The Medical Library, being academic, aims to provide and meet the various needs of its users, namely: students, faculty, researchers, and non-teaching staff, with services constantly coordinated with the University Library and other UP Manila College Libraries. The F. B. Herrera Jr. Medical Library is a center for study of medical and clinical sciences, and its collections are particularly strong in the subjects of basic and clinical biomedical subjects such as: Anatomy, Biochemistry, Family Medicine, Medicine, Molecular Biology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedics, Otorhinolaryngology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, Physiology, Psychiatry, Radiology, Rehabilitation Medicine.
The Medical Library was established in 1931, and on October 9, 1986, it was named after Dr. Florentino B. Herrera, Jr., the former
Dean of the College of Medicine and the first Chancellor of UP Manila.