摘要：-IITHE original concept of a medical library for the American Cancer Society was started in 1947 by the Medical and Scientific Director as "a library which will act as a clearing house for 'all information' on what is going on in all corners of the neoplastic disease field." In order to do this we have expanded from one corner of Central Files Department to a library, consisting of four rooms con-taining a book collection of 1,500 volumes and a periodical file of over 200 titles annually, with a staff of seven. We have for several years been compiling our own indices and publishing a collection of reprints.
