Aslib Proceedings: Volume 4 Issue 1
Table of contents
INTRODUCTION
E.M.R. DitmasThis issue of Aslib Proceedings contains papers given at Branch meetings in 1951, two items under ‘Members' Forum’, and a number of reports from other organizations with which…
THE SUPPLY OF FOREIGN BOOKS AND PERIODICALS TO THE LIBRARIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
MARJORIE PLANTDr Plant's paper was based on the survey which she made for the University and Research Section of the Library Association, of which the report has already been published by the…
SOME CLASSIFICATION AND INDEXING PROBLEMS IN AN INDUSTRIAL INFORMATION BUREAU
E.B. UVAROVThis paper is not intended to be either a full description of all work of the Technical Information Bureau of Courtaulds, Ltd., or to offer ready solutions to problems which have…
USE‐DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY
C.P. TATTERSFIELDResearch to the layman usually implies either search after new abstract knowledge, or knowledge leading to the production of new matter. This, however, is only one aspect of…
SCOTTISH BRANCH CONFERENCE
The Scottish Branch of Aslib held its 1951 Conference in Edinburgh on 25th May. The meetings were held at the Royal Society of Edinburgh and delegates were welcomed by Professor…
AN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER IN INDUSTRY
V.E. PARKEDr Parke emphasized the great variety of intelligence work, anything from a few reference books in a manager's office to a full‐grown section with a staff of two dozen or more…
WHAT IS AN INFORMATION OFFICER?
ERIC N. SIMONSLet me say at once that I do not like the term ‘information officer’. We are so snobbish today that we cannot bear to be ‘rankers’, and this means that, whatever our jobs, we must…
OPERATIONAL RESEARCH ON THE AUTHOR CATALOGUE
J.B. REEDProbably the least popular of all library tools are the catalogues and indexes—and yet they are easily the most important. Any legitimate complaint against the form or condition…
SETTING UP A TRANSLATIONS INDEX
JOHN G.F. BELLAMYTranslations of foreign technical papers are an important source of knowledge and it is natural that the idea of providing a key to this knowledge should be associated with Aslib…
MICROFILMS FOR THE DISABLED
JOHN FORSDYKEAt the Conference in September, 1945, Mrs. Moholy, as Director of the Aslib Microfilm Service, gave an account of the American ‘ceiling’ projector which was then newly designed…
THE NATIONAL CENTRAL LIBRARY
J.W. THIRSKThe thirty‐fifth Annual Report of the Executive Committee of the National Central Library for the year ending 28th February, 1951, is of particular interest this year, in that it…
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION FOR DOCUMENTA‐TION: GENERAL REVIEW OF F.I.D. WORK DURING 1950–51
Generally speaking, F.I.D. activities have increased propor‐tionately with membership, but, unfortunately, the finances have not kept pace with this progress.