Proceedings of International Symposium on Animal Health and Disease Data Banks Held at Washington, DC. on December 4-6, 1978

摘要

The International Symposium on Animal Health and Disease Data Banks was held December 4-6, 1978, at Washington, D.C., jointly sponsored by Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, and Technical Information Systems, Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, under the auspices of the Associates of the National Agricultural Library, Inc. The idea of a symposium to advance international utilization of animal health and disease data banks was formulated during December 1977. A group of veterinary specialists of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service reviewed their requirements for both bibliographic and non-bibliographic data, noted the nature of some recent symposiums, and recognized the desirability of becoming better acquainted with operational data banks worldwide in five functional areas. These areas--literature, epidemiology, clinics, diagnostic laboratories, and research in progress--were then adopted as focal points of interest for bringing together managers, operators, and users of related data banks.