McNamara M E
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1967 Jan;55(1):42-7.
Since 1962 the members of the loosely organized Detroit Medical Library Group have carried on a slow but steady self-examination program. They found a need to increase resources and developed a periodical exchange, then a need to identify these resources and did so by means of a serials list. More recently, a similar program for texts and monograph resources was begun. Data, more particularly that of the interlibrary loan process, is being gathered to show the flow within the area and the flow from outside to further identify the existing resources. They have made contact with the administrators of the biomedical institutions and gained their backing (a) to further study the makeup of the community and (b) to formulate an administrative structure through which these institutions can act. These activities are evidence of the beginning of a strong medical library network for the Metropolitan Detroit Area.
自1962年以来，组织松散的底特律医学图书馆小组的成员开展了一项缓慢但稳定的自我检查计划。他们发现需要增加资源，并开展了期刊交换，然后又发现需要识别这些资源，于是编制了一份期刊目录。最近，针对教科书和专著资源也启动了类似的计划。正在收集数据，尤其是馆际互借过程的数据，以展示该地区内部的流通情况以及外部流入的情况，从而进一步识别现有资源。他们已与生物医学机构的管理人员取得联系，并获得了他们的支持：(a) 进一步研究该群体的构成；(b) 制定一个行政架构，使这些机构能够据此行动。这些活动表明，底特律都会区强大的医学图书馆网络已初现端倪。
