Journal of Documentation

VICKERY, B.C.

doi: 10.1108/eb026251pmid: N/A

In preceding papers in this series, it has been shown that the symbols used in classificatory notation are of several kinds. They serve different functionssome represent scheduled classificatory terms, some are signposts specifying the nature of the symbols which follow them, others are simply fences separating consecutive term symbols, and yet others are relational particles. Again, symbols serving the same function may have different structuresthey may be flexions or isolates, so that the notation for scheduled terms may be hierarchical or ordinal.

Robinson, Mary

doi: 10.1108/eb026252pmid: N/A

The preparation of periodicals for binding, and the making of the necessary records, takes a great deal of time. The Periodicals Department of the University of London Library which sends more than 2,000 volumes of periodicals to be bound every year felt that this time could be greatly reduced if a permanent binding record were made for each periodical which was regularly bound.