This bibliography is an outgrowth of the Health Sciences Library's first Author Recognition Celebration on September 22, 1993. The success of that first event generated enthusiastic support for more comprehensive recognition and the desire for a substantive bibliography which resulted in this publication. In January 2002 the event was co-sponsored as a faculty development activity.

The creation of the database began with letters and submission forms sent in July each year, to over 2900 NYMC faculty members. The same letter was also sent to department heads, program directors, course coordinators, and the deans of the respective schools. This letter was then followed by an email reminder. In addition the standard bibliographical sources, the citations were searched and added to our database. Some duplication occurrs but will later be eliminated; about one-third required manual entry.

In an effort to meet model standards of documentation, each submitted citation was verified by obtaining a copy of the publication. Copies were obtained from the author, from the HSL collection or through interlibrary loans. All authors should cite New York Medical College and have published between July 1 and June 30. Sources included books, book chapters, journals, journal articles, editorials, reviews, letters, newspaper articles, media, and electronic sources, representing the publishing efforts of faculty members.

Lists of faculty members were provided by New York Medical College's School of Medicine, Graduate School of Basic Medical Sciences, and School of Public Health as of July that year.