Human Genetics Historical Library
Karen F. Pierce
Human Genetics Historical Library – Housed in SCOLAR
Genetics & Medicine Historical Network Newsletter
GENETICS AND MEDICINE
HISTORICAL NETWORKwww.genmedhist.org
NEWSLETTER NO. 7 September 2005Editor: Peter S Harper (Email: [email protected])
Brno Workshop, Programme, Workshop Report Future Workshops Human Genetics Historical Library, developments Archiving of Personal Scientific Records: the James
Renwick Archive International Human Genetics Congress, Brisbane,
August 2006 Bookshelf Funding Report
Professor Peter S. Harper
Genetics & Medicine Historical Network Website
http://www.genmedhist.org
Donations and Bequests
Paul Polani 1914-2006
Malcolm Ferguson-Smith 1931-
Human Genetics Historical Library Cataloguer
Growth of LibraryGrowth of Library
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No. of books
Donors to the Library
Major donors
Prof. Malcolm Ferguson-Smith
Prof. Peter S. Harper
Prof Paul Polani
Prof John H. Edwards
Prof. P. J. Morrison
Prof. Lionel Penrose (Northwick Park Hospital)
Dr Stanley Walker (Liverpool Cytogenetics Service)
Bristol Cytogenetics Unit
Department of Medical Genetics, Headington Hospital, Oxford
Minor donors
Prof. Anthony Edwards (Cambridge) Ian Fraying Prof. Peter Beighton (University of Cape
Town, South Africa) Prof. Laurimer Dr David Gardner-Medwin Prof. Norman Nevin (Belfast) Prof. Sue Povey (Galton Laboratory,
London) Dr D. M. C. Rourke (Churchill Hospital,
Oxford) Prof. Mette Warburg (Copenhagen) Cytogenetics Unit, Ninewells Hospital,
Dundee Regional Medical Genetics Service,
Manchester Cardiff University (various libraries)
Substantial Collections that have Enhanced the Library
John H Edwards 1928-2007Paul Polani 1914-2006
Table of Dewey Numbers Used
Dewey Numbers for Genetics
155.7 Evolutionary psychology, behaviour genetics, environment v. heredity in psychology
174.2 Medical ethics 174.295895 Ethics – gene therapy 304.5 Genetic factors affecting social behaviour 363.92 Eugenics 571.85 Developmental genetics 572.8 Biochemical genetics – cytogenetics,
molecular biology, molecular genetics 572.838 Molecular evolution – radiogenetics,
mutagenesis, evolutionary genetics 572.86 DNA 572.8633 Genetic code 572.865 Gene expression 572.869 Extrachromosomal DNA – cytoplasmic
inheritance, mitochondrial DNA 572.87 Chromosomes 572.877 Genetic recombination 576.5 Genetics – heredity, interdisciplinary works
on genetics 576.54 Variation
576.58 Population genetics 576.8 Evolution 579.135 Genetics of micro-organisms 591.3 Animal genetics 599.93 Human genetics 599.945 Dermatoglyphics 611.018166 Human anatomy – DNA 611.0181663 Human anatomy – molecular
structure – genome mapping 611.018167 Human anatomy – chromosomes 616.042 Genetic diseases (hereditary diseases),
medical genetics, genetic counselling 616.043 Congenital diseases 618.32 Foetal disorders 618.3204275 Procedures to diagnose genetic
diseases in the foetus e.g. amniocentesis and chorionic villi sampling
631.5233 Agricultural genetics 636.0896042 Veterinary genetics
NB – For genetic aspects of specific diseases 042 is added to the number for that disease
Subject Range of Library According to Dewey Decimal Classmark
Range of Dewey Classmarks
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150-155 155.7 174.2 304.2-6 344-347 363.92 500-501 509 510-519
519.5 570 571 571.6 571.8 572 572.8 572.838 572.86
572.87 572.877 576.5 576.509 576.54 576.58 576.8 581.3 591.3
599.93 599.94 610.9 611.01816 611.0181663 611.018167 612.11825 614.4/5 616.042
616.043 616.1042 616.15 616.3042 616.372 616.39042 616.4042 616.5042 616.7042
616.74042 616.748 616.77 616.80442 616.851 616.8588 616.85884 616.89042 616.9897
616.994042 616.99419 617.5 617.7042 617.8042 618.3204275 618.32075 618.920043 618.92 (+)
636 (+) 660.65 940.5405 Other numbers
Range of Dewey Numbers
Date Range of Books in the LibraryDate range of items
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1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Duplicates
Key Items in the Library
Galton, Francis (1907) Inquiries into human faculty and its development (2nd ed.)
Galton, Francis (1914) Hereditary genius : an inquiry into its laws and consequences (2nd ed.)
Jones, Steve & Keynes, Milo (2007, eds.) Twelve Galton lectures : a centenary selection with commentaries [1914-1982].
Francis Galton 1822-1911
Key Items in the Library (2)
Trofim Denisovich Lysenko 1898 –1976
The situation in biological science : proceedings of the Lenin Academy of Agricultural Sciences
of the U.S.S.R., session: July 31-August 7, 1948 : Verbatim report.
Address by T. D. Lysenko
Soviet biology : a report / by Trofim Denisovich Lysenko to the Lenin
Academy of Agricultural Sciences. 1948
Key Items in the Library (3)
Koltsov – On the structure of DNA and related matters
Nikolai Konstantinovich Koltsov 1872–1940
Key Items in the Library (4)
Julia Bell (1909-1958) The treasury of human inheritance
Victor McKusick – Mendelian inheritance of man (10 editions, 1966-1992)
Tage Kemp Institute monographs
Human gene mapping workshop reports
Key Items in the Library (5)
Co-discoverers of the structure of DNA in 1953
James D. Watson 1928-
Francis Crick 1916-2004
DNA, Chromosomes, and a Genetic Fingerprint
Duplicates
75%
18%
5%2%
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Staff Involved in the Historical Genetics Project in General
Peter Keelan (SCOLAR)
Tim Powell (Archives)
Prof. Peter Harper
Simon Coleman (Archives)
Exhibition in SCOLAR
Peter Keelan, Head of Special Collections & Archives
Exhibition in SCOLAR
Exhibition in SCOLAR
SCOLAR Exhibition on Websitehttp://www.cardiff.ac.uk/insrv/libraries/scolar/digital/insrv-scolar-genetics.html
Exhibition in SCOLAR
Refurbished Space and New Rolling Stacks in SCOLAR
Polani Collection Awaiting Cataloguing
Human Genetics Historical Library Resources
Any Questions?
Human Genetics Historical Library Project
Dr Karen F. Pierce
Assistant Librarian (Cataloguing)
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