Lattal Katie, Hosseini Mohammad, Holmes Kristi
Galter Health Sciences Library and Learning Center, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA.
Public Serv Q. 2025 Jan-Mar;21(1). doi: 10.1080/15228959.2025.2455216. Epub 2025 Feb 2.
Medical films, once a staple of medical education in the twentieth century, are now scarce collection items. Many 16 mm films have been weeded from collections because of their outdated content and obsolete format, and those that remain can suffer rapid deterioration from improper storage conditions. Digitization is imperative to preserve these remnants of our cultural heritage. After digitization is complete and rights are cleared, libraries typically make their collections openly accessible online, but this practice is sometimes complicated due to the content of historical medical films. Without a mechanism to regulate patron access to films with potentially problematic content, libraries must tightly restrict these newly preserved resources. This paper presents a framework that defines problematic content based on four criteria and proposes a tiered approach to access.
医学影片曾是20世纪医学教育的主要内容，如今却成了稀缺的藏品。许多16毫米影片因内容过时和格式陈旧已从馆藏中剔除，而留存下来的影片可能会因储存条件不当而迅速损坏。数字化对于保护这些文化遗产的残余部分至关重要。数字化完成且版权清理后，图书馆通常会将其馆藏在网上公开提供，但由于历史医学影片的内容，这种做法有时会变得复杂。如果没有一种机制来规范读者对可能存在问题内容的影片的访问，图书馆就必须严格限制这些新保存的资源。本文提出了一个基于四个标准定义问题内容的框架，并提出了一种分层访问方法。
