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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