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Evaluating A Historical Medical Book Collection., Karen R Mcelfresh, Robyn M Gleasner

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Background: After several years of storing a large number of historical medical books that had been weeded from the general collection, the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center developed a set of evaluation criteria to determine whether the material should be kept and included in the library catalog or discarded. The purpose of this article is to share lessons learned in evaluating and processing a historical medical book collection. The authors share how we determined review criteria as well as cataloging and processing procedures.

Case Presentation: Best practices for evaluating, cataloging, and processing historical library material …