The Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries' collaboration with the Association of American Medical Colleges, Medical Library Association, and other organizations.
The Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries has made collaboration with other organizations a fundamental success strategy throughout its twenty-five year history. From the beginning its relationships with Association of American Medical Colleges and with the Medical Library Association have shaped its mission and influenced its success at promoting academic health sciences libraries' roles in their institutions. This article describes and evaluates those relationships. It also describes evolving relationships with other organizations including the National Library of Medicine and the Association of Research Libraries.
Jenkins
Carol G
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Health Sciences Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, South Columbia Street, Campus Box Number 7585, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7585,USA. carol_jenkins@unc.edu
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Shelley A
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