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Moving Forward, Looking Back: A Retrospective on WHSC Library Exhibits

The Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library is proud to announce the opening of our latest exhibition, Moving Forward, Looking Back: A Retrospective on WHSC Library Exhibits.   The exhibition highlights the efforts of Emory faculty and library staff, past and present, to tell the history of medicine, nursing, public health, and the health sciences from an…

WHSC Library Collection Highlights: Social Determinants of Health

The COVID-19 pandemic brought the issue of healthcare disparities and related inequalities to the forefront. This fall’s collection highlight’s display features books on systemic racism, socioeconomic discrimination, access to education, the physical environment, social support, and health equity in contemporary and historical perspectives. The titles examine these problems and offer potential solutions to help improve…

Library Historical Collection Highlights honoring Women’s History Month

In celebration of Women’s History Month, WHSC Library Historical Collections is highlighting women’s collections. From overseas in World War I to the classrooms of Emory University, the collections document the contributions of women in the fields of nursing, public health, and medical librarianship.  Historical Collections collect and preserve records pertaining to the history of Emory…

Honoring Black History Month with the WHSC Library Historical Collections

Honoring Black History Month, the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library is highlighting resources in our historical collections featuring information on Black students, staff, and faculty members from the Emory Community. Dating back to the mid-19th Century, the highlighted collections include photographs, bibliographic files, newspaper clippings, and more.  Highlighted collections feature School of Nursing administrative records,…

2020 has been designated International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife by the World Health Assembly in honor of the 200th birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale

To celebrate, we have curated a collection of materials that illustrate the history and breadth of the profession and its’ global impact. The materials relate to clinical practice, population health, leadership, ethics, interdisciplinary care and personal narratives. They represent a small portion of the over 8,000 titles in our collection of books dedicated to the…

History of Teaching Medicine at Emory Virtual Walkthrough, Case 4 – Cardiology

Hello and welcome to a Virtual Walkthrough of the physical exhibit “History of Teaching Medicine at Emory University” located at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library. Due to Covid-19  we’re doing a virtual walk-through of our current exhibit. We’ll be looking at the exhibit case by case, continuing with Case 4 this week. Origins of…

History of Teaching Medicine at Emory Virtual Walkthrough, Case 3 – Anatomy

Hello and welcome to a Virtual Walkthrough of the physical exhibit “History of Teaching Medicine at Emory University” located at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library. Due to Covid-19  we’re doing a virtual walk-through of our current exhibit. We’ll be looking at the exhibit case by case, continuing with Case 3 this week. Origins of…

History of Teaching Medicine at Emory Virtual Walkthrough, Case 2 – Origins Part 2

Hello and welcome to a Virtual Walkthrough of the physical exhibit “History of Teaching Medicine at Emory University” located at the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library. Due to Covid-19  we’re doing a virtual walk-through of our current exhibit. We’ll be looking at the exhibit case by case, continuing with Case 2 this week. Origins of…