Aslib Proceedings: Volume 16 Issue 8

ASLIB PROCEEDINGS: incorporating Aslib Information

Members will be pleased to know that Lord Shackleton has kindly consented to serve as President of Aslib for a second year. His interest in information matters and his activity on…

AN INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION SERVICE: The EFFECTS OF GROWTH ON ITS ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION

D.V. ARNOLD

When I was asked to give a paper at this conference the subject as presented to me was ‘the organization of information in a large company’, and I accepted this at its face value…

CITATION INDEXES

E.M. KEEN

A scientific paper usually contains a bibliography of earlier literature that has been consulted by the author during the course of his work, and the following up of such…

The DDC THESAURUS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

PAUL H. KLINGBIEL

Although I am honoured to have been asked to present this paper I feel somewhat diffident about my topic. Even in the United States documentalists refer to thesauri in disparaging…

The NATIONAL REFERRAL CENTER: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN The LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

M.W. MCFARLAND

Eighty years ago, in his famous book Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain wrote a few lines which may help us keep perspective on the problems that this conference has been…

SELECTIONS FROM The RECENT LITERATURE

All items listed may be borrowed from the Aslib Library, except those marked, which may be consulted in the Library.