(via Evelyn Cunico) The National Library of Medicine has posted the following Medical History exhibition. So, What’s New in the Past?: The Multiple Meanings of Medical History explores how the history of medicine has told different stories and different truths over time depending on the questions asked and concerns raised. A 1997 collaboration between Elizabeth Fee,…
Category: Exhibits
Call for Host Sites: “Americans and the Holocaust” Traveling Exhibition Tour (Application Deadline August 9)
(via the Illinois Library Association) The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) and the ALA Public Programs Office invite libraries to apply to host Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s. The exhibition…
“George Washington and Medicine” Exhibit and Reception at Galter Health Sciences Library
(via Ramune Kubilius, Galter Health Sciences Library) News item: https://galter.northwestern.edu/News/george-washington-and-medicine-exhibit-opens-today-at-galter-library A new and exciting exhibit opened November 21st at Galter Health Sciences Library and is available for viewing through December 22nd. “Every Necessary Care and Attention”: George Washington & Medicine explores the story of George Washington’s own health and examines the ways in which he…
Three Illinois Libraries Chosen to Host NLM Exhibit
Three Illinois libraries, including two academic ones, have been chosen to host the National Library of Medicine’s latest traveling exhibit, “Native Voices: Native Peoples: Concepts of Health and Illness”. Illinois Wesleyan University, Trinity College of Nursing, and the Warren Township Public Library are among 104 libraries nationally that will host the exhibit. Each library will…
NLM Seeking Applicants for Traveling Exhibit on Native American Health
The National Library of Medicine, through the American Library Association’s Public Programs Office, is seeking applicants to host the traveling exhibit “Native Voices: Native Peoples: Concepts of Health and Illness”. The exhibit focuses on the impact of well-being and illness on the cultural lives of various Native American groups, including Alaskans and Hawaiians. In particular…
Illinois Librarians Giving Poster Sessions at MLA – Midwest Chapter
The following Illinois librarians will be giving poster sessions at this year’s meeting of the Midwest Chapter of the Medical Library Association. The meeting will take place in Louisville, Kentucky, from October 2 to October 6. The posters will be on display on Sunday, October 4, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and then from…
“Places & Spaces: Mapping Science” Exhibit at Northwestern
Northwestern University’s Galter Health Sciences Library will be hosting the “Places & Spaces: Mapping Science” exhibit from May 14 to September 23, 2015. The exhibit focuses on the role that visual maps can play in increasing one’s understanding of not just physical locations, but also complex topics that are related to modern scientific thought. To…