医学图书馆事业担负着保存我国医药学文化遗产的使命,它对中国医学的发展曾作出了极为重要的贡献。现在,我国广大的医学图书情报工作者迫切要求了解自己事业的历史,以增强事业心;掌握医学图书馆事业的发展规律,从而指导和促进我国医学图书情报工作及医学图书馆事业的发展。但是迄今为止,全面系统地总结我国数 The medical library undertakes the mission of preserving the cultural heritage of Chinese medicine and has made an extremely important contribution to the development of Chinese medicine. Nowadays, the vast majority of medical library and information workers in our country urgently need to understand the history of their careers in order to enhance their professionalism. They should also grasp the laws governing the development of medical libraries so as to guide and promote the development of medical library and information services in our country. However, so far, we have summed up our country in a comprehensive and systematic manner