Weinberg D M
City of Philadelphia, Department of Records, Pennsylvania 19107.
Bull Med Libr Assoc. 1993 Jan;81(1):29-37.
The records of health care institutions can be of great value to library patrons. Yet, librarians rarely provide these unique resources because records must be collected, arranged, and described before they can be useful to patrons. The University of Pennsylvania's Center for the Study of the History of Nursing conducted a survey of health care agencies in the mid-Atlantic region to locate records created by area health care institutions. The goals of this project were to develop a database of primary source materials, to place organizational records with enduring value at suitable repositories, and to assist in the development of in-house archival programs at agencies keeping records. In-house programs provide health care institutions with a systematic way to preserve their records for administrative, legal, fiscal, and research use. Such programs also facilitate access to information, reduce cost through records management, and promote an institution through preservation and use of its historical records. The survey demonstrated that record keeping is not coordinated in most institutions, and that institutional awareness of the organization or content of records is minimal.
医疗机构的记录对图书馆读者可能具有巨大价值。然而，图书馆员很少提供这些独特资源，因为在记录对读者有用之前，必须进行收集、整理和描述。宾夕法尼亚大学护理历史研究中心对大西洋中部地区的医疗机构进行了一项调查，以查找该地区医疗机构创建的记录。该项目的目标是开发一个原始资料数据库，将具有持久价值的组织记录存放在合适的存储库中，并协助保存记录的机构制定内部档案计划。内部计划为医疗机构提供了一种系统的方法来保存其记录，以供行政、法律、财务和研究使用。此类计划还便于获取信息，通过记录管理降低成本，并通过保存和利用其历史记录来提升机构形象。调查表明，大多数机构的记录保存工作并未得到协调，而且机构对记录的组织或内容的认识非常有限。
