First Meeting: 1953

Pacific Northwest Regional Group
Saturday, October 10, 1953
2:00 p.m.

Location: University of Washington Health Sciences Library
Seattle, WA

Chairman: Bertha B. Hallam
University of Oregon Medical School Library
Portland, OR

Host: Alderson Fry

Attendees ~ 23 Librarians

British Columbia ~ 5
Vancouver, Victoria

Oregon ~ 6
Portland

Washington ~ 12
American Lake, Bremerton, Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma

Presentations
Building Plans for the University of Oregon Dental School Library.
T. H. Calahan, University of Oregon Dental School Library

Library of the National Microbiological Institute, Hamilton, Montana.
Aeneas P. Collins, National Microbiological Institute
(paper read by Marjorie Weber, Spokane Medical Library)

Preservation of Library Resources.
Alderson Fry, University of Washington Health Sciences Library

Columbia University Course for Medical Librarians.
Doreen Fraser, University of British Columbia Medical School Library

The Medical Library Association Certification Program.
Bertha B. Hallam, University of Oregon Medical School Library

A business meeting and tour of the University of Washington Health Sciences Library followed the presentation of the papers.

A cocktail party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alderson Fry was followed by dinner at the Meany Hotel.

Evening Session
King County Medical Society Library

Program
Tour of the King County Medical Society Library
Bertha B. Hallam presented information on the First International Congress on Medical Librarianship and on various British and European medical libraries.

Social Hour
Refreshments served by Ruth Harlamert, King County Medical Society Library and Ellen Lundeen, U.S. Naval Hospital Medical Library, Bremerton.