Friends of the Library Groups in Health Sciences Libraries

Authors

Maurice C. Leatherbury, Houston Academy of Medicine - Texas Medical Center Library
Richard A. Lyders, Houston Academy of Medicine - Texas Medical Center Library

Language

English

Publication Date

7-1978

Journal

Bulletin of The Medical Library Association

PMID

678699

PMCID

PMC199489

PubMedCentral® Posted Date

July 1978

PubMedCentral® Full Text Version

Post-Print

Abstract

The Houston Academy of Medicine--Texas Medical Center (HAM--TMC) Library collected data on friends of the library groups from 103 health sciences libraries, using a mail questionnaire. Sixteen of the responding libraries had independent friends groups; seven had friends groups that were subordinate to a university group. The sixteen independent groups gave as their major purposes (1) to raise money for their associated library and (2) to develop support for their library. These groups contributed an average of $4,870 a year to their libraries, the money being used primarily to purchase rare books and working-collection books and to sponsor social events. The subordinate groups contributed relatively little money to the health sciences libraries responding to the survey.

Comments

PMCID: PMC199489

Published Open-Access

no

Recommended Citation

Maurice C. Leatherbury and Richard A. Lyders, "Friends of the Library Groups in Health Sciences Libraries" (1978). Library Staff Publications. 7.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/library_docs/7