Aslib Proceedings: Volume 5 Issue 4
Table of contents
INTRODUCTION
The 28th annual conference of Aslib, held at Nottingham University from 11th to 14th September, 1953, proved to be the largest that Aslib has so far organized. A list of those…
SOME PROBLEMS OF COMMUNICATION
BARBARA WOOTTONI should like to open these proceedings by expressing my appreciation of the honour conferred upon me by Aslib in the invitation to become their President. The Presidents of Aslib…
THE TRAINING OF SPECIAL LIBRARIANS IN THE UNITED STATES
HAROLD LANCOURThere has been a good deal of grumbling going on in my country at the way in which librarians are trained for their profession. No one seems to be satisfied with the current state…
SPECIAL LIBRARY TRAINING AS IT IS IN THE NETHERLANDS TO‐DAY
DRS. C. VAN DIJKIn order to gain a thorough understanding of the aims of special library training in the Netherlands as designed after the second world war, it is first of all necessary to obtain…
EDUCATION FOR SPECIAL LIBRARIANSHIP IN GREAT BRITAIN
ELIZABETH MACKIEWICSASLIB has been concerned with education in the field of special librarianship from the first conference of 1924, when the subject was among those discussed. At that date there…
ADMINISTRATION PROBLEMS OF A SPECIAL LIBRARY: A. THE SERVICE AND ITS STAFF
L.T. OLDAKERThe problems of an information service or special library discussed are those of staffing. The problems are greater because a solution in one organization is seldom applicable in…
PHOTO‐COPYING AND DUPLICATING PROCESSES
H.R. VERRYLet me first of all congratulate Aslib in bringing before its members these various photo‐copying and duplicating processes. Book reviews and advertising literature serve a most…
AMERICAN INFORMATION IN GREAT BRITAIN
R.L. COLLISONThe sources of American information in Britain are both greater and less than what might reasonably be expected in a country which has a common language link with the United…
LIBRARY BULLETINS IN AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL LIBRARIES
WALTER A. SOUTHERNThe regular issuance of a library bulletin is one of the most important services offered by the American industrial library, for it is an excellent means of quickly disseminating…
ACQUISITION OF REPORTS
A.H. HOLLOWAYInformation, to be of any practical use, must get into the hands of the people who want it, and if all information were openly published the question of getting it into those…
ACCESSIONING AND CATALOGUING OF REPORTS
A.R. CAMERONThere is in my library a report with a most engaging title—On the nature and conditioning of least work equations in structures. I must add that I am far from being sure what it…
FILING AND STORAGE OF REPORTS
P.S. WALKINSIn introducing this paper I am assuming that you appreciate what a report is, the sources and acquisition thereof and also that you understand there are no short cuts in dealing…
EXPLOITING REPORT LITERATURE
R.C. WRIGHTExploitation is a word which has only one meaning, but its connotation may not be quite the same for the trades union leader as it is for the tactician. To the librarian it has…
WHY B.I.S.R.A. HAS ADOPTED THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR METALS/SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION (ASM/SLA) METALLURGICAL LITERATURE CLASSIFICATION
P.E. COLINESEAt six‐weekly intervals The British Iron and Steel Research Association issues a Report List containing abstracts of and references to its research reports. One list may contain…
SOME PRACTICAL POINTS ON THE UTILIZATION OF TECHNICAL PERIODICAL LITERATURE WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AMERICAN PUBLICATIONS
J.G. HALLAmerican periodical literature constitutes a vast storehouse of technical information—a storehouse which can only be fully utilized when one is aware of the peculiarities and…
OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM INQUIRERS
M. GOYEROne of the difficulties in supplying readers with information is that the readers themselves sometimes only vaguely know what they want. Requests for specific references appear…
METHODS OF HANDLING AND CLASSIFYING TRADE CATALOGUES
J.D. HOOLEYOn appointment as librarian, the author took over 1,500 trade catalogues in addition to the usual library stock. The catalogues had been stored on shelves, loosely inserted in…
SNAGS WITH JOURNALS AND PERIODICALS
H.W. WORRALLCertain snags arise when trying to stack periodicals in a library so that the volume and number are visible and a particular issue is easily located. Where possible the following…
THE WIDE FIELD OF AERONATUICS
F.H. SMITHAlthough the job as librarian of the Royal Aeronautical Society is relatively simple, one does have so many different types of client. It would be difficult to find another…
SYMPOSIUM ON THE NATURE AND SCOPE OF FUEL AND POWER LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Frank HickmanThe period available at the conference for the discussion of the Fuel and Power Group's Symposium proved far too short for conclusive debating of the many ideas and opinions…
AN EXHIBITION OF BOOKS AND LIBRARY EQUIPMENT
The first six firms played a double role at the Conference. They addressed the Sunday morning session and participated in the general exhibition.