摘要：I PRESUME to speak to you on the subject of nursing school libraries solely on the basis of a consumer of your services. Probably my chief qualification is the fact that I have passed the literacy test, and I have spent rather a number of years affiliated with schools of nursing. Nursing has had a long struggle in its attempts to achieve professional status, and I feel that our libraries have reflected that struggle. During the early years, in the 1800's, when our schools were first established, we had no body of knowledge which we regarded as chiefly essential to nursing. Textbooks barely existed, and such as were first available were watered-down versions of material largely useful to physicians.
