University of Missouri-Columbia, MO 65211-5120, USA.
J Med Libr Assoc. 2011 Jan;99(1):8-14. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.99.1.004.
The objective of this study was to survey holdings of ephemeral veterinary literature.
World Cat OCLC catalog, the Library of Congress online catalog, the US National Agricultural Library online catalog, and the Dictionary Catalog of the National Agricultural Library, 1862-1965, were used to determine current library holdings of materials published by veterinary schools that are no longer in existence and veterinary associations that are defunct, veterinary supply catalogs, veterinary house organs, patent medicine publications, and veterinary advertisements. Individual library catalogs were also consulted. In addition, the practice of removing advertisements from bound volumes was examined.
There are many gaps in the cataloged library holdings of primary source materials relating to the history of the education of veterinarians in the United States.
A proactive action plan needs to be designed and activated to locate, catalog, and preserve this primary source material of veterinary medicine for posterity.
本研究旨在调查短暂性兽医文献的馆藏情况。
利用 WorldCat OCLC 目录、美国国会在线目录、美国国家农业图书馆在线目录以及 1862-1965 年的《国家农业图书馆词典目录》,确定已不再存在的兽医学校和已解散的兽医协会、兽医供应目录、兽医机构刊物、专利药品出版物和兽医广告等出版物的当前馆藏。此外,还查阅了各个图书馆的目录。另外,还研究了从装订卷中去除广告的做法。
美国兽医教育史相关原始资料的编目馆藏存在许多空白。
需要设计并启动一项积极行动计划,以定位、编目和保存这一具有历史意义的兽医文献原始资料,以供后人研究。