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Janet Doe

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Janet Doe
Born11 April 1895 Edit this on Wikidata
Died17 November 1985 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 90)

Janet Doe (April 11, 1895 in Newbury, Vermont – November 17, 1985 in Somers, New York[1]) was a medical librarian notable for her work at the New York Academy of Medicine and her consultant work with the Army Medical Library.[2]

Janet Doe began her library career at the New York Public Library. She entered medical librarianship in 1923 as an assistant librarian at Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.[3] From 1949-1956, Doe served as the first female library director at the New York Academy of Medicine.[4] In 1956, Doe spoke before the United States Congress on behalf of the Medical Library Association advocating for the designation of a National Library of Medicine and its transition from the Armed Forces Medical Library administered under the Department of Defense.[5]

Doe served as president of the Medical Library Association from 1948 to 1949.[6] Her 1949 presidential address, entitled The Development of Education For Medical Librarianship, was republished in a 2012 issue of the Journal of the Medical Library Association.[7] Through a guest editorial in 1950, Doe announced the sanctioning of regional chapter meetings for the Medical Library Association, a tradition which continues today.[8] Her memory is preserved in the annual Janet Doe Lectureship Archived 2023-12-01 at the Wayback Machine series, established in 1965.[9] She gave her oral history to Estelle Brodman in 1977.[6]

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  1. ^ "Doe, Janet, 1895-1985". Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. ^ "MLA : Blogs : Doe, Janet (AHIP, FMLA)*". www.mlanet.org. Retrieved 2017-01-30.
  3. ^ Brodman, Estelle (1986). "Janet Doe, 1895-1985". Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. 74 (2): 188–189. PMC 227827.
  4. ^ nyamhistory (2021-03-10). "Janet Doe, NYAM's First Woman Library Director". Books, Health and History. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
  5. ^ Smith, Kent A. (2008). "Laws, leaders, and legends of the modern National Library of Medicine". Journal of the Medical Library Association. 96 (2): 121–133. doi:10.3163/1536-5050.96.2.121. ISSN 1558-9439. PMC 2268223. PMID 18379667.
  6. ^ a b "MLA : Blogs : Doe, Janet (AHIP, FMLA)*". www.mlanet.org. Retrieved 2023-03-29.
  7. ^ Doe, Janet (2012). "The development of education for medical librarianship. 48th Annual Meeting, Medical Library Association, Galveston, Texas, April 13 1949". Journal of the Medical Library Association. 100 (4 Suppl): D. ISSN 1558-9439. PMC 3571671. PMID 23509426.
  8. ^ Doe, J. (1950). "THE NEW VENTURE: REGIONAL MEETINGS". Bulletin of the Medical Library Association. 38 (3): 273–274. ISSN 0025-7338. PMC 195051. PMID 16016900.
  9. ^ "MLA : About : Janet Doe Lectureship". www.mlanet.org. Archived from the original on 2023-12-01. Retrieved 2023-03-29.