Radiation Protection Repositories/Old Journals

["George Anastas" <ANASTASG@facmgmtserver.fm.csus.edu>]

Good Day Radsafers:

I found an interesting piece of information at the HPS web site,

http://www.usii.net/hps/   ,  specifically HPS Collections.

Newell Stannard has put together a listing of repositories of 
Radiation Protection/ Health Physics information.  

Newell indicates: "Now beyond its fortieth year, the Health Physics Society
 feels and has responded to the need to document and preserve its
origins and development. A good start has been made but the collections are 
disparate and only loosely coordinated.
...
the Historian attempts to provide the membership with a summary of what is
 available, where it is, and whom to contact. ..."

In addition, Newell indicates
" do not destroy your journal collections. There are institutions that want them,
 including many in third world countries. For example, the International
 Organization for Medical Physics Libraries Program has a well organized
 program for sending journals and books far and wide. It selects the institutions
 and pays shipping expenses. Contact Catherine Wormelink, Curator, at 
Gerhenson Radiation Oncology Center, Harper Hospital and Wayne State 
University, 3990 John R. Street, Detroit , MI 48201, telephone 313-745-2522,
 FAX 313-745-2314." 

So if 'ya got a minute and a passing interest, crank up  
 http://www.usii.net/hps/  HPS Collections and peruse the 
information and perhaps contact Cathrine at Wayne State about any 
"old" journals you  would like to share with colleagues  in the third world.

Thanks.

George Anastas


George Anastas, M.P.H., P.E., C.H.P., Director
Environmental Health and Safety and 
University Radiation Safety Officer
California State University, Sacramento
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA  95819-6002
Telephone 916/278-6456
Direct 916/278-5447
FAX 916/278-5960
anastas@csus.edu 

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