HAM-TMC Library
Friends of the Library
- Governing Institutions
- Supporting Instutions
- Library Board
- Friends of the Library
- Support the Library
- TMC Women's Health Network
Mission Statement
The purpose of the Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library is to ENHANCE AND MAINTAIN the quality of the Library, so as to keep it as an invaluable tool and inspiration for students, or anyone seeking information; to this end, the Friend of the Texas Medical Center Library will:
- Aid in the acquisition of educational materials
- Promote the dissemination of information
- Encourage community support for the library
- Raise funds for the Library through gifts, bequests or events
- Designate where these funds where these funds shall be most beneficially used
The Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging community support for the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library.
Founded in 1958 by Houstonians who valued health education and research programs, the Friends have funded the development and expansion of collections and services offered to the medical community and public by helping to fund the following programs:
- Go Local Texas Gulf Coast a database of local health resources for 38 counties
- Information Kiosks in Community Locations-electronic and paper collection of health information in Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Spanish
- Alumni Database Development-former users of the library who are contacted about library services and ways to support
- Jesse H. Jones Community Health Information Service a collection for outreach to health consumers
- Focus Groups providing vital information to plan future library services and spaces
Memberships in the Friends group and various book tributes and memorial funds also help to provide financial support to the Library.
To continue these and future efforts, contributions to Friends of the Texas Medical Center Library can be made using the form on this brochure or by contacting the Friends at 713.799.7153 or online at friends@exch.library.tmc.edu
Who We Are
Board of Directors
- Rogene Gee Calvert, President
- Michael Speer, MD, Vice President
- Shelley Sekula-Gibbs, MD, Secretary/Treasurer
- Carolyn Alexander, Fundraising Chair
- L. Maximilian Buja., MD
- Robin Burke Britt, EdD, RNC
- Francis I. Catlin, MD
- James L. Daniel, Jr.
- Herbert L. Fred, MD
- Deborah Halsted, MLS, MA
- Kathy Hoffman
- Carolyn Ishee
- Betsy Parish
- Hart Peebles
- S. Conrad Weil, Jr
- Richard E. Wainerdi, PE, PhD
- John E. Wolf, Jr., MD
- Lynn C. Yeoman, PhD
Advisory Board
- Mary Bentsen
- Earl J. Brewer, Jr., MD
- Roxanne Casscells
- Laura Clemmons
- Gail Crawford
- Lois DeBakey, PhD
- Selma DeBakey
- Henry de la Garza
- Carolyn Hamilton
- Barbara Radnofsky
More Information
"Friends for 50 Years"
The Texas Medical Center Library highlighted the Friends in the October-December, 2008 issue of Library Lines (Volume XXII, Number 2).
page updated on 05.22.2008
