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Editorial
. 2012 Aug;107(8):1367-8.
doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2012.03813.x. Epub 2012 Jun 12.

Collective amnesia: reversing the global epidemic of addiction library closures

Andrea L Mitchell, Sheila Lacroix, Barbara S Weiner, Clare Imholtz, Christine Goodair
Editorial

Collective amnesia: reversing the global epidemic of addiction library closures

Andrea L Mitchell et al. Addiction. 2012 Aug.

Abstract

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.

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