Kathryn Jones Hoffman, MSLS, Oral History Interview, March 27, 2018

Kathryn Jones Hoffman, MSLS, Oral History Interview, March 27, 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

Publication Date

3-28-2018

Publisher

The Historical Resources Center, Research Medical Library, The University of Texas Cancer Center

City

Houston, Texas

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Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 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

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.

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