Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1937-2007 (gaps exist) (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
5.84 m of textual records. -- 12 audiotape cassettes
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Health Sciences Library (HSL) is a branch of the University of Calgary Libraries. Opened in the Health Sciences Building adjacent to the Foothills Hospital in 1970, it provides reference and instruction services and a comprehensive collection of materials to support teaching, research and practice for the Faculties of Medicine, Nursing and Veterinary Medicine. The Health Sciences Library is also the hub of Knowledge Resource Services, the partnership between the University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services to provide library services to the Calgary zone and the library for the AHS staff working at the Foothills Medical Centre.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of annual reports, minutes of meetings, annual planning documents, procedure manuals, policies, regulations, strategic plans, correspondence, several staff photographs, and records on the 1973 opening of the Health Sciences Centre. Also consists of scrapbooks containing news clippings relating to Calgary and area medical news (1937-1971, gaps exist), and a collection of newsclippings (1955-1979) chronicling medical and health issues of the day, the creation of the Faculty of Medicine, and various issues facing both doctors and faculty members.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Administrative records are restricted for a period of 15 years as authorized under the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.