Royal Society of Medicine

INFORMATION RESOURCES: THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF MEDICINE WAS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND PROMOTE THE EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION. THE LIBRARY PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN PROVIDING SERVICES AND PRODUCTS TO MEET THESE OBJECTIVES. THE LIBRARY HAS A PRINT COLLECTION OF OVER 600,000 VOLUMES AND HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THE AVAILABILITY OF ELECTRONIC CONTENT BY MIGRATING JOURNALS AND HIGH DEMAND TEXTS FROM PRINT TO ELECTRONIC FORMATS.THE LIBRARY HOSTED SOME EXHIBITIONS DURING 2017/18 EXPLOITING ITS RICH COLLECTION OF RARE AND HISTORICAL MATERIAL. 36,000 PEOPLE VISITED THE LIBRARY OVER THE YEAR; the e-journals collection is one of the library's best used resources with 491,000 visits during the year.

MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS: THE RSM IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY WITH RELEVANT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES DESIGNED TO HELP DOCTORS AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS DELIVER THE BEST CARE POSSIBLE TO PATIENTS. AN ESSENTIAL ROLE PLAYED BY THE MEMBERSHIP DEPARTMENT IS GENERATING ON-GOING INCOME FROM MEMBERS RENEWING THEIR SUBSCRIPTIONS EACH YEAR AND THE PROCESS FOR THIS IS REVIEWED AND REFINED ANNUALLY. THE SOCIETY HAS 20,500 members AND TOTAL SUBSCRIPTION INCOME OF $6.0M WAS RECEIVED. Form 990, Part III, Line 4(d) Publishing: The Royal Society of Medicine's two journals, the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine and JRSM Open, are outlets for scholarly comment and clinical research in the specialties of medicine and surgery. For more information about both publications, please go visit the Society's website at ww.rsm.ac.uk.