About Us - History
The library was initially conceived as departmental library having
a small collection of books for the use of officers of the erstwhile Directorate
General of Indian Medical Services (DGIMS).
The DGIMS was later merged with the
Office of the Public Health Commissioner in India in 1947 to form the Directorate
General of Health Services (DGHS) and the library became DGHS Library. Realizing
the need for a Central Library to support academic, research and clinical work of
Biomedical Professionals in the country, the DGHS library was developed gradually
and declared as Central Medical Library in 1961 and as the National Medical Library
on 1st April 1966.
Mission
The National Medical Library aims to provide wide and efficient library and information
services to the health science (HS) professionals in India. It functions under the
administrative control of the Directorate General of Health Services.
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