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Moody Medical Library
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UTMB’s library was
begun soon after the school was established and initially contained 500 volumes
given to the school by Dr. Thomas J. Heard of Galveston. First housed in the
Ashbel Smith Building, the library was relocated a number of times before
construction of the current permanent facility.
Moody Medical Library was built
in 1972 at a cost of $2.8 million, funded in part by the Moody Foundation of
Galveston. Today, this five-story structure contains close to 300,000 volumes.
In addition to bound journals, books and audiovisual titles, the library offers
extensive computer facilities for accessing electronic resources, the Internet
and e-mail. The
library’s first floor features public exhibits of art, photography and
cultural artifacts each month.
The Truman G. Blocker History of Medicine
Collections, on the fourth floor, is also open to the public. The largest
collection of its type in the Southwest, it includes medical archives, prints,
portraits, manuscripts, microscopes, medical instruments and a number of rare
books, including 33 that were printed before 1501. The collections are named for
the first person to hold the title of president at UTMB.
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