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Guidelines for the Annual AAHM Meeting

-- commonly known as "The Blue Book"

The Association's "Blue Book" (2005 edition) contains guidelines on planning and running AAHM meetings. This valuable resource was first produced in 1983-1985 by an Ad Hoc Committee on Meetings chaired by Jeanne L. Brand. Jacalyn Duffin chaired a committee for revisions in 1998-99, and Tom Broman chaired a committee that made much needed revisions in 2005. It is a must-read for anyone thinking about hosting a meeting of the AAHM.

The links on the left go to the major parts of the document. These sections are provided with minimal formating, to make printing them as easy as possible. (Please use the "back" button on your browser to return to this page, which currenlty serves to connect the sections.)

Please note the following abbreviations, which are frequently used in the Blue Book:

A.A.H.M. -- American Association for the History of Medicine
A.D. -- Antiquarian book and instrument dealers
B.E.C.-- Book Exhibit Coordinator
C.M.E. -- Continuing Medical Education
C. P. -- Current publishers

 

 
Table of Contents Preamble Part I: Role of the AAHM Officers and Council Part II: Guidelines for the Program Committee Part III: Guidelines for the Local Arrangements Committee Part IV: Guidelines for the Book Exhibit Part V: Guidelines for Chairs of Awards Committees Appendix I: Table of Statistics Home page