Lane Medical Library

Its mission is to "accelerate scientific discovery, clinical care, medical education and humanities through teaching, collaboration, and delivery of biomedical and historical resources".

[2][3] The library also provides specialized search capabilities,[4] classes and tutorials, writing and grant support, and group and individual study spaces.

[5] He also built an adjacent hospital and nursing school, and made provision in his will for the construction of a library across the street from the college.

[9] It was an integral part of the Stanford library system despite being located in San Francisco.

[2] The building still stands; it now houses the California Pacific Medical Center Health Sciences Library.

Lane Medical Library entrance
Cooper Medical College, San Francisco, 1882. Photo from Lane Medical Archives Photo File, Box 9, folder 6. Reproduced with permission by the Stanford Medical History Center