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Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1975 Jan;63(1):49-59.
This paper is an account of the accomplishments of some of the early past presidents of the Medical Library Association known personally to the author in his career as a medical librarian. It demonstrates the qualities that made these librarians leaders of our profession and also indicates their personal attributes that contributed to the advancement of medical librarianship. It is hoped that the historical presentation of some of the giants of our profession will inspire present and future presidents and other medical librarians with an understanding of some of the qualities necessary to the continuing success of our profession. Sir William Osler, who was a great believer in libraries and librarians and himself a Past President of MLA, summed up four qualities in his advice to medical students equally applicable to past and present leadership in the library profession-(1) the art of detachment, (2) the virtue of method, (3) the quality of thoroughness, (4) the grace of humility (Osler, Sir William. Teacher and Student. In his Aequanimitas: with Other Addresses to Medical Students. 3d ed. Philadelphia, Blakiston Company, 1904. p. 27-31.). It is thought that our past presidents possessed all of these qualities.
本文记述了作者在其医学图书馆员职业生涯中所结识的医学图书馆协会早期历任会长中的一些人的成就。它展现了使这些图书馆员成为我们这个行业领导者的品质，也指出了他们对医学图书馆事业发展有所贡献的个人特质。希望对我们这个行业一些杰出人物的历史呈现，能激励现任和未来的会长以及其他医学图书馆员，让他们理解我们这个行业持续取得成功所需的一些品质。威廉·奥斯勒爵士是图书馆和图书馆员的坚定支持者，他本人也是医学图书馆协会的前任会长，他在给医学生的建议中总结了四种品质，这些品质同样适用于图书馆行业过去和现在的领导者：（1）超脱的艺术，（2）有条理的美德，（3）彻底的品质，（4）谦逊的风度（奥斯勒，威廉爵士。《教师与学生》。载于他的《沉着：及其他给医学生的演讲》。第3版。费城，布莱基斯顿公司，1904年。第27 - 31页）。人们认为我们的历任会长都具备所有这些品质。
