For the last ten years or so there has been a flood of papers, books, lectures, symposia, and discussions on indexing, classification, mechanical selection, subject analysis…
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For the last ten years or so there has been a flood of papers, books, lectures, symposia, and discussions on indexing, classification, mechanical selection, subject analysis, information retrieval, and so on. An earlier generation used words and subject headings: today we use isolates and analets, facets and phases, descriptors and uniterms. A ‘glossary of current terminology’ in classification now runs to 350 terms, mostly of recent coinage.
THE proposition that British library schools should examine their own students is not a new one. As long ago as 1954, Roy Stokes put the question bluntly to the profession. In…
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THE proposition that British library schools should examine their own students is not a new one. As long ago as 1954, Roy Stokes put the question bluntly to the profession. In those days his was a voice crying in the wilderness. The profession at large was not ready for such a development, and continued to adhere to its long held view that the Library Association should examine the products of the schools, while the schools confined themselves to teaching.
1962 September THUR.13. Furniture Group meeting. See paragraph below.
AS J. L. Hobbs shows so clearly in his recent book, the interest in local history is growing enormously at present. The universities, training colleges and schools, as well as the…
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AS J. L. Hobbs shows so clearly in his recent book, the interest in local history is growing enormously at present. The universities, training colleges and schools, as well as the institutions of further education, are all making more use of local studies—geographical, economic, social and historical—in their regular courses, in their advanced work, and in their publications.
The aims of this annual review of the literature were set out at some length in the first article in the series (Aslib Proceedings, vol. 5, no. 1, February 1953, pp. 27–39), but…
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The aims of this annual review of the literature were set out at some length in the first article in the series (Aslib Proceedings, vol. 5, no. 1, February 1953, pp. 27–39), but for the benefit of those who have not seen that paper, and also for others who might like to be reminded of the limitations of the series, it is proposed to recapitulate briefly the main points. This series is intended to assist those who need some guidance in selecting from the mass of literature now being published on librarianship and documentation those items most likely to be of assistance in planning and organizing their own work. It is particularly designed for the relatively inexperienced worker, whether special librarian or information officer, working in a small organization without the assistance of more experienced colleagues. Consequently, all theoretical discussions, however important, have been ignored unless it has been felt that they can be of practical assistance in solving day‐to‐day library problems, and descriptions of the practice of large general libraries have been omitted unless it appears that they are capable of adaptation to other conditions. Moreover, since the series is not intended to be used as a bibliographical tool (this purpose being adequately served by existing bibliographies) but as a guide to current reading, no attempt has been made to restrict the list to work actually published during the year under review, but it is hoped that the list is representative of items likely to have been received in British libraries during 1953. Every endeavour has been made, however, to see that the articles in the series shall between them cover the whole of the literature adequately and that no important items are missed.
The Chairman, Mr K.W.Humphreys (University of Birmingham): It is hardly necessary to introduce Mr Anthony Thompson, but some of you may care to know the background, and the reason…
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The Chairman, Mr K.W.Humphreys (University of Birmingham): It is hardly necessary to introduce Mr Anthony Thompson, but some of you may care to know the background, and the reason why Mr Thompson and I are in front of you this evening.
Three prominent Russian librarians visited this country in October 1959 under an exchange arrangement which is part of a programme resulting from British‐Soviet negotiations on…
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Three prominent Russian librarians visited this country in October 1959 under an exchange arrangement which is part of a programme resulting from British‐Soviet negotiations on cultural, educational, scientific, and technical exchanges. Last month the reciprocal visit to the USSR of three British librarians, nominated respectively by Aslib, the Library Association, and SCONUL, took place. Aslib's nominee was Mr Anthony Thompson, ma, fla Royal Society of Arts Diploma in advanced Russian. Mr Thompson will report on his visit at a winter meeting to be held on Tuesday 1st March at 5.30 for 6 p.m. in the Council Chamber, Federation of British Industries, 21 Tothill Street London, S.W.I.
The old year has gone, leaving its trail of never‐to‐be‐forgotten memories of strife and turbulence, calamity, disaster, and a huge burden of worries for us to face in the New…
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The old year has gone, leaving its trail of never‐to‐be‐forgotten memories of strife and turbulence, calamity, disaster, and a huge burden of worries for us to face in the New Year. Few if any will not be deeply grateful to see the passing of 1985. Except for the periods of calm there cannot be a year within living memory to equal it in terms of violence, unparalleled in times of “peace”, collosal in terms of soaring social and public expenditure and financial loss, and in disasters in the world beyond the shores of these islands. It would not be an exaggeration to state that the enormous indebtedness which the year has heaped upon the people will never be wiped off, and it has got to be done mainly by those innocent of any misconduct, and their descendants. The unprecedented scale of street and community violence, the looting, thieving and general crime committed behind the screen of it.
Evening Course on handling Russian Literature A course of lectures on handling Soviet and East European literature will be held at Aslib from 28th September to 16th November…
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Evening Course on handling Russian Literature A course of lectures on handling Soviet and East European literature will be held at Aslib from 28th September to 16th November, inclusive, on Thursdays from 6.30 to 8 p.m. The lecturer will be Mr Anthony Thompson, M.A., F.L.A., who was the Aslib delegate to libraries in the USSR in January 1960. The course will enable students to become familiar with the Russian alphabet, to transliterate, and to recognize the more common Russian bibliographic terms and scientific words. Other East European languages will be dealt with more briefly. The course also covers the organization of publication and bibliography in the Soviet Union and sources of supply of Russian material in Great Britain. The fee for the course will be 6 guineas. An application form is enclosed with this issue.
Members enjoyed an entertaining evening on 18th February when Mr J.F.Stanley, British Standards Institution, showed a large number of colour photographs, most of which he had…
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Members enjoyed an entertaining evening on 18th February when Mr J.F.Stanley, British Standards Institution, showed a large number of colour photographs, most of which he had taken himself in Moscow and Leningrad. The pictures showed some of the old and new buildings and Russian people going about their daily activities. Mr Stanley's commentary was as interesting as the excellent pictures, as he described among other things Russian forms of transport, the University, comparative costs and standards of living. The pictures also gave an excellent visual setting for Mr Anthony Thompson's talk on his recent exchange visit to the USSR, the text of which will be published in the May issue of Aslib Proceedings.