Korean Materials in the National Library of Medicine

Korean Materials in the National Library of Medicine 2008 Committee on Korean Materials (CKM) Annual Meeting of the Council on East Asian Libraries Presented by Chong Chung With Assistance from Laura Wong , Michael North, and Laura Hartman April 3, 2008

Overview of Presentation l Introduction to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) NLM’s Main Website l East Asian Collection—scope and coverage: current and historical materials – Chinese – Japanese – Korean l How to Search for Korean Materials – Locator. Plus – NLM Catalog – Pub. Med l Onsite and Offsite Users l

Introduction to the National Library of Medicine l History and Administration – NLM’s collection began in 1836 as the Library of the Office of the Surgeon General of the Army – Moved to its current location in Bethesda, Maryland in 1962 – Part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is under the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) – Current director of NLM is Donald A. B. Lindberg, MD (since 1984)

National Library of Medicine

National Library of Medicine l Features – The world’s largest bio-medical library – Mandated to collect biomedical materials from all over the world and in all languages – Provides research services in all areas of biomedicine and health care – Provides interlibrary loan services via the National Network of Libraries of Medicine (http: //nnlm. gov)

NLM’s Main Website (http: //www. nlm. nih. gov/)

Collection – Scope and Coverage current and historical materials l Collects materials very broadly in biomedicine, health care, history of medicine, biomedical aspects of the humanities, physical, social and life sciences l See the Collection Development Manual http: //www. nlm. nih. gov/tsd/acquisitions/cdm/ l Coordination amongst the three national libraries: NLM, Library of Congress, and the National Agricultural Library; aim to minimize duplication l Holds approximately 11 million items in print and non-print formats

Collection – Scope and Coverage current and historical materials (continued) – “Current collections” journal titles published after 1871 and books published after 1913 – “Historical collections” pre-1914 books, pre-1870 journals – At NLM, strong emphasis on journal literature to capture current biomedical research – Exclusions from selection policy: textbooks, consumer information, and academic dissertations, with the exception of historical dissertations for History of Medicine Division

NLM Staff in Technical Services Division (TSD) l Total at NLM in FY 2008: 671 FTE. Within TSD, five (5) professional staff working on CJK materials – Two selectors in the Selection and Acquisition Section, each responsible for Chinese and Japanese/Korean – Three catalogers in the Cataloging Section: two are responsible for Korean monographs and serials cataloging and one for Chinese monographs and serials. – Also several technicians supporting CJK acquisitions and processing (monographs and serials)

Current Collection of Korean, Chinese, and Japanese (as of February 2008) Monograph – Korean – Chinese – Japanese 2, 106 10, 861 28, 851 Serials 682 1, 324 3, 508

CJK Collections at the History of Medicine Division (HMD) l Chinese materials: 350 books dating before 1910 – Acquired from Henri Vetch, a Belgian who owned the French Bookstore of Beijing in the 1930 s and 1940 s l Japanese materials: about 200 books, manuscripts and pieces of ephemera dating before 1911 – Acquired the majority from Charles Tuttle in 1948, a young American book dealer who was sent to Japan at the close of World War II with the U. S. military.

Korean Collections at HMD l Korean materials: only 8 that are pre-1900. – Searchable in Locator using HMDKOR – Purchased from Charles Tuttle in 1948 – HMD is interested in building up Korean rare collection and wishes to have a contact in Korea who can assist in this

Korean Collections at HMD (continued) l l l l �藥集成方 : 全 (Collection of remedies using homeland medicines) / 世宗朝命撰. 京城 : 杏林書院, 昭和17 [1942] 長壽經 (Prayer for long life). Korea, 1730. 單方文 (Basic formulations of Korean medicine), [Korea? , 17 --? ]. 申曼東醫寶鑑 (Treasures of Eastern medical knowledge) / 許浚奉教撰. [漢城] : 內醫院校正完營重刊, 甲戌 [1814] 訂正東醫寶鑑 (Treasure of Eastern medicine, revised) / 許浚奉教撰. 京都 : 栂井藤兵衛, 享保甲辰 [1724] Annual report. 1 st- 1885/86 -. Seoul Korean Government Hospital 證脈方藥合編 / ǂc 惠庵先生[黄道純]遺稿. [Korea] : ǂb 治洞新刊, ǂc [1887] [suppressed from OPAC] Ho , Chun, ‡d 1546 -1615. Dong yi bao jian. (Classified book of medicine. ‡y eng). [S. l. ] : ‡b Nei yi yuan, ‡c [1613]

Korean Collections at HMD (continued) Ho Chun, 1546 -1615. Tong ui po kam (東醫寶鑑 ) (Treasures of Eastern Medical Knowledge) Originally published in 1611 by the renowned Korean medical doctor

Korean Collections at HMD (continued) Changsugyo ng (長壽經) (Prayer for long life). Korea, 1730

Korean, Chinese and Japanese Traditional Medicine Literatures An exhibition by the History of Medicine Division October 19, 1999 -May 30, 2000

Access to Korean Materials l l l l Online public access catalog Allows vernacular or transliterated searches Updated continuously Shows NLM's holdings, orders, and an item's circulation status Authority records in MARC 21 format Limit language search feature have CJK in the drop-down list 10, 000 record limit on retrieval Links to Worldcat

Access to Korean Materials Ø Transliterated title search (continued)

Access to Korean Materials Ø Search in Chinese characters (continued)

Access to Korean Materials (continued) Record displayed. Note that the title is in 漢字 (한자)

Access to Korean Materials Ø Author search (continued)

Access to Korean Materials l Name authority record search (continued)

Access to Korean Materials (continued)

http: //nlmcatalog. nlm. nih. gov) Access to Korean Materials l l l l l Alternative search interface to the bibliographic records resident in “Locator. Plus” Updated daily Able to view bibliographic records in XML format Can use Limit feature, e. g. , Korean, Books and Journals (All) Items No vernacular character searching No authority record information Must include correct diacritics for desired results No retrieval limit Allows subject explode

Access to Korean Materials (continued) Ø Query: Ho, Chun Search results: Items 1 - 20 of 26 Ø But, 許浚 or 허준, results in empty query.

Access to Korean Materials (continued) Ø Transliterated title search (must include all diacritics) Author(s): Yu, Tʿae-u Title(s): Chŭnghae Koryŏ suji yopŏp yŏnʾgu : sujichʿim yŏnʾgupʿyŏn / chŏja Yu Tʿae-u. Publisher: Sŏul : Koryo Sujichʿim Hakhoe, 2007. Description: 658 p. : ill. Language: Korean Me. SH: Acupuncture Points Acupuncture Therapy/methods* Hand* NLM ID: 101310562 [Book]

Access to Korean Articles l Coverage: worldwide; 1950 to the present, with some older material l Contains over 15 million references to articles published in 5000 biomedical journals l Can search by author, journal title, limit search (e. g. , Korean language), subject search, etc. l Approximately 79% of the citations are included with the published abstract

Access to Korean Articles (continued) l Korean journal articles are indicated “[Article in Korean]”; e. g. Taehan Kanho Hakhoe Chi l English language articles/journals published in Korea; e. g. Korean Journal of Internal Medicine l Link. Out provides access to full-text articles at journal Web sites

Access to Korean Articles (continued)

Users of NLM Collections and Services l NLM does not open its stacks to the public l But open to onsite users— – scientists – – – historians scholars professionals students general public information brokers

Users of NLM Collections and Services (continued) l NLM partners with outside medical libraries (8 regions http: //nnlm. gov/) for resource sharing & document delivery l Provides automated interlibrary loan (ILL) request through DOCLINE routing and referral system l Average over 1, 600 requests daily l Material in original form is not loaned outside of the U. S.

Users of NLM Collections and Services (Continued) Seoul National University Medical Library is Korea’s MEDLARS Center (http: //medlib. snu. ac. kr)