Aslib Proceedings: Volume 1 Issue 3
Table of contents
INTRODUCTION
E.M.R. DITMASThisissue of Aslib Proceedings is mainly devoted to papers presented at the 24th Annual Conference, held at Ashorne Hill, near Learnington Spa, Warwickshire, from 9 to 11…
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
PERCY DUNSHEATHMy first words must be to express my thanks and appreciation of the honour you have done me in electing me as your President. It is a great privilege as well as a responsibility…
BUSINESS ARCHIVES 1. THE SELECTION OF PAPERS FOR RETENTION
F.G. EMMISONWhen Adam delved and Eve span—and probably did most of the digging, too, for her lord and master—worries perchance did assail them, but we may be sure that their family business…
2. AN APPROACH TO ARCHIVES
E.C. BAKERI gave a general picture in my Summary of this paper of the process whereby the permanent records of a commercial firm or business might be formed. Such an introduction appeared…
SOME RECENTLY STARTED SPECIAL LIBRARIES 1. THE LIBRARY OF THE INSTITUTE OF THE MOTOR INDUSTRY
C.E.C. HEWETSONThe Institute of the Motor Industry, founded in 1920, is an incorporated institution providing qualifications, by examination, for executives and administrative staff in the motor…
2. THE LIBRARY OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT
M. GOSSETThe library covers all fields of science and technology, including medicine, with particular emphasis on nuclear physics, radio‐chemistry and their applications. It is a reference…
3. THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH SHIPBUILDING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
E. OWERLike the other contributors to this session, I have been asked to deal with the subject under a number of sub‐headings. But before I do so, I should like to make a few general…
CORRESPONDENCE AS A SOURCE OF TECHNICAL INFORMATION 1. INFORMATION FROM CORRESPONDENCE: GENERAL PRINCIPLES
D.V. ARNOLDIt has been said that ‘letters are the soul of trade’. Once upon a time this might have been true, but it would probably not be an exaggeration to say that the spate of letters…
2. LIAISON BETWEEN CORRESPONDENCE AND TECHNICAL RECORDS
E.W. PARKERIn the following notes the term ‘Correspondence’ has been broadly interpreted, to cover all the occasional and incidental sources of unpublished information which may be of…
OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS 1. H.M.S.O. PUBLICATIONS
W. COXI have been asked to open this session by saying something about official publications from the Stationery Office point of view, in the hope that those of you who handle them, and…
2. OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS IN PUBLIC REFERENCE LIBRARIES
K.A. MALLABERPublic reference libraries may be divided into two groups as regards the use they make of official publications. The small and medium‐sized libraries—by far the larger number—buy…
3. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS IN A SPECIAL LIBRARY
BARBARA KYLEI must make clear that I am speaking of a Special Library—that is to say a library that is something between the large General Library that attempts to maintain a complete…
THE LIBRARY AS A TOOL OF THE THEATRE
ERIC N. SIMONSMembers of this Conference are so used to hearing long dissertations from me on subjects they know much more about than I do, that they will perhaps welcome a talk on something…
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTATION
C. LE MAISTREDocumentation in the international field was initiated, as you know, largely through the devoted efforts of a few enthusiastic pioneers. The International Office of Bibliography…
RESEARCH INTO THE DISSEMINATION AND UTILIZATION OF INFORMATION
An informal discussion on ‘Research into the dissemination and utilization of information’ took place at the Aslib 24th Annual Conference. The discussion was opened by Dr. D. J…
BRITISH UNION CATALOGUE OF PERIODICALS: FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 MARCH, 1949
The number of slips written and locations recorded during the year and the total up to the end of the current year were approximately as follows: