This exhibition was held in the library from 1st to 15th March and attracted some 250 visitors. This figure indicates that the theme of the exhibition was one of widespread…
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This exhibition was held in the library from 1st to 15th March and attracted some 250 visitors. This figure indicates that the theme of the exhibition was one of widespread interest and related to problems that most special libraries have to face. The figure also indicates an average of twenty‐three visitors on each day that the exhibition was open; with the average length of a visit in the region of thirty minutes, considerable calls were made upon the time of the library staff.
Academic qualifications are held or long practical experience has been gained; the nature of the practical experience; a list (or selection) of translations already carried out;…
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Academic qualifications are held or long practical experience has been gained; the nature of the practical experience; a list (or selection) of translations already carried out; whether the applicant is prepared to act as an interpreter and, if so, what experience he has had of such work; and finally, perhaps most important, the names of referees who can give an opinion of recent translations carried out by the applicant. Since Aslib is not in a position to judge the quality of translations in a multiplicity of languages and subjects, considerable reliance has to be placed on the opinions given in confidence by the referees.
For the first time since this series of annual reviews of the literature of special librarianship and information work began, the authorship has changed hands. It is fitting to…
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For the first time since this series of annual reviews of the literature of special librarianship and information work began, the authorship has changed hands. It is fitting to pay tribute to the skill with which Mr J. Bird has compiled this review each year and to express the hope that the same standards of selectivity and pragmatic appraisal set by Mr Bird will be maintained. The aim of the survey remains unchanged: to bring to the notice of librarians, particularly those in the smaller organizations, the more significant and practically useful books, pamphlets, and articles which appeared during the past year, or, more strictly, were received in the Aslib library during the past year. Experience of the types of inquiry most frequently received in the Aslib library has been particularly useful in determining the type of publication that could most profitably be included. As has been stressed in previous years, the survey is not intended to be used as a bibliographical tool, since this purpose is adequately served by other existing services, but rather as a guide to current reading.
This exhibition was held at Aslib from 1st September to 30th November 1959 and was attended by approximately 150 individual visitors from 100 organizations, forming a…
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This exhibition was held at Aslib from 1st September to 30th November 1959 and was attended by approximately 150 individual visitors from 100 organizations, forming a representative cross‐section of Aslib's membership. Some visitors were clearly disappointed at finding only a small number of machines on display, all of which used basically the same process, i.e. diffusion transfer. The machines had been chosen on the strength of their ability to copy from bound volumes as well as single sheets, and this principle of selection more or less determined the nature of the process involved.
The ideal in information storage and retrieval is a computer so specialized and so perfect that scientific writers would be compelled to write so as to conform to its input…
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The ideal in information storage and retrieval is a computer so specialized and so perfect that scientific writers would be compelled to write so as to conform to its input demands. Before this is achieved, however, existing documentation systems should be evaluated to see whether they are put to their optimal use. In the field of electronic machine translation, both visual and aural input have serious drawbacks. Output can be in the form of rapid print‐out, automatic composition and photography with a cathode grill or baffle‐plate, or ultrarapid aural dispersement. The disadvantages of present‐day language‐language dictionaries coded for machines are discussed. The two main difficulties in the production of abstracts, the time‐lag and the need for subject‐specialists, can be overcome with author abstracts, evaluations, and analyses by the editors at time of publication, and better titles and sub‐titles. Seven types of existing memory machines are compared from the point of view of input and storage, methods of retrieval to compare items of stored information, cost, problem‐solving time, and size.
Dear Madam, With reference to Mr Godfrey Sceats' letter in the August issue of Aslib Proceedings, the short answer to his comment is that it is recognized practice with respect to…
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Dear Madam, With reference to Mr Godfrey Sceats' letter in the August issue of Aslib Proceedings, the short answer to his comment is that it is recognized practice with respect to multiple words to count them as the number of their constituent parts. Thus, ‘Überlebenswahrscheinlichkeiten’ would count as two words: ‘Überlebens’ and ‘Wahracheinlichkeiten’; similarly ‘Eisenwasserstoffstrom‐regulatorröhre’ would count as five words: ‘Eisen’, ‘Wasserstoff’, ‘Strom’, ‘Regulator’ and ‘Röhre’.
Assistance in the preparation of this issue of Aslib Proceedings has been forthcoming from an unusual quarter which augurs well for the New Year. ‘Blackie’, the large pure black…
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Assistance in the preparation of this issue of Aslib Proceedings has been forthcoming from an unusual quarter which augurs well for the New Year. ‘Blackie’, the large pure black Persian cat from no. 6 Belgrave Square, paid a goodwill visit to the Publications Officer's desk and personally signed some of the copy.
A great deal of research into teacher morale has been carried out in the United States and in Australia, particularly N.S.W. Little if any research into teacher morale has been…
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A great deal of research into teacher morale has been carried out in the United States and in Australia, particularly N.S.W. Little if any research into teacher morale has been carried out in England and so the writer, who was visiting the country, decided to administer a questionnaire to a sample of state secondary schools. The purpose of the investigation was twofold: to demonstrate the practicality of undertaking further research and to decide if the instrument in its present form was sufficiently sensitive to measure the morale of English school teachers. For these reasons, the research had to be considered a pilot study. The questionnaire was administered to three English state secondary schools with an 88 percent response from the teachers. The data collected were analysed and some tentative conclusions were reached. The main findings were that, in its present form, the instrument was not suitable to measure teacher morale in England, that there was a need for future research into teacher morale and that older teachers apparently displayed higher morale than younger teachers.
September THUR.2. Visit to Port of London Authority. See paragraph below.
Mr L.J.Anthony, FLA, has been appointed to a new post of Assistant Director (Services) on the staff of Aslib and takes up his appointment at the beginning of October. Mrs Sauvee…
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Mr L.J.Anthony, FLA, has been appointed to a new post of Assistant Director (Services) on the staff of Aslib and takes up his appointment at the beginning of October. Mrs Sauvee has kindly agreed to remain at work until he takes over. Mr Anthony is well known to the membership as the Librarian and Head of Documentation Services of the Culham Laboratory of the UK Atomic Energy Authority and as the former Deputy Librarian at Harwell; members of longer standing will remember him as Assistant Director at Aslib in 1954–55, when the consultancy service and first research activities were being established, and previously as Information Officer at British Telecom‐munications Research Ltd.