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Lister Hill Library Historical Timeline –
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| 1945 | . | Medical School moves from Tuscaloosa and opens in Birmingham |
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| March 1945 | . | Mary Ament became librarian of the newly established Medical College of Alabama Library. She resigned three months later.* |
| Sept. 1945 | . | Mildred R. Crowe (Langner) became second librarian of the Medical College Library.* |
| Oct. 1945 | . | Medical College Library established in Hillman Hospital, 6th floor. |
| 1951 | . | Various Medical Center libraries, including the Medical and Dental Libraries were consolidated into one Medical Center Library under the direction of Chief Librarian Mildred R. Crowe.* |
| Sept. 13, 1952 | . | Medical Center Library reopened in its new space in the South Wing of the first and second floors of the New Hillman building.* |
| 1952 | . | Dr. Lawrence Reynolds agreed to donate his personal library and collection of rare medical texts and manuscripts to the Medical Center.* |
| Summer 1955 | . | Sarah Cole Brown became third librarian of the Medical College Library. |
| Feb. 2, 1958 | . | Reynolds Historical Library dedication |
| Jan. 28, 1966 | . | First NLM contract for a MEDLARS station in the Library December 1966: Senator Lister Hill announced original grant funding for the Alabama Regional Medical Program. |
| July 30, 1968 | . | Groundbreaking for the original Lister Hill Library building along with the School of Nursing building and the Basic Health Sciences building (Volker Hall)* |
| June 16, 1969 | . | Governor Brewer announces creation of The University of Alabama System consisting of autonomous campuses at Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, and Huntsville. |
| Oct. 19, 1971 | . | 'New' Medical Center Library building dedicated as "The Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences" after Alabama's Senator Lister Hill. Sarah Cole Brown, who had served as chief librarian since 1955, became first director of the new Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences.* |
| 1972 | . | Extension Library of Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences opened in the former Hillman Hospital building* |
| 1973-74 | . | Ms. Sarah Cole Brown served as President of the Medical Library Association |
| Oct. 24, 1975 | . | Bicentennial rededication of RHL and dedication of AMHS in "new" quarters in LHL |
| 1975-77 | . | NLM grant for automation of serials functions using the UCLA serials program |
| 1977-78 | . | Ms. Hilda Harris named as Acting Director upon the retirement of Ms. Sarah Cole Brown |
| July 1978 | . | Mr. Richard B. Fredericksen named as Director |
| Sept. 1980 | . | LHL became member of OCLC |
| April 1987 | . | First online catalog implemented (LISTER). End-user mini-MEDLINE searching |
| 1987 | . | DOCLINE, NLM's automated system for Interlibrary Loan requests and referrals. |
| 1987 | . | Stand alone CD-ROM databases were introduced in LHL for bibliographic searching |
| Fall 1987 | . | Ms. Lynn Fortney named as Acting Director |
| Aug.1, 1988 | . | Ms. Virginia Algermissen named as Director |
| April 1, 1989 | . | LINK access to the FULL MEDLINE database using BRS Colleague search software. |
| Fall 1990 | . | Dynix online public access catalog system replaces LISTER |
| 1990-1991 | . | UAB fiber optic network, MICOM dataswitch, & Codex multiplexors installed |
| 1991-1992 | . | Architects contracted, POR composed |
| July 1992 | . | Ms. Nancy W. Clemmons named as Acting Director |
| Feb. 1993 | . | Planning retreat for new library |
| April 1, 1993 | . | LinkPLUS implemented including remote access to multiple databases |
| Spring 1994 | . | Horizon client/server upgrade from Dynix catalog system |
| Sep 14, 1994 | . | Groundbreaking on the expansion/renovation project |
| Oct. 27, 1995 | . | Mr. T. Scott Plutchak named as Director |
| Feb 1996 | . | UAB Web page mounted on new campus web server with assistance from LHL staff |
| July 1996 | . | New construction finished. Library moves into new portion. Renovation started. |
| Feb 1997 | . | Renovation finished. Library begins moving into full structure. |
| May 2, 1997 | . | New Lister Hill Library building dedicated. |
| July 1, 1998 | . | UAB Historical Collections became part of the Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences. Library Director T. Scott Plutchak was named interim executive director. |
| Nov. 1, 1999 | . | LHL Virtual Desktop launched. Remote web access to both web and CD-ROM resources with detailed statistical recording. |
Lister Hill Library of the Health Sciences Timeline
compiled 1997. Martha Verchot
*Some early data corrected and supplemented with material from A Chronology of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and its Predecessor Institutions and Organizations, 1831- by Tim Pennycuff