Combined with practical experience in the library of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences,we explore the way of pre-trial and evaluation of library e-resources.We also made an evaluation on five aspects of the contents of database,the database retrieval system,database application,the effectiveness of database and data service providers,and discussed the impact of these factors on the management of electronic library resources and the significance.

Library of China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences has retained video data of the early 1980s,which were clinical experiences of the national-level experts of traditional Chinese medicine.To meet the research needs,to rescue the valuable film resources,and to expand continuing education programs,we took use of the hospital's research and LAN infrastructure,combined with multimedia technology,designed and built a “Chinese multimedia resource management platform”,in compliance with the idea of “base on Chinese medicine,focuse on clinical practice and respect for the classics.

This paper firstly introduced concept,advantages,disadvantages,and application prospect of free indexing. Then the theoretical feasibility of applying free indexing in the images of TCM ancient literatures was discussed with the combination of their characteristics.In the end,the article made examples to illustrate the application of free indexing in related subjects.

Objective To enhance and improve the accuracy of data,security of system and user friendliness of on-line editing system processing ancient TCM books.Methods Web and java technology were applied to implement and demonstrate the key algorithm.Results In these solutions,pictures could be watermarked,on-line editing was supported,picture-naming was standardized with 7-characters,multi-user on-line editing was available,etc.The ancient TCM books on-line editing system became more practical,effective and user-friendly.Conclusion The solutions mentioned above have achieved the expected effects in digitalization research of ancient TCM books,showing its feasibility and practicability.

The construction and utilization of electronic resources of traditional Chinese medicine is a long and complicated work of TCM library. This article introduces the definition, sorts and current status of electronic resources, and put forward the questions on development of TCM library electronic resources.

The papor made a classification and summary on content and pattern of digitizing researches on chinese ancient medical books in mainland China, highlighted the major achievements and put forward a few issues to be solved.

This paper put forward a construction mode of ancient books protection system for special library of traditional Chinese medicine based on the survey and analysis of ancient books protecting status. With the working experience of protecting ancient books in our library, we studied the technical system and organization system for ancient books protection, listed out the standard of technical system and content of organization system, and formed an ancient books protection system for special library of traditional Chinese medicine. This system included scientific technology, advanced methods, effective management, orderly operation and right-hand protection, which can be widely applied in our industry to promote benign and sustainable development of work in ancient books protection.

Objective To preserve traditional Chinese Medical (TCM)classical and also to facilitate its reading.Methods A database consisted of 10 datasets was designed on ORACLE 9i.TCM classical on health preservation and in good edition were selected from collections of the Library of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences for scanning,indexing,and abstracting.An online browser Was also developed for the database.Results An online database including 110 TCM classical on health preservation information Was constructed.More than 50% of books covered in the database are rare ones.Bibliographic information and keyworda Can be searched in different ways,and pictures of full text can be browsed.Conclusion Digitalization is a good way for ancient book preservation and utilization.Further effort for knowledge discovery from TCM classical should be done.

Objective To explore the application range and preponderance of different therapeutic methods of traditional medicines in overseas countries with retrospective studies on bibliographies of overseas traditional medicines. Methods All bibliographies were articles written in August 1964 to September 2009 and came from MEDLINE data base through searching 17 inferior words of"replacement therapy" in MeSH subject headings. Results We got altogether 10103 articles in 1633 kinds of periodicals concerned with replacement therapy, and summed up to 9841 effective articles in the end. Conclusion More and more attentions have been paid to traditional medicine in overseas countries; Such kinds of articles were mostly published in American and British medical periodicals; articles with advanced technologies and high reliability have more chances to be adopted by medical periodicals; traditional Chinese medicine plays a leading role in the fields of traditional medicines in the whole world; replacement therapy were increasingly adopted to deal with disease protection and health care.

Objective The solution for the cross-platform of visualizing human meridian acupoints by three-dimensional (3D) virtual technology was explored based on existing researches to improve interactive method.Methods 3D virtual technology was utilized to construct a 3D visualization model of human meridians and acupoints.The cross-platform 3D visualization system was realized by integrating the existing relevant standards and clinical knowledge.Results The system can visually and dynamically show the meridians and acupoints of human body.Moreover, it can reveal the details including part meridian circulation, the spatial structure of acupoints, etc which fail to be reflected by the real acupuncture model and two-dimensional (2D) planar chart.Meanwhile, the system can be employed to realize the visualization interaction between meridians model and human beings, and the multi-screen cross-platform user scenarios in the whole network.Conclusion It is expected to be widely applied in fields, such as teaching of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), scientific research, science popularization, etc.