For over a quarter century...
The Medical Library has provided library services and information resources for the College's students, faculty and staff. The
Medical Library also serves as an information resource for
osteopathic physicians throughout Oklahoma. As a Resource
Library in the National Network of Libraries of Medicine, we serve
area health providers, college students, and rural physicians and
practitioners.

Collection

Milestones
March 10, 1972
Governor David Hall signs Senate Bill 461 establishing the college
as the Oklahoma College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery
(OkCOMS) -- the first free-standing, state-supported
osteopathic college in the nation.

June 1, 1974
Linda L. Logan becomes the first college librarian until her retirement in February, 1993.

July, 1974
Classes begin.

December, 1976
The permanent campus on the west bank of the Arkansas River is occupied.

July 1, 1988
The college becomes the ninth college of Oklahoma State University and the name is changed to the College of Osteopathic Medicine of Oklahoma State University (COM-OSU). The current name (OSU-COM) was adopted a few years later.

1991
The Medical Library expands and moves to its present site.

1998
We welcome the H. A. and Mary K. Chapman Charitable Trust's computers for our Chapman Computer Laboratory.

2001
We renovated the library, including new electrical, network-ready carrels, chairs and compact shelving.