Estelle Brodman: Educator Extraordinaire

Abstract

This article documents the educational contributions of Dr. Brodman, a librarian, researcher, and educator who had a significant and lasting impact on the education of medical librarians through more than fifty years of concentrated effort.

Estelle Brodman, AHIP, FMLA, 1914–2007

“…Through extensive consultation and personal effort, she helped medical libraries in the international community become the best they could be, and she taught and published extensively in the field of the history of medicine. These efforts are largely detailed in her own words (MLA oral history [1] and her published works) and through the recent symposium on her life's work in the July 2008 Journal of the Medical Library Association [2][3][4][5][6][7].…”

Personal Recollections of the Contributions of Estelle Brodman: An Enduring Legacy for Health Sciences Librarianship

“…Lorenzi [5] focuses on Dr. Brodman's passion for education and narrates the interest and concern over a professional lifetime using Dr. Brodman's own words. Her concern that many librarians did not see the need for continuing education prompted her to focus on that issue as MLA president, when she helped establish programs that offered continuing education for members.…”