Semmelweis Orvostorteneti Muzeum,Konyvtar es Leveltar; Semmelweis OrvostortenetiKonyvtar, H-Budapest, 1023 Torok utca 12, Hungary.
J Med Libr Assoc. 2011 Jan;99(1):31-9. doi: 10.3163/1536-5050.99.1.007.
The 170-year history of the library of the Royal Society of Medicine in Budapest illustrates both that political and cultural context matter and that "medical" libraries, if they survive, in due course become primarily "medical history" libraries.
Two of the authors are on the staff of the Semmelweis Medical History Library; the third is a US scholar who makes frequent use of the library. Together, they avail themselves of archival and published materials-and personal experience with the collection-to establish the context that produced the original library, trace its evolution, and describe its present-day incarnation.
A tale of transformation emerges that reflects how collections are likely to change. The authors present events and individuals in the life of the Royal Society's library and paint a picture of the value of today's Semmelweis Medical History Library. Unique treasures in the collection are described.
The story told here is of how a particular nineteenth-century library became a twenty-first-century institution. The authors establish its peculiarly Hungarian context and potential value to librarians and historians from outside Hungary. The overall message is that general medical libraries everywhere are perforce likely to become medical historical libraries over time.
布达佩斯皇家医学会图书馆长达 170 年的历史表明，政治和文化背景很重要，如果“医学”图书馆得以幸存，它们最终将主要成为“医学史”图书馆。
本文的两位作者在塞梅尔维斯医学史图书馆工作，第三位作者是一位经常使用该图书馆的美国学者。他们共同利用档案和已发表的资料以及个人对藏书的了解，来确定产生原始图书馆的背景，追溯其演变过程，并描述其当今的面貌。
出现了一个反映馆藏可能发生变化的转型故事。作者介绍了皇家学会图书馆的生活中的事件和人物，并描绘了今天塞梅尔维斯医学史图书馆的价值。文中还描述了该馆藏中的独特珍品。
这里讲述的是一个特定的 19 世纪图书馆如何成为 21 世纪机构的故事。作者确定了其独特的匈牙利背景以及对来自匈牙利以外的图书馆员和历史学家的潜在价值。总体信息是，各地的普通医学图书馆随着时间的推移都有可能成为医学史图书馆。
