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