Mission
THE BOSTON MEDICAL LIBRARY IS A PHYSICIANS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION INCORPORATED IN 1877. THE BML MISSION, REVISED IN 2004, IS "TO BE A LIBRARY FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE, THE PROMOTION OF MEDICAL EDUATION AND SCHOLARSHIP, AND THE PRESERVATION AND CELEBRATION OF MEDICAL HISTORY, AND THEREBY TO ADVANCE THE QUALITY OF HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE OF THE PEOPLE." THE BOSTON MEDICAL LIBRARY IS TO SUPPORT AND OPERATE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY. THE BOSTON MEDICAL LIBRARY SERVES AS A RESOURCE FOR THE MEDICAL SCHOOL FACULTIES AND MEDICAL STUDENTS OF HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL, BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL, TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL; PRACTICING PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS. IN 1946, THE BOSTON MEDICAL LIBRARY FORMALLY BECAME THE LIBRARY FOR THE MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOCIETY.