Featured RLML News:
New Historical Collection Highlights Impact of the Tobacco Epidemic on Hoosiers
During the month of August, the Ruth Lilly Medical Library will be celebrating 35 years in its current location in the Medical Research and Library Building on the IU Indianapolis campus. We've pulled photgraphs, artifacts, and other historical materials from our archives and spotlighted them in an exhibit titled: “From 'Windows to the Future' to 'Building the Future': Celebrating 35 Years of the Ruth Lilly Medical Library".
From 'Windows to the Future' to 'Building the Future': RLML Celebrates 35 Years
During the month of August, the Ruth Lilly Medical Library will be celebrating 35 years in its current location in the Medical Research and Library Building on the IU Indianapolis campus. We've pulled photgraphs, artifacts, and other historical materials from our archives and spotlighted them in an exhibit titled: “From 'Windows to the Future' to 'Building the Future': Celebrating 35 Years of the Ruth Lilly Medical Library".
Makerspace 3D Print Workshops for First Year Medical Students
The Ruth Lilly Medical Library Makerspace is offering 3D-print workshops for a limited time to first year medical students interested in learning more about 3D-printing and to supplement your learning with 3D technology. Spaces are limited so sign up ASAP!
Assistant Director for Research and Data Education Position Open at Ruth Lilly Medical Library
IU School of Medicine's Ruth Lilly Medical Library seeks a dynamic, collaborative, and talented Assistant Director for Research and Data Education. This position oversees our research team (Scholarly Communications Librarian, Data Services Librarian, and Research Metrics Librarian) which supports and tracks research efforts across IUSM (Indiana University School of Medicine) such as assisting with grant proposals, electronic lab notebooks, scholarly communication, artificial intelligence initiatives, and data management plan requirements. This position also coordinates with Research Affairs to support research initiatives within IUSM.
Congratulations to Beth Whipple on New Position at Johns Hopkins
Congratulations to Beth Whipple on her new role as the Associate Director of Informationist Services at the Johns Hopkins Welch Medical Library! Beth will lead a team of 13 informationists and will be responsible for conceiving, planning, and directing information services to faculty, staff, and learners at Johns Hopkins Medicine, Nursing and Public Health.
Ruth Lilly Medical Library is pleased to announce a new subscription to DynaMedex. DynaMedex combines evidence-based content for clinical decision making along with drug information from Micromedex, m... Read more about Announcing DynaMedex!
History of Medicine Book of the Week: Anorexia Nervosa (1960)
Anorexia Nervosa: Its History, Psychology, and Biology (1960) by Dr. Eugene L. Bliss By Kalea Spurlock Anorexia Nervosa: Its History, Psychology, and Biology (1960) by Dr. Eugene L. Bliss is one of th... Read more about History of Medicine Book of the Week: Anorexia Nervosa (1960)
History of Medicine Book of the Week: A Treatise on the Diseases of Females (1828)
William P. Dewees, A Treatise on the Diseases of Females (1824) By Alexis Wright William P. Dewees (1768-1841) was a pioneer of perinatal medicine in the United States throughout the early 19th centur... Read more about History of Medicine Book of the Week: A Treatise on the Diseases of Females (1828)
On Thursday, May 2nd, John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society guest speaker Richard L. Hapsel, MD, PhD, presented a lecture titled "Looking Back to Move Forward: Race and Transfusion Medicineâ€... Read more about John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Talk "Looking Back to Move Forward: Race and Transfusion Medicine"
Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles, Daniel Hack Tuke (1882) By Grace Osborn Daniel Hack Tuke (1817-1895) was one of the best-known Victorian psychiatrists of the 1800s. Beginni... Read more about History of Medicine Book of the Week: Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles (1882)
Childcare and Family Management in the Victorian Period According to A Treatise on the Physiological and Moral Management of Infancy for the Use of Parents (1846), Andrew Combe By MaryRose Minnich A T... Read more about History of Medicine Book of the Week: A Treatise on the Physiological and Moral Management of Infancy for the Use of Parents (1846)
New Vascular Surgery Drawings Digital Collection Now Available
The Ruth Lilly Medical Library is pleased to announce the creation of a collection in IU Digital Collections, a growing online repository of digitized historical materials held by various libraries, a... Read more about New Vascular Surgery Drawings Digital Collection Now Available
A Treatise (Second Edition, 1823) by Founder of Scientific Surgery John Hunter By Sophie Quick A Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation, and Gun-Shot Wounds (Second Edition, 1823), by Dr. John Hunter (17... Read more about History of Medicine Book of the Week: A Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation, and Gun-Shot Wounds (1823)
History of Medicine Book of the Week: A Treatise on Diseases of the Joints (1881)
A Treatise on Diseases of the Joints (2nd ed) (1881), Richard Barwell MD By Brett Mattingly The historical understanding of joints, the diseases that affect them, and the development of orthopedics wa... Read more about History of Medicine Book of the Week: A Treatise on Diseases of the Joints (1881)
NLM Care and Custody Exhibit Now on Display
As a proud ambassador organization of the Network of the National Library of Medicine’s Region 6 Partner Outreach Program, the Ruth Lilly Medical Library is currently hosting the National Library of... Read more about NLM Care and Custody Exhibit Now on Display
