Mildred M. Jordan

Mildred McMillan Jordan (died October 7, 1965) was an American medical librarian.

She was the second director of the Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library of Emory University, at the time known as the A.W.

[6] During World War II, Jordan served as the regional director of the Army Medical Library of the United States, bringing these materials and services to the city of Atlanta.

[7] Following the war, she also held the title of Professor of Medical Bibliography and taught a special course in medical librarianship, a field she helped develop.

[2] In 1948, Jordan proposed to the Medical Library Association a process of professionalization and certification for medical librarianship, and she was involved in establishing the professional credentialing program that is now called the Academy of Health Information Professionals or AHIP.