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PubMed1974

Three-way division combined with conversion to Medical Subject Headings(MeSH) in a medium-sized medical library.

Conversion to MeSH and other reasons are enumerated for the division of an undivided dictionary card catalog into a three-way divided catalog, consisting of Proper Names, Titles, and Topical Subjects sections. Methodology of division is described. Conversion from Library of Congress Subject Headings to Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) as an authority list stimulated such concurrent changes as (1) the introduction of a guide card system that eliminates typing of subject headings on catalog cards and (2) the adoption of a filing system that employs reverse chronological order for all types of sequential material in the Proper Names and Titles sections and for all material in the Topical Subjects section. The ancillary decisions, procedures, and methods necessitated by these major conversions are also described.

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PubMed1985

Low cost organization of a mental retardation facility staff library.

A mental retardation facility staff library of 700 volumes required complete organization. Two restraining factors were lack of personnel and limited funds. A plan was developed to classify titles according to Library of Congress, with the subject heading catalog predominantly based on Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). A cataloging service was located which produced custom card sets and book labels from CATLINE and MARC computer databases. Where necessary, MARC records were edited to alter LC subject headings to MeSH terminology. Organization was accomplished at an average cost per title of less than $1.50.

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PubMed1983

The NEOUCOM Cooperative Cataloging Service: development and review of the first four years.

The Basic Medical Sciences Library of the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM) provided a Cooperative Cataloging Service to fourteen of its affiliated hospitals' libraries since March 1978, using the OCLC system. Analysis of the first four years of service showed that the hospital libraries spent almost $30,000 to catalog more than 18,000 titles. Personnel expenses and other costs eclipsed the savings from a 31.3% duplication rate. Centralized bibliographic control control and the principal by-product of the service, a uniform, machine-related data base, provided the foundation for an on-line integrated library system to serve the consortium. The hospital libraries contributed 44% of the unique titles in this data base, which emphasis the need to share resources and continue cooperation.

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PubMed2001

Bone marrow stem cell protection from chemotherapy by low--molecular-weight compounds.

The stem cells of the bone marrow have the capacity for both self-renewal and derivation of all the blood cell lineages. Consequently, toxicity to these cells can result in neutropenia, agranulocytosis, thrombocytopenia, pancytopenia, or aplastic anemia. Many anticancer drugs adversely affect the bone marrow, and neutropenia is a common limiting factor in dose escalation. In this review, we discuss agents that appear to have potential as bone marrow sparing agents. Computerized catalogs of the National Library of Medicine and Medline were searched for reports on low-molecular-weight compounds that detailed effects on the hematopoietic progenitor cells. The most promising agents are the endogenous peptides p-glutamic acid-glutamic acid-aspartic acid-cysteine-lysine and acetyl-serine-aspartic acid-lysine-proline, and the exogenous compounds amifostine and ammonium trichloro[dioxoethylene-O,O']tellurate, but several others are also discussed. These compounds preserve stem cell function in the presence of antineoplastic drugs of diverse pharmacological classes, and they do so by various mechanisms of action. Their present status in clinical practice is also detailed. More needs to be learned about their mechanisms of action and therapeutic potential, but the results are encouraging for some of these compounds and more clinical trials should be expected.

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PubMed1998

Serine protease inhibitors expressed in the process of budding of tunicates as revealed by EST analysis.

To identify genes expressed during budding of the tunicate Polyandrocarpa misakiensis, we isolated and sequenced 624 clones from a directionally constructed cDNA library to prepare a catalog of expressed sequence tags (ESTs). A total of 233 ESTs matched genes of known sequence in the SwissProt database. About 24% out of them showed high similarity to ribosomal proteins, twice the value (12%) of pre-budding animals. ESTs involved in the respiratory chain also appeared with significant redundancy, suggesting that tunicate budding is accompanied by the enhancement of energy conversion as well as protein synthesis. Serine protease inhibitor (serpin) afforded another striking example of a gene that was highly expressed in the process of budding. The deduced amino acid sequences of five serpin cDNAs all had two consensus signatures of the Kazal's type of secretory protease inhibitor, one of which had an active site for trypsin and the other for elastase. In line with this, recombinant GST-fusion protein showed both trypsin and elastase inhibitor activities. In accordance with the EST analysis, the hemolymph taken from the budding stage showed the highest activity of trypsin inhibitor. We discuss a possible role that Polyandrocarpa serpins may play in bud development by counteracting trypsin-like serine protease, which could facilitate dedifferentiation of formative tissues.

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The learning center: what to do until the librarian is hired.

By providing a self-instructional learning resources center to employees, a health care institution can expand the training and education function without initially adding to the education staff. This article describes the basic procedures for setting up and managing the learning resources collection until such time as a librarian can be hired.

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PubMed1974

A cooperative serial acquisition program: thoughts on a response to mounting fiscal pressures.

A regionally cooperative method of distributing responsibility for every serial title in a region is outlined. The system assures the equitable distribution of the number of titles for which each library is committed. Later refinements suggest an equalization of cost commitments on the basis of fiscal resources available for serial purchases. It is pointed out that fiscal realities will force some sort of serial acquisition cooperation for all viable medical libraries.

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PubMed1971

Reclassification and documentation in talog cards and a computer stored record.

A project to recatalog and reclassify the book collection of the Bowman Gray School of Medicine Library utilizing the Magnetic Tape/Selectric Typwriter system for simultaneous catalog card production and computer stored data acquisition marks the beginning of eventual computerization of all library operations. A keyboard optical display system will be added by late 1970. Major input operations requiring the creation of "hard copy" will continue via the MTST system. Updating, editing and retrieval operations as well as input without hard copy production will be done through the "on-line" keyboard optical display system. Once the library's first data bank, the book catalog, has been established the computer may be consulted directly for library holdings from any optical display terminal throughout the medical center. Three basic information retrieval operations may be carried out through "on-line" optical display terminals. Output options include the reproduction of part or all of a given document, or the generation of statistical data, which are derived from two Acquisition Code lines. The creation of a central bibliographic record of Bowman Gray Faculty publications patterned after the cataloging program is presently under way. The cataloging and computer storage of serial holdings records will begin after completion of the reclassification project. All acquisitions added to the collection since October 1967 are computer-stored and fully retrievable. Reclassification of older titles will be completed in early 1971.

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PubMed1976

Automated cataloging: the state of the art.

The art of cataloging is in a state of constant dynamic change. The capabilities of automation are causing changes in the tools we have at our disposal, the education and training we need to work with these tools, the caliber of staff we use at various stages of the cataloging process, and the physical form of the end product of the efforts of the catalog department. But perhaps of more importance is the cooperation and sharing between libraries on both the national and international level that become possible as the result of automated systems.

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PubMed1970

Cooperative cataloging from the participants' point of view: a record of SUNY'S and Countway's experiences.

This paper describes the procedures and practices adopted for the cooperative cataloging program between NLM, Countway, and the Upstate Medical Center, Syracuse. Catalogers were trained by NLM, and the two libraries communicated data and queries by means of TWX and, later, IBM terminals. A description is given of how books are selected for cataloging, and details are given as to how conflicts in cataloging practice are settled. Further results of such cooperation are given, such as the addition of Upstate's holding symbol in Current Catalog. Statistics of work done are given, and impending changes are mentioned.

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