Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

WATTS, W.G.

1950 Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

doi: 10.1108/eb049360

The Library and Information department which I represent is a joint one of two professional Institutions, the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, and the Institution of Mining Engineers. Both Institutions possess Royal Charters and were founded in the late nineteenth century, the former for the advancement of the science of economic geology, mining and extraction metallurgy of all minerals other than coal, and the latter for the advancement of the science of coal and iron ore mining and allied subjects. The Institution of Mining Engineers is slightly the older institution.

CHIBNALL, B.

1950 Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

doi: 10.1108/eb049361

The Kodak Research Library is intended to serve the staff of the Research Laboratories in which it is established. This staff numbers about 70 to 80 graduates and about 100 or more other staff.

HANSON, C.W.

1950 Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

doi: 10.1108/eb049362

AS officer in charge of an Information Department which incorporates a special library, I value and use any statistical data which can be employed to provide a guide to policy and an objective check of personal judgments but I can speak on the subject only as an amateur since I am neither a librarian nor a statistician.

KING, ALEXANDER

1950 Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

doi: 10.1108/eb049363

Dr King stressed that his Committee dealt with the whole question of technical information from the users' point of view. The investigation had covered information services within the Government, Government laboratories, etc., contracting firms and industry in general.

MARTIN, D.C.

1950 Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

doi: 10.1108/eb049364

I invite you to listen to and to look upon some words of HenryOldenburg, a Secretary of the Royal Society, in the first edition of the Philosophical Transactions. They were written in 1665 in the introduction to what has strong claims to being the first truly scientific journal.

1950 Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

doi: 10.1108/eb049365

The meeting was held in order to give Aslib members an opportunity for the discussion of the interim reports circulated by the Unesco Library of Congress Bibliographical Planning Group in preparation for the international meetings on documentation which were expected to take place in the United States in the autumn of 1950.

SILVEY, ROBERT J.E.

1950 Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

doi: 10.1108/eb049366

MR Silvey quoted the widespread assumption that the drafting of questionnaires was only a matter of common sensewas this really the case

LAMBERTH, D.L.

1950 Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

doi: 10.1108/eb049367

Before really getting under way may I clearly define two terms which will occur in this talk recording schedule and questionnaire. By a schedule I mean a piece of paper containing questions, instructions, etc., which is carried about by an interviewer and on which the replies to the questions are filled in by the interviewer.

FRANCIS, F.C.

1950 Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

doi: 10.1108/eb049368

I greatly appreciate the privilege of being able to talk this evening to Aslib on the subject of the British National Bibliographyan enterprise in which we are extremely glad to be able to count on the support of Aslib, and in the formation of which Aslib, in the person of Miss Ditmas, played a prominent part. It is, of course, early days to be speaking of this venture it is a bare nine weeks old this very day, having been safely delivered, a rather slender child, on 4th January. It has put on weight since then, and we hope it can be safely described as a lusty infant. But it is still really growing up and its character is still being formed and we hope that its godparents will not hesitate to fulfil all of the functions of a godparent in helping to mould its upbringing, by tactful comments and suggestions.

EVANS, T.C.D.

1950 Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives

doi: 10.1108/eb049369

For many years the Stationery Office has produced a daytoday catalogue of its publications in the form of index cards in order to provide the various Sale Offices of the Department with uptodate information. Following discussions with the University and Research Section of the Library Association London Group it was agreed that provided sufficient demand existed index cards for official publications would be supplied to libraries to enable them to build up their own card catalogues from day to day.