Scanning electron micrograph of a cluster of breast cancer cells showing visual evidence of programmed cell death (apoptosis). Credit Annie Cavanagh, Wellcome Images
Inside the Medical Section
The Medical Section of the Biomedical and Life Science Division, formed in 1996, serves as a forum for the Biomedical and Life Sciences Division members who are engaged or interested in the exchange of information in the biomedical and health sciences field, and the acquisition, organization, dissemination, and use of such information in all formats. The Medical Section provides leadership and an opportunity for the development, promotion, and improvement to meet continuous learning and professional development needs, within the field of medical librarianship.
Here's some information from a 2005 survey of the Medical Section members on what they do and where they are from:Our distribution by organization type:
- 33% of our members work in an academic setting (with and without hospitals)
- 23% are corporate librarians
- 19% are work in hospitals or medical centers
- 12% are affiliated with government entities, or non-profit institutes, or academies
- 21% don't really fit into any category
Section members by geography:
- 36% from the East (DC on up to ME)
- 27% from the Midwest
- 18% from the West
- 12% from the Southeast
- 4% from the Mountain West and Southwest
- 3% from Canada
- and one from Hawaii