[9-7] Japan's "Tobyo-ki" transformed into medical resources: Significance, publication status, and actual situation in libraries
Presentation language：Japanese
(Background) In Japan, books written by patients with leprosy and tuberculosis have been for a long time. Books describing the autobiographical internal experiences of illness are referred to as "Tobyo-ki" in Japan. Due to the large number of self-published publications, it had been not consistently organized. The citizen research group the Health Information Bookshelf Project tried to make a list by hand-searching them.
(Purpose) To analyze the actual state of Tobyo-ki and examine its potential as a material that contributes to humanities.
(Method) Using the data of publishers in Osaka and NDL database, analyze the current status of Tobyo-ki in public and medical university libraries.
(Result) The Tobyo-ki database was released to NDL in 2007. In 2006, its installation method was released, and it spread rapidly to public libraries. Tobyo-ki were published about 100 books each year. There were more than 150 Tobyo-ki paperbacks nationwide.
(Conclusion) Tobyo-ki, which have been positioned as essays and literature, have been transformed into medical resources by being assigned a classification. It is necessary to examine the needs of users in libraries and consider the relationship with medical consultation services. The genre of Tobyo-ki has a unique characteristic in Japan, and it is necessary to compare it with other countries.