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Medical Heritage Library

The Medical Heritage Library is a digital curation collaboration among premier medical libraries, providing free access to quality historical resources in medicine. With over 47,000 digital objects from 1502 to 2010, the collection features books, serials, manuscripts, images, and more. Supported by Sloan, NEH, and Mellon/CLIR, the collection continues to grow, preserving and adding valuable materials for research and education.

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Medical Heritage Library

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  1. Medical Heritage Library National Digital Stewardship Alliance New England Regional Meeting Kathryn Hammond Baker Lightning Round May 10, 2013

  2. Medical Heritage Library Digital curation collaborative among some of the world’s premier medical libraries Dedicated to free and open access to quality historical resources in medicine Initiated in 2010 by 6 American libraries, now 20 participants in North America and Europe Funded by Sloan, NEH, Mellon/CLIR 47,000 digital objects, 1502 - 2010

  3. www.medicalheritage.org, @medicalheritage

  4. Local Repository Commitment Date: Institution: Contact information of person answering questionnaire: (name, title, phone, email) A. Description of Collection What type of material have you digitized (please underline or circle)? books serials manuscripts images other Does the collection have a topical subject or region/geographic emphasis? YES ___ NO ____ If yes, please describe: Please give an estimate of the number of bibliographic works or physical volumes/units in this digital collection. TITLES ______ VOLUMES _______ UNITS (other) _____________ Is this collection static or do you plan to continue digitizing and adding materials? B. Preservation Policies/Procedures In which of the following formats do you maintain the master copies of the content you have contributed or expect to contribute to MHL? Please check all that apply. ___ TIF ___ JPEG 2000 ___ JPEG ___ PDF-A ___ PDF ___ other. Please specify:

  5. Medical Heritage Library • Internet Archive: archive.org/details/medicalheritagelibrary • Website: www.medicalheritage.org/ • Twitter: twitter.com/MedicalHeritage • Facebook: www.facebook.com/medicalheritagelibrary • Email: medicalheritage@gmail.com

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