Off-campus programs: the practice and continuing
education needs of Tennessee veterinary practitioners;
the C.E. Kord Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in
Nashville.
Subject Description
Veterinary medical clinical practice and research are the
two foci of the collection. Material collected in human medicine
is defined by the stated research areas of the faculty of the
CVM. The primary areas are: oncology, pain management, animal
health research, livestock diseases and population medicine,
animal models of human diseases, chemical toxicology,
inflammation, and growth factors.
Overlap with Other Subjects
The collection overlaps with agricultural sciences,
specifically animal science, entomology, food science, and
forestry, wildlife, and fisheries.
Due to simularities in the medical practice and research of
physicians or biomedical researchers and the faculty and students
of the College of Veterinary Medicine (e.g. physical processes,
immunological responses, etc.), the collection also overlaps with
microbiology, and human biomedical areas (specifically anatomy,
embryology, medical statistics/economics/education, public
health, toxicology, pathology, internal medicine, surgery,
ophthalmology, dermatology, radiology, pharmacy, pediatrics,
gynecology and obstetrics, biomedical engineering).
There is some slight overlap with the nursing collection,
because some basic biomedical science journals are assigned to
nursing. Overlaps also occur with chemistry, biochemistry,
ethology, laboratory animal science, animal welfare/animal
rights, zoology, business administration, and psychology. The
Law Library has information useful to veterinarians on topics
such as animal rights/animal welfare, medical malpractice and
medical ethics.
Languages Collected and Excluded
English is the primary language of the collection. Material
in other languages is collected selectively; for example in zoo
animal medicine, German publications are important and unique.
Geographic Parameters
International; however, most publishing in veterinary
medicine is done by U.S., British, German, Australian, New
Zealand, and South African publishers.
Chronological Scope
In veterinary and comparative medicine, all periods are
collected and retained. In human medicine, only current editions
of human medical texts are retained.
Retrospective Acquisitions
Low priority; however exceptions will be made for purchase
of backfiles of journals or to fill in gaps in the collection.
Replacements are ordered for items identified as missing when
sought by a patron.
Types of Materials Collected and Excluded
Veterinary medical texts, journals, statistical
publications, series, conference and symposia proceedings are
collected. Popular, general interest, and historical works in
veterinary medicine, animal health/welfare/rights, and materials
for animal owners are selectively acquired. Comparative and
experimental biomedical materials are selected. As stated
above, current human medical texts and journals in faculty
research areas are selected, as are some serial publications.
Human biomedical conference proceedings and symposia are
generally not selected unless very pertinent to faculty research.
Duplicate subscriptions to periodicals and reference
materials held at Hodges Main Library are kept to a minimum.
Duplicates are purchased only for heavily used periodicals or
serial titles, or titles that are non-circulating at Hodges.
Duplicate copies of veterinary texts are purchased to support
instruction.
Copies of examinations for the DVM curriculum are housed in
the library but maintained by the students and faculty on the
honor system. Examination review books for national board exams
or specialty exams are purchased when budgets allow and are
withdrawn when outdated.
No reprints, models, laboratory manuals or laboratory
equipment catalogs are collected.
Video and slide tape instructional materials are selected
for the collection. They are also produced in-house by the CVM
and placed on reserve for use by students. In-house productions
are usually not cataloged because they wear out and are taken in
and out of the library by faculty.
Computer programs and other electronic publications are
collected, as are manuals for some programs to support the CVM
student computing lab. An effort is made to maintain
demonstration versions of current awareness or other veterinary
related software for evaluation by students and practitioners.
Other electronic files may be acquired or access provided,
depending on the results of a cost/benefit analysis.
Newsletters are very selectively cataloged. An
"uncataloged" shelf holds other selected newsletters.
Government documents from the Department of Agriculture
(Superintendent of Documents classification A) are received via
the Depository Library Program. Other documents related to
veterinary medicine are very selectively acquired and cataloged.
(Hodges Main Library receives 95% of the rest of the output of
the Government Printing Office automatically.)
Formats of Materials Collected and Excluded
All formats are considered for the collection.
Cooperation with Other Libraries
Materials are borrowed from Hodges Main Library and Preston
Medical Library at the UT Medical Center. Daily delivery from
these two locations is seen as an important service by veterinary
faculty and students and is further justified by the quantity and
consistency of requests received each day. Preston Medical
Library is planning to add cataloging records to OLIS. In
addition, journal acquisition and canceling is coordinated
between AG-VET MED and Preston. Other than this coordination
with Preston, no formal sharing agreements are in place.
The Veterinary Medical Libraries Section of the Medical
Libraries Association has a committee on Foreign Serials. Its
mission is to ensure that at least one copy of each foreign
serial is retained by one of the veterinary collections.
Guidelines for cooperatively canceling titles are in place;
cooperative acquisitions and retention of backfiles are under
consideration.
A union list of serials held by veterinary libraries is
being updated to facilitate cooperation.
Alternative Access to Resources
Interlibrary loan provides access to most resources not
available on the UT campus. Cooperative agreements with other
libraries are being sought aggressively by the UT Libraries'
Interlibrary Services Department.
Position Responsible for Collection
Veterinary Medicine Reference Librarian, Ann Viera
Corresponding Fund
Veterinary medicine, the restricted account, and the Red
Moss Endowment. Occasional gifts from the Veterinary Bookstore,
the TVMA Auxiliary in honor of its president, pet owners and
other miscellaneous donors. The College of Veterinary Medicine
has taken a leadership role on the Agriculture Campus in
supplemental funding for the library.
Other Factors
Graduate programs: the Comparative and Experimental Medicine
program is a joint graduate program administered by the CVM and
the UT Graduate School of Medicine in Knoxville. The Environ-
mental Toxicology Graduate Program is a multidisciplinary program
administered by a CVM faculty member.
The Pew National Veterinary Education Program: Funded by
the Pew Charitable Trusts, it is designed to assist veterinary
medicine in adjusting to the many changes that are occurring in
its environment. Its focus is on veterinary education as an
important leverage point for change. The CVM participated in all
4 phases (phase 1 began in 1988) of the program. Due to Pew,
problem-based learning has been gradually introduced into the
curriculum.
Gift monographs: Effective May 1993 only medical texts
published less than ten years ago, if they duplicate texts
already in the collection, will be accepted. These texts can be
shipped overseas via various international aid programs.
May 31, 2002
