General file, 1988-1991

File — Container: 110, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents note

From the Series: Health Sciences Library Consortium (HSLC) is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the sharing of health information resources to its members. HSLC’s founding members included the College of Physicians, Penn State University and the Hershey Medical Center, the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and the University of Sciences in Philadelphia. It is located at the University City Science Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Members of HSLC add software and information from their universities, and this is shared with other members of the HSLC. Software is also developed by commercial publishers, pharmaceutical companies, medical school professors, and medical school students. At the time of its initiation, HSLC included MEDLINE, and On-line Library Public Access Catalog, a Collection Development Database, a Union List of Serials, Document Delivery Services, email, and bulletin board systems.

The records of the Health Sciences Library Consortium housed in this collection document the important role of the College of Physicians in the establishment of HSLC. The records consist of business plans, by-laws and guidelines, reports, and finances and budgets. There is a signifigant number of correspondence between the Board of Directors, as well as meeting minutes and agendas. There are also a large number of files relating to various smaller taskforces of the HSLC including the Interlibrary Loan Taskforce, the Medline User’s Group, and the Computer Assisted Instruction Taskforce. The records also include many of the facility materials used in establishing HSLC, which include proposals for items such as computers, printers, and internet service. The records date from 1987 to 1992.