By the end of 1976, the Korea Scientific and Technological Information Center, (KORSTIC) will be subscribing to 5,000 titles of current journals, be able to process 300,000 items of information and provide 100,000 cases of reprography service annually. By 1976, KORSTIC's services will be computerized. (Author/NH)

Reviews some of the more concerted, large-scale efforts in the earth resources areas" in order to help the computer community obtain insights into the activities it can jointly particpate in withthe earth resources community." (Author)

Determination of policy for an institution's computer center is one of the most important decisions an administrator must make. (Editor)

The article argues two main points: (1) make decisions about library automation in the context of competent organization, management, and planning; and (2) lay a sound foundation for automation by completing a step-by-step sequence of tasks. (Author/NH)

This article concerns some economic concepts which shed light upon the effective and efficient use of information processing facilities" and suggests that centralized computing facilities can produce higher quality outputs than smaller organizations. (Author/AA)

Different methods which can be used to manually sort and file cards are identified. No appreciable difference in time per card to sort and file was found between the backwards method and the optimal forwards sort. (Author/NH)

Reports the result of six months of intensive analysis of the present registration system and possible alternative systems at the University of Minnesota. A telephone registration system, to operate in conjunction with an inperson, online registration, was proposed to increase total system capabilities. (JF)

One of the major problems in simulation is knowing how accurately the simulation corresponds to the actual. This paper discusses the problems of validation -- the process of measuring the accuracy of simulation. (RA)