Security Policy

  • All visitors to the Academy Library are now required to register for a Library Visitor's Card. Please stop by the Reference Desk at your next visit, with your picture ID, to receive your Visitor's Card.

  • No parcels or bags larger than 12" high and 12" wide and 2" deep may be brought into the Library (backpacks, laptop cases, large purses, and briefcases included). These items must be checked in the coatroom located on the main floor.

  • Outerwear must be checked in the coatroom located on the main floor. Suit jackets are allowed.

  • Food and drink, including water, are prohibited in the Library.

  • Cameras are not permitted in the Library without prior arrangement. If you are interested in photographing library materials, please contact Historical Collections at (212) 822-7313 or history@nyam.org. To photograph the interior space of the Library, please contact the Education and Conference Center at (212) 822-7235.

  • The New York Academy of Medicine reserves the right to inspect all parcels and bags brought into the Academy building.

Announcement

Library Patrons

The Reading Rooms will be closed over the holiday season.  Friday, December 21, 2012 will be the last day before closing. The Reading Rooms will reopen on Wednesday, January 2, 2013.

Readers can continue to make appointments by calling 212-822-7315 or sending an email to library@nyam.org. We will endeavor to respond quickly as possible, but there may be delays in responding to request over the holiday period.

Special Event Announcement

NYAM Section on the History of Medicine and Public Health

present

The John K. Lattimer Lecture

Putting Asthma on the Map: Weather, Pollen, Pollution and the Geography of Risk

Date: December 12, 2012
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
Light refreshments at 5:30 p.m.,
Lecture at 6:00 p.m.

Manipulation of the patient's environment has been central to prevention and treatment for asthma since antiquity. Over the course of the past two centuries, physicians and patients have sought to move from testimonials and complaints to quantitative measures of risk. In this lecture, Dr. Carla Keirns of Stony Brook University of Medicine will discuss the shift over time of efforts to predict or create safe places for those who suffer from asthma and document the disproportionate risks faced by minority communities.

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