Collective amnesia: reversing the global epidemic of addiction library closures.
Special libraries in the addiction field have been downsized or closed at an alarming rate during the past decade. This editorial describes what is happening, why,and what can be done to prevent further erosion of contemporary and historical records so vital to an interdisciplinary field.
Andrea L
AL
Mitchell
Sheila
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Lacroix
Barbara S
BS
Weiner
Clare
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Imholtz
Christine
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Goodair
D005381:Financing, Organized; D014943:Global Health; D006271:Health Facility Closure / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007993:Libraries, Medical / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D024382:Professional Role; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders