CHoPM: Aims and objectives
Aims and objectives
The Centre for the History of Podiatric Medicine (CHoPM) seeks to identify, collect, and preserve original and unique records documenting the history of chiropody and podiatry, as well as that of boot and shoemaking. In addition, it maintains records of members of the College of Podiatry and its antecedents as well as output of members’ academic interests. It aims to makes the archive available for use by staff and students, the academic research community, and the wider public.
In detail, CHoPM aims:
- To maintain a specialist library of archival source material and rare publications relating to the Royal College of Podiatry and its members and the study of podiatric medicine
- To catalogue and store all the collections in our care and to make them available to researchers as soon as possible following acquisition
- To make electronic catalogues of material available for consultation
- To promote access to, and use of the collections, by members of the society, students, academic researchers and members of the public
- To answer enquiries about the collections and their use
- To select contemporary material to add to the archive, including newspaper and magazine articles
- To identify and restrict access to items which have been identified by the Committee to be confidential in nature