inutes of the Library Committee from Wednesday,
October 15th in Chicago at 1:30 p.m.
Thanks to all who attended and participated in a lively discussion.

IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT LIBRARIES JOIN THE YAHOO BASED USER
GROUP CCAOMLCAOM.
Information on joining was provided.

1 Implications of the new ACAOM library evaluation format.
It was generally agreed that the new evaluation questionnaire is
easier and more focused on school mission.  Some particants felt that
the evaluation of site visit committees was somewhat subjective and
particular to a particular group doing the evaluation, and it was
difficult to know precisely why a library was written up.  The matter
of a master booklist was discussed as a guide to library adequacy.
This issue has apparently been discussed before without any consensus
reached.  There are many booklists out there, including a compilation
of recommendations available from the library at Five Branches
University.

2. Possibility of forming local consortia to jointly purchase more
expensive databases.
Research and current awareness is vital to the mission of the
libraries and some databases and services are quite expensive.  The
idea of a consortium or collective library umbrella organization
serving a number of separate libraries has been discussed earlier,
but no serious plans are todate in place.
The group came up with these initial goals for such a collective:
*enhance sharing of hard copy journals by having each library take
responsibility for one or two subscriptions and exchange full text by
way of scanning, mail or fax.
*institutional rate purchasing of for fee databases and online
resources too expensive for individual libraries to support such as
the COJ(Chinese Online JOurnals) from Wanfangdata.
*of special interest is purchase of full text articles from PubMed.
Initial exploration indicates that this may not be an expensive item:
there is a $50 dollar fee to start the service and a charge for each
offprint.
*purchase of access to medical libraries in the area on an
institutional basis or for particular researchers.
The consortium would be a part of the CCAOM organization and managed
possibly by a committee selected from member libraries.
An assessment paid to CCAOM from each member library would support
the program with an established budget.
Many of these details need to be worked out.
RESOLVED by those present that this consortium effort will be pursued.

Related item: a brief discussion that CCAOMLCAOM should revert to the
older name LOOM. It was suggested that the LOOM designation could
refer to the consortium.

3. Procedures for providing materials to faculty--purchase or loan
from the collection?
Faculty texts are generally provided by seeking free desk copies from
publishers, purchased anew or provided from the existing collection
for the duration of the school teaching calendar.  In most cases the
materials acquired become property of the library and become part of
the library's database.  Practices differ in some places.  On a
related topic, some schools maintain only reference copies of
required texts and expect students to purchase their own books, while
other libraries have some circulating copies of such material.  The
library should have at least one copy in noncirculating status of
each required text.
It was suggested that in some cases larger libraries could send
duplicate and unneeded materials to smaller libraries for the cost of
postage.


4. Library role in preparing students for local and national
examinations(NCCAOM and California Acupuncture Board).
Book lists relative to the exams were available at the meeting.
Some of the major titles on the recommended lists are earlier
editions which may no longer be readily available to students.
Students have experienced some confusion about differences in data
between earlier and later editions, for example the Bensky text
Materia Medica, 1990 edition.  There is a newer 2004 edition with
apparently some different herba classifications. Publication dates on
some the books recommended for Western medicine are also older
editions.

RESOLVED that a letter be drafted from LCAOM on behalf of CCAOM
expressing concern of this issue and asking for clarification of the
which texts are being used as basis for questons, and suggesting that
possible the latest editions of texts be used.  If needed, the book
recommendation list should be updated if there discrepancies between
cited editions and current practice.


5. Implications for CCAOM libraries of ACCAHC research efforts.

From a recent meeting of ACCAHC

Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care
ACCAHC Research Working Group (RWG) Sets Priorities in Face-to-Face
Retreat July 22-23, 2008


The mission of the ACCAHC Research Working Group is to promote mutual
understanding, collaborative activities, and interdisciplinary health
care education through research. The RWG members agreed on three
broad recommendations to begin fulfilling this mission: 1) shift
culture at CAM institutions to embrace research; (2) re-direct the
research agenda regarding these disciplines so that it is of use to
the professions; and 3) build research capacity within the different
disciplines. The group decided that #2 was too large for that meeting,
and tabled it for the time being. Subgroups developed action steps to
move #1 and #3. A key focal area is practice-based research networks
(PBRN). For more details, please contact us. Good work!

This reinforces the need to develop current awareness capabilities
and look forward to support of DAOM programs at those schools
involved.

6. Classification scheme in Library of Congress and NML schemes for
cataloging materials about acupuncture.
The major classification schemes are oriented to Western healing
modalities and do not provide adequate subclassification of Oriental
healing modalities.
It is proposed that an elaboration of significant classification
numbers be established as a guideline for classification of these
materials.  These would be suggestions, not requirements and would or
would not require retrofiting of existing collections, depending on
the choice of individual libraries.  These would be intended as
helpful guidelines at least for new materials added to the collection.

Proposed schedules:(there is room here for changes and alterations)
W class NML
WB369 General works, including acupuncture therapy
WB369.5 Special topics, A-Z, e.g.
A17 Analgesia
E2 Ear
WB371 Cupping, counterirritation

RM class LC
RM184 Acupuncture, general works
RM184.1 Laws and legislation
RM184.2 Manuals and textbooks, e.g. Deadman
RM184.3,4 Unassigned
RM184.5 Points, Meridians(current LC practice)
RM184.6 regional designation, e.g. K7 Korean acupuncture
Korean Acupuncture
RM184.7 Acupressure
RM184.8 Five Elements
RM184.9 Special topics, A-Z, e.g.
.C9 Cupping
.H5 Hand, limbs, etc

Animal acupuncture in SF.

RESOLVED that further discussion with librarians at the various
schools will take place to see how best to pursue this effort

Jim Emdy
Chair
Five Branches University
Direct email: librarian@...

check undef files for Della Lawhorn's documents on journals.  i am
still working on getting the nccaom and cab booklists for exams to you
as a document.

jim

Here is the message sent to Xiaotian Shen, at AOMA in Austin Texas.
He is working on the bibliography lists for the national exams.

Thank you for visiting the Five Branches University recently.


I have examined the NCCAOM web site and printed the bibliographies
listed there in support of the examinations.

Here are some questions relating to materials with more recent
publication dates than those on the NCCAOM lists:

Foundations of Oriental Medicine Module:
Maciocia, G: Foundations of Chinese Medicine, 1989.  Our latest issue
is 2005.
(This title is also listed under Acupuncture with Point Location
under secondary sources)

Acupuncture with Point Locations
(see above Maciocia)
Maciocia, G: Tongue diagnosis in Chinese Medicine, 1988.  Our latest
issue is 1994.

Biomedicine Module
The Merck Manual of Medical information, 2003.  Our latest issue is
2006.

Fischbach, F: A manual of laboratory and diagnostic tests, 2003.  We
have 2004.

Pagana, K : Mosby's manual of diagnostic and laboratory texts, 2002.
We have 2006.

I hope to hear from you.  Let me know if you need more information.

Jim Emdy
Librarian
Five Branches University

Classifications for Acupuncture in NML and Library of Congress

NATIONAL MEDICAL LIBRARY ACUPUNCTURE CLASSIFICATION

WB 369 Acupuncture. Acupuncture therapy. Moxibustion
WB 369.5 Specific techniques, A-Z
WB 369.5.A17 Acupressure
WB 369.5.A18 Acupuncture Analgesia
WB 369.5.E2 Ear acupuncture
WB 369.5.E4 Electroacupuncture
WB 369.5.M5 Meridians. Acupuncture points
WB 369.5.M9 Moxibustion
WB 371 Cupping. Counterirritation
(e.g., Mustard plasters)
WB 373 Punctures (General or not elsewhere classified)

[WB 375] [This number not used]
WB 377 Spinal, cisternal and ventricular puncture
WB 379 Biopsy
WB 381 Phlebotomy. Bloodletting



LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
RM184 General works
RM184.5 Points

It was proposed at the last meeting of LCAOM to suggest a
regularization and expansion of the LC classification to account for
detailed subject areas within acupuncture general topic.  the propose
schema is contained in the meeting notes of the Chicago meeting.  I
will annotate and send these in another email.

bear in mind that the suggestions from the Chicago meeting are
*suggested expansion of the classification schemes, not required
*suggested guidelines for future classification of material, not
necessarily looking to retrofit already classified material, unless
there is a decision to do so.
*the expanded classifications may not be needed for smaller
collections (the Jones Medical Library in Houston has only 149 titles
in acupuncture all under WB369.)
*should the expanded classifications be accepted in some official
way, there may be financial support from CCAOM for reclassifications.

from meeting notes of LCAOM, Chicago October 2008

6. Classification scheme in Library of Congress and NML schemes for
cataloging materials about acupuncture.
The major classification schemes are oriented to Western healing
modalities and do not provide adequate subclassification of Oriental
healing modalities.
It is proposed that an elaboration of significant classification
numbers be established as a guideline for classification of these
materials. These would be suggestions, not requirements and would or
would not require retrofiting of existing collections, depending on
the choice of individual libraries. These would be intended as
helpful guidelines at least for new materials added to the collection.

Proposed schedules:(there is room here for changes and alterations)
W class NML
WB369 General works, including acupuncture therapy
WB369.5 Special topics, A-Z, e.g.
A17 Analgesia
E2 Ear
WB371 Cupping, counterirritation
(See separate email for complete WB369 schema)

RM class LC
RM184 Acupuncture, general works
RM184.1 Laws and legislation
RM184.2 Manuals and textbooks, e.g. Deadman
RM184.3,4 Unassigned, open to local interpretation or needs
RM184.5 Points, Meridians(current LC practice)
RM184.6 regional designation, e.g. K7 Korean acupuncture
Korean Acupuncture
RM184.7 Acupressure
RM184.8 Five Elements
RM184.9 Special topics, A-Z, e.g.
.C9 Cupping
.H5 Hand, limbs, etc

Animal acupuncture in SF.

November 26, 2008

From minutes of October meeting in Chicago, LCAOM.

2. Possibility of forming local consortia to jointly purchase more
expensive databases.
Research and current awareness is vital to the mission of the
libraries and some databases and services are quite expensive.  The
idea of a consortium or collective library umbrella organization
serving a number of separate libraries has been discussed earlier,
but no serious plans are to date in place.
The group came up with these initial goals for such a collective:
*enhance sharing of hard copy journals by having each library take
responsibility for one or two subscriptions and exchange full text by
way of scanning, mail or fax.

*institutional rate purchasing of for fee databases and online
resources too expensive for individual libraries to support such as
the COJ(Chinese Online JOurnals) from Wanfangdata.
Of special interest is purchase of full text articles from PubMed.

*purchase of access to medical libraries in the area on an
institutional basis or for particular researchers.

The consortium would be a part of the CCAOM organization and managed
possibly by a committee selected from member libraries.
An assessment paid to CCAOM from each member library would support
the program with an established budget.
Many of these details need to be worked out.
RESOLVED by those present that this consortium effort will be pursued.

Related item: a brief discussion that CCAOMLCAOM should revert to the
older name LOOM. It was suggested that the LOOM designation could
refer to the consortium.

Further considerations:
*the consortium would include libraries of oriental medicine, large
and small.  The consortium should also attempt to link up with
schools in China (Joanna Zhao at Five Branches University has
connections to some schools).  The consortium could also look to
linking up with nearby public and/or private universities, such as
University of California Santa Cruz.  Thus the consortium would
consist of a collective of libraries of oriental medicine, and become
part of other established library consortia,

*the primary focus of the consortium would be providing and sharing
of current awareness materials, for example, journal holdings, online
databases and full text research material.  While some consortia use
their own computer platform as a basis for the internet based online
resources, it would probably be less cumbersome to use web-based
access and servers used by the online sources, such as EBSCOhost,
Embase, etc.

*At this time I do not envision the consortium very active in
providing interlibrary loans of book or audio material.  To
facilitate ILL transactions, one would ideally have a union catalog
based on a single software provider.  Individual library catalogs are
for the most part available online and the cost of moving all member
libraries to an adequate library software package might be too
expensive for smaller schools.  Cataloging data and assistance can be
provided on a case by case basis through email communication via the
Yahoo user group.

*A new web page dedicated to the consortium would have to be built.
It would provide an umbrella for member libraries and be a central
point to link to available resources.

*Governance of the consortium is open to discussion.  Usually there
are several committees and groups involved, one of which would
consist of a representative from each of the member libraries.  The
need for paid staff devoted exclusively to consortium matters is
unknown at this time.

*Start up costs and funds for continual operation are unknown at
present.  The consortium would operate under the umbrella of CCAOM.
Would the parent organization provide some funding?  Assessments on
member libraries are probably necessary, exact amounts to be
determined.  There may be grant money available from either
governmental or private sources, perhaps limited at the moment by the
economic conditions.

In another message I will provide a bibliography of relevant articles
and more information.

Jim Emdy
Chair
CCAOM/LCAOM

Summary of proposed library consortium for Libraries of Oriental
Medicine.(LOOM)

Consortium of LOOM schools.  (inner circle)
linked with schools in China  (basic configuration)
offering to join existing consortia university or health-care based

Possibility of private grant funding (not governmental) to be
explored.

Consortium literature:

Selected information on library consortia.

Searching with the term library consortia brings up much material.
Here is a sample:

Articles.
Potter. William Gray: Recent trends in academic library
consortia....; Library Trends, Winter 1997.

Maryland library consortium: a white paper (I lost the author and
citation information; search online for the title)

Shachaf, Pnina: Nationwide library consortia life cycle; Library
Trends ISSN 0024-2667.

The relationship between copyright and contract law: electronic
resources and library consortia; from the eIFL web page (see below)

Revised guidelines for statistical measures of usage of web-based
information resources; from ICOLC web page (see below)

Vendors:
SirsiDynix:  http://www.sirsidynix.com/Solutions/Markets/consortia.php

Surveys of library consortia and sample web page of a single
consortium:
Library consortia in Oregon, Washington and Idaho:
Web address: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/orbis/consort/

Washington Research Library Consortium
Web address: http://www.wrlc.org

Web pages:
SCELC: Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium:
http://scelc.org

ICOLC:  International Coalition of Library Consortia.
http://icolc.org

eIFL: Electronic Information for Libraries
http://www.eifl.net

Please all individual email messages to librarian@...

my yahoo account is not working.

thank you

Jim Emdy

Just a reminder that the next meeting of LCAOM will be on Thursday
April 23rd at the Hyatt Capitol Park Hotel in Sacramento, 1209 L
street.  If you have concerns and/or agenda items for discussion,
please share them with the group.  one item concern the possibility of
forming a library consortium.

also I have a new Yahoo email which you can use: jimemdy@....

hope to hear from you and see you in Sacramento.

Jim Emdy
Chair

this is a reminder of the upcoming meeting of CCAOM in Sacramento in April, from
22nd to 25th.  the library committee will meet on Thursday April 23 at 1:30,
location to be determined.  Please plan to attend and in advance, please submit
agenda items.

Pursuant to formation of a consortium of OM libraries, I have prepared a brief
questionnaire. Please take a moment to fill out and share with other listserv
members.  we will discuss further in April

March 26, 2009

Questionnaire on library resources.

Name of Library________________________________________
Number of students____________________
Professional librarian on staff ()Yes ()No

Library software used______________________
Libraries sharing your catalog(same software)"Union" Catalogs___________________
Approximate number of titles(not physical volumes)____________

Approximate number of physically held journal titles:_________
On-line journal databases used____________________________
Other online databases:__________________________________
Affiliations with other institutions?_________________________

Resources your library could share with other libraries:
____________________________________________
____________________________________________
____________________________________________

Is your institution/library interested in developing a formal consortium of OM
libraries?
()Yes ()No
What services would your library like a consortium to provide?
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________

Sample from Five Branches University
March 26, 2009

Questionnaire on library resources.

Name of Library__Five Branches University______________________________________
Number of students____350________________
Professional librarian on staff (x)Yes ()No

Library software used____LibraryWorld 2.0__________________
Libraries sharing your catalog(same software)"Union" Catalogs___2
schools________________
Approximate number of titles(not physical volumes)___4000_________

Approximate number of physically held journal titles:__20_______
On-line journal databases used___Pubmed, MDConsult, Acubriefs, Cochrane
_________________________
Other online databases:_____Planetree library_____________________________
Affiliations with other institutions?__Dominican Hospital, Good Sam Hospital Los
Gatos; links to public libraries; borrowing privileges at UC Santa
Cruz_______________________

Resources your library could share with other libraries:
_______help with cataloging, advice on collections and categorizations;
_____________________________________
____________________________________________
____________________________________________

Is your institution/library interested in developing a formal consortium of OM
libraries?
(x)Yes ()No
What services would your library like a consortium to provide?
_purchase of additional databases;
_________________________________________________
__________________________________________________

this the second call for agenda items for the meeting in sacramento on april
23rd. also please submit resource survey sent out earlier

agenda items
1. role of library is aiding/educating researchers in current awareness search.

2. discussion of library resources survey

3. and implications for work on consortium

handouts will be available.

LCAOM meeting is scheduled for Tbursday, April 23rd.  Proposed agenda:

1. Discussion of collection development in the libraries, guidelines and
suggestions.

2. Role of libraries in training/teaching researchers in basic skills;Five
Branches University PubMed as example.

3. Discussion of library resource survey-sent earlier.  If you have nont
completed and sent in the survey, please do so soon, whether or not you are
planning to attend the meeting.

4. Implications of survey results on efforts to form AOM library consortium.

Some documents from previous meetings will be available.

Additional agenda items are welcome.

Hope to see you in Sacramento.

Jim Emdy
Five Branches University