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Subject:

MEDLIB-L selection January 10-16, 2001

From:

Silvia Patrick <[log in to unmask]>

Reply-To:

Silvia Patrick <[log in to unmask]>

Date:

Tue, 16 Jan 2001 16:01:56 -0800

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If you subscribe to MEDLIB-L delete now. Please note that your compiler
has now a real job and these compilations may be slightly less frequent...
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MEDLIB-L selection January 10-16, 2001

Contents:
1. Chat: Librarian-related comment in psychology publication [OR are you a
   closet-techie?]
2. FYI: Diabetes 2001 Clinical Practice Recommendations ADA now online
3. FYI: New Site for Medlibbers on drugs [predictable jokes on subject
    line NOT included]
4. FYI: Cell Phone Interference Study [Web article]
5. FYI: ACOG [American College Obst. & Gyn.] guidelines - reminder
6.  List of abbreviations for hospitals [again US but just in case]
7. ?Search CINHAL help needed [Q on computerized nursing assessment with
   reply]
8. information explosion [Query only]
9.  Ref ? - Photo [on female genital mutilation, Query only: if you can
    help...]
10. Summary: Historical Collections in Hospital LIbraries
11. Retention Period - Search Requests, ILLs, In-house photocopies [Q and
  summary of responses]
12. CHAT: Follow-up re Shooting the Past [see previous MEDLIB-L selection]

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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 19:02:35 -0800
From: Anna Gieschen <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Chat: Librarian-related comment in psychology publication

Those of you who observe what other professions say about librarians may
enjoy the comment in this story in the current issue of APA's Monitor on
Psychology. It's in and article about teaching internet-based classes -
http://www.apa.org/monitor/digital.html


Anna Gieschen ^ References Services
Sioux Valley Hospital USD Medical Center
Wegner Health Science Information Center
1400 West 22nd St., Suite 100
Sioux Falls, SD 57105
phone 605-357-1519
fax 605-357-1490
==================================================================
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 01:36:50 -0500
From: Peter Sam <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Diabetes 2001 Clinical Practice Recommendations ADA now online
FYI

Just out on the web....

Diabetes Care
  Volume 24 Supplement 1, January 2001

  American Diabetes Association:
  Clinical Practice Recommendations 2001

http://journal.diabetes.org/CareSup1Jan01.htm

S3
  Summary of Revisions for the 2001 Clinical Practice Recommendations
http://journal.diabetes.org/FullText/Supplements/DiabetesCare/Supplement101/
S3.htm

Not all the page links are up yet...

It is a new link not yet posted on the American Diabetes Association site
http://www.diabetes.org/ or their Journals Web Site
http://journal.diabetes.org/journals.asp

those links still point to the 2000 Recommendations
http://journal.diabetes.org/CareSup1Jan00.htm


new link also posted at Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines -
Diabetes
http://medicine.ucsf.edu/resources/guidelines/guidedm.html


peter sam, web content developer
Primary Care Clinical Practice Guidelines
http://medicine.ucsf.edu/resources/guidelines/
[log in to unmask]  asian health services  818 webster  oakland ca

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Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 12:12:19 -0400
From: Priscilla Schneider <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: New Site for Medlibbers on drugs

Perhaps because our Medical Library is located conveniently next to the
Psych Unit, I get quite a bit of activity in the form of reference
questions from the staff there.  Here is a site I happened on today, when
I was trying to compare Xanax with Serax; both benzodiazepines: Thought
I'd share it with all of you!  It looks like a new site and is a good
adjunct to rxlist.com.

http://www.depressionclinic.com/pharmacy/

On that note, have an uplifting day!

Sela Schneider, Medical Librarian
Gov. Juan F. Luis Hospital & Medical Center
4007 Estate Diamond Ruby
Christiansted VI 00820-4421
[log in to unmask]

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.  Inside of a dog, it is
too
dark to read". - Groucho Marx

==================================================================
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 14:11:04 -0500
From: Pat Vigorito <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Cell Phone Interference Study

Article and editorial concerning cell phone interference (a popular topic)
can be found at:

http://www.mayo.edu/proceedings/2001/jan/jan2001.html

Mayo Clinic Proceedings,  January 2001 issue

Patricia M. Vigorito, MLS
Medical Library,  Morton Hospital
88 Washington Street, Taunton, MA  02780
508-828-7407
[log in to unmask]

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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 12:13:30 -0500
From: Pamela Van Hine <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: ACOG guidelines - reminder

I am sending a message to the list because I had 3 messages from medical
librarians this morning about access to our materials - so I thought I
would send one message to remind all of you about how our guidelines work
(or don't work). 1) ACOG guidelines are very complicated and change
frequently.  We literally have hundreds of current documents on various
issues and usually publish at least one new guideline every month.  2) How
they are published:  We issue them as separate printed documents and
publish them in the BACK of our journal (Obstetrics & Gynecology).  They
are not in MEDLINE (or not the OG version anyway), because they are not in
the Table of Contents of our journal.  You just have to look for them -
many people pull them out and keep them separately 3) Purchasing printed
copies:  These options are available: - the Compendium - which has all of
the separately issued guidelines documents in effect at the end of the
prior year - eg the 2001 Compendium was just released - it has all of
these documents that were in effect as of December, 2000.  The problem
with the Compendium is that it is out of date the moment we issue it
because we issue new things and withdraw documents almost every month. -
complete sets - you can purchase complete sets of Bulletins and/or
Committee Opinions - your order will contain those documents in that
series that were current at the time of your order.  Available with or
without a binder. - subscriptions - subscriptions are available to the
Opinions and/or the Bulletins on a January-December basis. - I recommend
purchasing the Compendium and subscriptions - the Compendium is nice
because it has most of the stuff in one big book (hard to steal) - and the
subscriptions would keep you current - a meticulous person could even note
which documents in the Compendium were withdrawn during the year. 4)
Guidelines books - we also publish GUIDELINES FOR PERINATAL CARE (with the
AAP) and GUIDELINES FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE - which contain critical
guidelines as well - these books are updated about every 4-5 years (a new
gyn is due later this year, GFPC sometime after that).  Other useful
publications include a newly revised QA manual and the task force report
on c/section. 5) Internet access:  Our current separately issued
guidelines documents are on our web site - but on the members' side only.
Some medical librarians who work heavily in clinical ob/gyn may want to
join. 6) withdrawn documents.  The ACOG Resource Center has copies of all
ACOG guidelines documents ever issued (going back to 1959).  We sell these
documents (or copies of them) - please refer patrons directly to us for
these materials. 7) problems with subscriptions (or other Distribution
Center orders). we have received several calls over the past few months -
from librarians and others - about problems with their subscriptions.
these calls should be referred to our in-house representative for the
Distribution Center, who is in the marketing department (you can e-mail
[log in to unmask]).  They do want to know when something is not handled
correctly. 8) You are always encouraged to contact the Resource Center or
have the patron contact the Resource Center for specific guidelines
questions.  e-mail me ([log in to unmask]) or [log in to unmask], call
202-863-2518 or fax 202-484-1595. we actually prefer e-mail because it's
much more efficient - just make sure your message includes your full name,
affiliation, and mailing address too. we respond as quickly as possible -
but almost all responses are sent through the mail.  We rarely fax - we
don't have the staff to do it. THANKS

hope this helps.
happy new year and good thoughts!
Pamela Van Hine MSLS AHIP, Director
ACOG Resource Center
409 12th St SW
Washington DC 20024
202-863-2518 (reference desk);

202-484-1595 (fax); [log in to unmask]
ps our 2001 catalog was just released - send me an e-mail if you want a
copy mailed to you.  it is also in the sales section of our web site
(sales.acog.com).
==================================================================
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 09:06:53 -0800
From: Jane Irving <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: List of abbreviations for hospitals

Hello,
     The Medical Records Committee here at Children's Hospital Oakland has
asked me for recommendations of a text that could be used as a reference
to standardize abbreviations.  What we have here in the library (Melloni
and Stedman) seem too lengthy (too many choices per abbreviation).  Does
anyone have an opinion about Barcena (89 pages)?
     I have provided the website
http://www.mayo.edu/healthinfo/librarian.html where two lists are
available online.  They are still looking for more possibilities.  In
Mosby's Surefire Documentation, the authors say on p. 305 that JCAHO has a
recommended list.  Can someone tell me where to find the JCAHO approved
list?
     Thanks very much for your help.

Jane A. Irving
Gordon Health Sciences Library
Children's Hospital Oakland
747 52nd Street
Oakland, CA  94609-1809

510-428-3448
510-601-3963 (fax)
[log in to unmask]
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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 13:09:02 -0600
From: Mason Elizabeth <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: List of abbreviations for hospitals

I looked at the newest Comprehensive JACHO Manual online and abbreviations
are mentioned several times in the IM 3 section but these are no
recommended
abbreviation books on Heymont, G  DICTATION THERAPY FOR DOCTORS  "gives
guidance" on "areas such as abbreviations" -  they also list a site I
haven't visited.
http://www.wwma.com/therapy

Elizabeth A. Mason, Medical Librarian
Ismael Medical Library
Regional Medical Center of San Jose
225 North Jackson Ave.
San Jose, CA 95116
408-259-5000 x2230
FAX 408-7292881
---------------------------------------------------
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 12:55:52 -0800
From: Jane Irving <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: List of abbreviations for hospitals

     Many thanks to all of you who replied regarding a good list of =
abbreviations for hospitals.  The winner is:  Davis, Neil M.  Medical =
abbreviations:  14,000 conveniences at the expense of communications and =
safety.
     And as Michelynn McNight points out, "Catchy title, huh?"
     I greatly appreciate all your responses.

Jane

Jane A. Irving
Gordon Health Sciences Library
Children's Hospital Oakland
747 52nd Street
Oakland, CA  94609-1809
510-428-3448
510-601-3963 (fax)
[log in to unmask]

==================================================================
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 10:29:44 -0500
From: "Lin, Ahnde" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: ?Search CINHAL help needed

I've found that CINHALdirect's search terms are very restrictive and I
could not find good results for the following topic: Computerized (or
electronic) nursing admission assessment (or patient admission, inpatient
nursing assessment) used "Patient admission" + "nursing assessment"
results a lot of records, but CINHAL doesn't offer simple terms like
"computer, computerized, electronic.." that I could use to combine those
terms
 Therefore, I used "Nursing care plan, computerized" and "Nursing
assessment" , only 2 records and not useful. Could any of you who has good
search interface help with the search. I'll be greatly appreciative.

I did find some good results on HealthStar.

Thank you.

Ahnde Lin
Medical Library
RWJU Hospital at Hamilton
One Hamilton Health Place
Hamilton, NJ 08690-3599
Tel: 609-584-6473
Fax: 609-584-6525
[log in to unmask]
--------------------------------------------
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 11:56:13 -0600
From: Peg Allen <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Peg Allen <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: ?Search CINHAL help needed

The search term "Computerized Patient Record" is available; it mapped from
electronic... when searching in CINAHLdirect. Scope note: An electronic
record that contains all the health information of a patient, from a
single episode of care to life-long healthcare information. Consider also
PATIENT RECORD SYSTEMS (broader term in tree) and CLINICAL INFORMATION
SYSTEMS.

These terms or'd together and combined with Patient Admission or Nursing
Assessment to retrieve 46 citations.  Some of these look relevant.  You
may want to broaden this search to include Nursing Records because an
article on all parts of the nursing record would include the nursing
assessment.  In some institutions, this will be referred to as an
interdisciplinary assessment, reflecting a trend where the patient isn't
asked the same questions repeatedly by various health professionals.....

If looking tfor examples, this is a good question for the NRSG-L nursing
informatics listserv - see
http://mailman.amia.org/mailman/listinfo/nrsing-l

Hope this helps - Peg

Margaret (Peg) Allen, MLS-AHIP   mailto:[log in to unmask]
Library/Information Consultant http://home.earthlink.net/~pegallenmls/
Resource Librarian Consultant for Cinahl Information Systems, Inc.
     http://www.cinahl.com/
Library Consultant, Northern and Southwest Wisconsin Area Health Education
Centers, http://www.nahec-wi.org/ and
http://www.medsch.wisc.edu/ahec/swahec/
PO Box 2, 308 Kann,  Stratford, WI 54484-0002
(715)687-4976                          Fax:(715)687-4976
==================================================================
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 11:26:46 -0500
From: "Warner, Debra" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: information explosion

Colleagues,

I am trying to find out the rate at which biomedical information is
currently doubling. In 1991, Wyatt J. had an article in Lancet that said
about every 19-20 years, but that was pre-WWW explosion and I have to
guess that things have changed.

Does anyone know? or have any resources to check? My Medline search did
not yield any updated figures. An Aug. 2000 article by Wyatt still
references his 1991 study.

Thanks!

Debra Warner, MLIS, AHIP        [log in to unmask]
Academic Development Librarian
The Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Brody Medical Sciences Building 2N-45A
Greenville, NC 27858-4354
252.816.1967                fax 252.816.3801
==================================================================

Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 09:04:10 -0800
From: "Klawansky, Susan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Ref ? - Photo

Hello - This is an incredible long shot, but just maybe...

I've had a physician ask me to track down a photo of what he's describing
as a girl, perhaps an Arab but definitely not a black girl, dressed in
white and looking into the camera.  Behind her is a man in the midst of
performing female genital mutilation upon her.  The photo is in color, and
was perhaps published in a popular publication such as Life Magazine or in
one of the Day in the Life series of books.

I've searched the National Library of Medicine's image collection, and
done an image search on Alta Vista, with no results.  Short of just
trolling through gazillions of online photo collections, I'm afraid I'm
out of my depth.  Does this mean anything to anyone?

Any ideas are welcome.  Thanks as always.

Susan

****************************************************************************

Susan L. Klawansky, Librarian
Hospital Library CH-38
206-526-2098 (p)
Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center
206-527-3838 (f)
P.O. Box 5371
[log in to unmask]
4800 Sand Point Way NE
Seattle, WA  98105

==================================================================
 Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 16:19:43 -0500
From: "Bunyan, Linda" <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Summary: Historical Collections in Hospital LIbraries

Hello, all-

First, it is really too early too summarize, because I am only just
beginning this project.  However, so many people expressed interest that I
thought I would summarize the suggestions I received from this list.

I heard from many Ohioans who were able to suggest local resources for me
to tap, and of course that will be very helpful when I am further down
this road. Some even volunteered themselves to answer my questions.

Peg Allen has an article on "Celebrating Nursing History: What to Keep",
available at http://www.library.kent.edu/nahrs/.  I do have a few nursing
books in the collection, so I have already consulted this list. The most
useful so far came from Scotland!  Monetary values can be found at
http://www.bibliofind.com, at least ballpark figures. I'm sure there are
other sites, but this one has a lot of medical books, and I"ve already
found it valuable.

THen, there is the Morton's Medical Bibliography, 5th edition, 1991.  By
some miracle, our library actually owns this book - purchased in more
affluent times. This will give you commentary on the value of a book to
the development of medicine.

Of course, Carole Gilbert always likes to suggest that "this is an article
that's waiting to be written."  And, I think she's right.  I'm already
having a lot of fun with this, and I'm excited by having something new to
learn this year. (Frankly, excited that it's about BOOKS, not computers!)

And yes, early indications are that I have some very valuable books here.


Stay tuned!

Linda E. Bunyan
Manager, Medical Library/Bookstore
Summa Health System
55 Arch Street, Suite G-3
Akron OH  44304
[log in to unmask]
330-375-3081

"You must be present to win."

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Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2001 10:43:48 -0500
From: "Schaap, Ann L." <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Retention Period - Search Requests, ILLs, In-house photocopies

We are interested in learning how long other libraries retain the
paperwork for (1) literature search requests, (2) interlibrary loans, and
(3) in-house photocopies made by library staff.

Ann L. Schaap, M.A.L.S., AHIP
Medical Librarian
Norton Healthcare Medical Library
PO Box 35070
Louisville, KY  40232
Phone (502) 629-8127   Fax (502) 629-8138
[log in to unmask]
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Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 15:46:37 -0500
From: "Schaap, Ann L." <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Summary of Responses -  Retention of Paperwork

Below is a summary of the responses I received to my query on paperwork
retention for (1) literature search requests, (2) ILL's and (3) in-house
photocopies made by library staff.

I keep literature search paperwork for one year---usually so I can
retrieve phone numbers or reproduce lost searches.  I keep ILL stuff 3
years, because I read that was the requirement for the Fair Use Law.  I'm
not sure about in-house photocopies---if I make a copy for staff, I only
do one for them, and write it down in a notebook.  I have quite a few
year's worth because it doesn't take up much space.  Perhaps that would be
3 years also, under the law?

This is interesting.  Our stats are not that cumbersome so we have them
from before 1994 BUT only utilize the ones form five years ago to present.

Depending on our purposes we may only utilize stats for the past three
years as the data tends to bog down the reader otherwise.  We are a two
person library that can do anywhere from 40-80 lit searches a month
depedning on the month, as well as 2-3000 pages photocopied per month
depending again on the month.  So if that helps you I hope it does, and
pre-1994 will become discarded presently as it is not necessary for us
anymore.

Our retention policy is part of the larger institutional policy and most
library records, including those mentioned above, are kept for five years.

I keep a record of patron literature search requests (their topic or a
brief description) for a year in a notebook.  I do not keep a copy of the
exact printout of what I sent to them.  We keep interlibrary loan requests
for a few years: the current year in notebooks in the library and past
years in storage.  We keep in house requestsf for six months.  There is no
particular reason why we picked these time frames.  Hope this helps.

We keep the ILL records for 3 complete calendar years.  That's my
understanding of the law.  The photocopy records should be ditched as soon
as you don't need them for your own purposed anymore.  They are a legal
liability if your are not watching what you provide, however, if there is
no evidence can they prove a crime?  We keep ours for a month to be sure
they have cleared the billing cycle for those that are billed (about 25%)
buty they are not kept in any particular order.  The searches are not
problematic from a legal standpoint but I can't see holidng on to them for
any particular reason.  We also keep those for a month and then discard
them.

I find that most people keep things too long.  I have a hard time getting
anyone to throw anything away!  The librarian before me insisted on
keeping everything for at least 10 years!  Now I'm having a hard time
deciding what to get rid of and what to keep!  Let me know if you get any
good ideas!

We retain for one year.  We are in a small facility and have no room for
storage.

This is what we do.  1)  1 year.  2)  5 years as per copyright guidelines.
I find this to be a total pain.  The stuff piles up and all the data is
replicated in the Docline stats we get quarterly (or should I say that we
USED to get).  I'll be shredding the 1998 requestf for the next month.
Ugh...  3)  We don't keep these.  We hae an AAS contract with the CCC, so
we are covered for all in-house copies.  The journals we copy from are
logged for collection development purposes and each copy job (not each
articles copied) is counted for statistical purposes.

It is my understanding that ILL request forms must be retained for 5
years. Search requests and copying requests, I keep til the end of the
year, wait 6 months and then discard.  Mine is a small community hospital.

We keep searches anywhere from 3-6 months depending on how full our file
is. We have a volunteer who posts the copy information by title for our
in-house usage so that we have title inforamtion when doing acquisitions
for journals, and lastly, I believe by law you are required to keep 5
years of interlibrary loan statistics.

We keep:  1) oriignal ILL requests for 2-3 months 2)  Search requests for
2-3 months 3)  Photocopies of articles sent via fax or Ariel for about 1
month.

1)  Literature search requests: 3 years   2)  Interlibrary loan (DOCLINE)
requests: 1 year   3) In-house photocopies made by library staff: no
retention time.  The only photocopies that are retained are faxed requests
are kept for one month period of time.  Hope this helps!

We don't keep records about in-house copies except for long enough to
report to Copyright Clearance Center.  Now that we have a CCC license, we
don't do transaction reporitng, so probably won't keep any records.  Our
library has the following retention policy: 1.  Purchase orders &
purchasing info:  1 year+ current (accounting keeps

1.  Purchase orders & purchasing info:  1 year+ current (accounting keeps
these for 7 years)
2.  Ill "borrowing" for 3 years + current
3.  ILL "lend" for 1 year + current
4.  Literature search requests  1 year + current


--------------------------------------------------

Here are two additional responses received regard. my query on paperwork
retention.

> In regard to your question, we keep records for (and this applies to
items
>
>
> borrowed):
> 1.      patron files (the actual "who" did the ordering)
> 2.      title files (the title of the journal and the title of the book
or av material--we keep book/av material separate from the journal
> title).
> 3.      the physical request form that patrons fill out when ordering
> (although, truthfully we don't    have to keep this, it's just
duplicating
> work from above--but we keep them and bundle them according to
month
> ordered--we do sometimes have to go back and look for old requests,
> and this is pretty helpful to us). For items we loan, we keep copies
> of: 1.  the physical requests we receive, whether Docline request,
> OCLC request, ALA form, etc.
>          We have two copies of each request received, and use the
> second copy when we send i invoices for billing. We store these
> according to month, and they are filed alphabetically by us by city
name--just for
> billing purposes. We do keep copies of faxes that we send out--but
> only for a short period of time--according to copyright, you cannot
> have "two" copies of the same material--so basically you couldn't have
> a copy of the article, and the person you send it too couldn't have
> the same copy. We "break" this rule for faxes just because there are
> often transmission problems and the
like.
>
> We do not store copies of Ariel transmissions, and we don't make any
> other in-house photocopies for our patrons.
> The rule of thumb was that you had to keep all of these records for 5
> years. This has just been changed to 3 years. So we have records
> currently dating back to 1997 (we haven't thrown those out yet). We
> store them in copier paper boxes and other big boxes and just label them
> patron file/1998, etc. It makes for an easy clean-up.

Ann L. Schaap, M.A.L.S., AHIP
Medical Librarian
Norton Healthcare Medical Library
PO Box 35070
Louisville, KY  40232
Phone (502) 629-8127   Fax (502) 629-8138
[log in to unmask]


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Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 20:27:24 -0500
From: Ann Ferrari <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Follow-up re Shooting the Past

I first of all wanted to thank everyone for their great response to my
review of Shooting the Past - I'm glad I've inspired some new fans!  Thx
also for the suggestion on writing it up on amazon.com, and I think I will
do so.

I was doing some hunting on the Internet, as I wanted to find out more
info on the writer/director of the film, Stephen Poliakoff (I was sure
after watching the film that he either went to library school at some
point in his life, or was treated very kindly by librarians as a small
child!).  I stumbled onto a really great PBS/WGBH website that has an
interview with him, including how he got the idea for the film (there
really was a film archive library in Britain that was in danger of being
bulldozed), and his admiration for the photo librarians he had met at the
London Hulton Getty Picture Collection (the photo library which actually
provided the beautiful vintage photos that you see in the film).

He describes the librarians as being able to find any picture you could
possibly want, all in 10-15 seconds, without the aid of a computer.  (One
of my favorite scenes in the movie is where Oswald, the eccentric
assistant librarian, has just challenged the new American owner to think
of a picture he'd like to see.  When the owner asks for a picture of his
home town in Virginia, Oswald not only brings that back, he also comes
back with a copy of an old photo of the man's house where he grew up --all
within about 20 seconds).

The website where you can find this interview is:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/archive/programs/shootingthepast/
index.html

On the website there is also an overview of the movie, plus an interview
with Lindsay Duncan, who plays the head librarian.  AND...a series of
links called "The World of Photo Archives" - which are websites to various
photographic libraries such as the Hulton Getty collection and others that
you can click on to view photographs.

So when you're done watching the film, you can put another pot of your
best British tea on and go surfing around the Hulton Getty library!

Cheers,

Ann Ferrari
Behan Health Science Library
South Hills Health System
Pittsburgh, PA
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