摘要：During the early days of the University of Chicago, about 1896, the Biology Library was established as an entity. It was housed in rented rooms on Fifty-fifth Street and had, as a nucleus of the present library, about 8,400 volumes. The only library attendant was a recruit from the student ranks. The Biology Library remained in those quarters two or three years and was then moved into the new Zoology Building, one of the group designated as the Hull Laboratories. The first librarian was appointed in 1898 and served about two years. In 1900, Miss Emma L. Dickinson was appointed Librarian and served in that capacity until the summer of 1928; then, owing to the growth of the Library and the demands for reference work, she was made reference librarian of the biological and medical group, and the administrative and executive work of the Library placed in other hands.
