Dolph Briscoe Jr. Library
{{Short description|University library in San Antonio, Texas}}
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{{Infobox library
| name = Dolph Brisco Jr. Library
| image = UTHSCSAlibrary.jpg
| established = 1983
| location = 7703 Floyd Curl Drive
| branch_of = University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Libraries
}}
The Dolph Briscoe Jr. Library is the central library of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio library system. It is located in South Texas Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, US.
The award-winning library{{cite web|url=http://library.uthscsa.edu/2015/04/libraries-receive-nnlm-2015-2016-resource-library-award/|title=Libraries Receive NN/LM 2015-2016 Resource Library Award « UT Health Science Center Library|website=library.uthscsa.edu|date=30 April 2015 }} was designed by Kell Muñoz Architects.{{cite web|url=http://www.kellmunoz.com/project.php?project%3D132 |title=Kell Muñoz Architects | Dolph Briscoe Library |accessdate=2010-12-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713142944/http://www.kellmunoz.com/project.php?project=132 |archivedate=2011-07-13 }} Completed in 1983, it was named in 1985 after Dolph Briscoe.{{Cite web|last=feldman|date=2012-05-08|title=Governor Dolph Briscoe Jr., 1923-2010|url=https://library.uthscsa.edu/2012/05/governor-dolph-briscoe-jr-1923-2010/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=UT Health Science Center Library|language=en-US}}
In 2005, the library was awarded the nation's highest library award for their outreach programs. The award was presented to the library by the first lady, Laura Bush.{{cite web|url=https://news.uthscsa.edu/|title=Home|website=UT Health San Antonio}}
Special collections
The library is notable for a rare book collection, the only such repository in south and central Texas. The P.I. Nixon collection is home to
over 5000{{cite web|url=http://library.uthscsa.edu/2011/09/history-of-medicine/|title=History of Medicine « UT Health Science Center Library|website=library.uthscsa.edu|access-date=2015-05-17|archive-date=2015-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150514094915/http://library.uthscsa.edu/2011/09/history-of-medicine/|url-status=dead}}Friends of The P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library Newsletter. No. 27, Annual Newsletter, Fall 2011. rare medical texts dating from the 15th to the early 20th century:
- The Canon of Medicine by Avicenna
- Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, 1632 edition.
- De Medicina by Celsus, 1481 edition.
- The Micrographia by Robert Hooke
- De Humani Corporis Fabrica by Vesalius, 1543 edition
- Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human Body by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, printed 1749
Original copies also exist by Nostradamus, Galen, Mascagni, Hieronymus Brunschwig, Bernardino Genga, and Withering.
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://library.uthscsa.edu/2011/11/dolph-briscoe-jr-library}}
- [http://library.uthscsa.edu/category/treasures/ Treasures of the P.I. Nixon Rare Book Collection Blog]
- [http://digitalarchive.uthscsa.edu/cdm/search/collection/medicine/searchterm/book/field/audien/mode/all/conn/and/display/50/order/creato/ad/asc History of Medicine Library Digital Archive]
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Category:Libraries in San Antonio
Category:University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
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