The Library has received a Historical Preservation and Digitization Award from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, South Central Region (NN/LM SCR).
The award will be used to digitize photographs in the Library’s UT Southwestern Archives to create a web-based chronicle of Dallas medical history from 1890-1975. The most important 50 photos will comprise an exhibit titled, "Medical Milestones in Dallas". An additional 450 photos—chosen from about 7,000 in the Archives—will supplement those in the exhibit. The photos will be accessible from the Library’s website.
The award was announced on June 30, and the project will be completed by March 31. Photos to be digitized will be selected by Bill Maina, Archivist. The Principal Investigator for this award is Matthew Zimmerman.
This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. N01-LM-6-3505 with the Houston Academy of Medicine – Texas Medical Center Library.