Aslib Proceedings: Volume 3 Issue 1
Table of contents
CONFERENCE OF THE SCOTTISH BRANCH‐OPENING ADDRESS
C.A. OAKLEYMr Oakley reminded his audience that when he had been asked to open the conference on the date originally fixed, 14th April, 1950, it was in his capacity as head of the Board of…
THE RECORDS OF SCOTLAND
JAMES FERGUSSONThe problems of librarianship can be summed up under two headings, preservation and accessibility.
BOOKS IN INDUSTRY
JAMES FRENCHMy subject is not so easy as the two simple words, Books and Industry, might imply. Books are voluminous, of their writing there is no end. Industry is as wide as the needs of…
THE RANGE OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
W.A. BECKA writer in the Journal of the Royal Statistical Society of the early 1920's observed ‘It has long been a matter for comment for the judicious that the British taxpayer is wholly…
THE ATTITUDE OF THE RESEARCH WORKER TO TECHNICAL INFORMATION
S. WEINBERGIn the summer of 1948 the Royal Society held a Scientific Information Conference which issued a lengthy report. This was discussed about a year later in a lecture by Professor…
SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION SERVICES
A.H. RAINEI should begin with a personal note. My interests have always been in connexion with chemistry and chemical industry. Consequently, any illustrations or references to the…
GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS
W.H. GLASSCOCKIn 1786 His Majesty's Stationery Office was formed as an administrative reform to stop the waste of public money that occurred when each Government Department made its own…
GOVERNMENT INDEXES AND INDEXING
SIDNEY HORROCKSThe field of Government publishing is a wide one, albeit there are fewer signposts to guide the uninitiated than in any other branch of the publishing world. I, therefore, propose…
THE NATIONAL CENTRAL LIBRARY
R.J. BATESThe latest published report of the Executive Committee of the National Central Library, for the year ended 28th February, 1950, records steady maintenance, and in some directions…
NEDERLANDS INSTITUUT VOOR DOCUMENTATIE EN REGISTRATUUR REPORT FOR 1949–50
IR. M. VERHOEFDuring the last year the Netherlands Institute for Documentation and Filing (N.I.D.E.R.) was reorganized. The new statutes permit specialized sections to be established; the…