Kathryn Jones Hoffman, MSLS, Oral History Interview, March 19, 2018
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Personal background and education
- Texas Medical Center Library, UT Southwestern Medical School Library
- Texas Health Science Library Consortium
- Research Medical Library, MD Anderson: development of physical plant, staffing, services
- The Historical Resources Center
- Leadership: ambitions, challenges, conflict management
- Teaching, professional organizations
Interview Chapters
Chapter 01: A Family Tradition of Librarianship
Chapter 02 : Education and Activities Reflect a Broad Perspective
Chapter 05: Stepping into Leadership at UT Southwestern Medical School
Chapter 06 : A New Opportunity at the Research Medical Library
Chapter 07: First Steps to Develop the Research Medical Library
Chapter 08: Developing Areas of Staff Expertise in the Library
Publication Date
3-19-2018
Publisher
The Historical Resources Center, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas Cancer Center
City
Houston, Texas
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Topics Covered
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas System. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oncology | Oral History
Recommended Citation
Hoffman, Kathryn Jones MSLS and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Kathryn Jones Hoffman, MSLS, Oral History Interview, March 19, 2018" (2018). Interview Sessions. 143.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/143
Conditions Governing Access
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About the Interview
About the Interview Subject:
Kathryn Jones Hoffman, MSLS (b. 1 November 1948, Cleveland, Ohio) was recruited to MD Anderson in 1995 to serve as the Executive Director of the Research Medical Library. She served in that role until her retirement in 2011. In this interview, Ms. Hoffman provides an overview of her experiences working with three UT System libraries. She recounts the direction she brought to the Research Medical Library and provides perspective on the role of librarians and the practice of librarianship as the value of these institutions is changing.