This publication is one in a series of booklets designed to provide basic, practical guidance to information workers and students. It is intended to assist information workers (i.e., librarians, information scientists, archivists, indexers, bibliographers, database managers, information officers--and many other titles by which these workers are…

An access method for bibliographic records that combines features of the search key approach and the inverted file approach. Permits extension of search key technique to large files. (Author/LS)

An index intended to fill gaps in otherwise available lists of actual recordings of voices and events of documentary and historical value on commercial long-playing records. (CH)

This bibliography, which was prepared for use by participants in a series of ten workshops on the "Effective Use of OCLC," includes some of OCLC's own documentation and training materials, news items from the literature citing landmark events in the network's growth, and research studies analyzing OCLC application and/or implementation.…

This presentation on the European social science data organizations and such international cooperation in federations/associations as CESSDA (Committee of European Social Science Data Archives), IFDO (International Federation of Data Organizations for the Social Sciences), and IASSIST (International Association for Social Science Information…

Intended for directors and staffs of federally funded projects, especially Teacher Corps activities, this book contains discussions of six educational concepts and processes which stem directly from the federal commitment to "demonstrate" that is made explicit in the Teacher Corps guidelines. The umbrella concept is identified as…

THE BACKGROUND, OPERATIONAL, AND PROCEDURAL EVENTS LEADING TO AND INCLUDED IN THE BUILDING OF THE "THESAURUS OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENTIFIC TERMS" ARE DISCUSSED. THE WORK WAS PERFORMED BY THE OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH, AT THE REQUEST OF THE DIRECTOR, DEFENSE RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING, UNDER A SPECIALLY ESTABLISHED TASK NAMED PROJECT LEX.…

This manual presents detailed descriptions and examples of standards and techniques for formatting and documenting machine-readable data files. The descriptions of syntax and stylistic elements are independent of whether documentation is produced manually or as a machine-readable text file. The manual also discusses rules of good practice for…

Some 180 different forms are used by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to cover the broad range of business activities regulated by the agency. This report examines the forms that are of greatest use to those seeking information about business. These forms are grouped in the following categories: general business information,…

A series of experiments was performed to investigate the effectiveness and utility of automatically classifying documents through the use of multiple discriminant functions. Classification is accomplished by computing the distance from the mean vector of each category to the vector of observed frequencies of a document and assigning the document…

To support studies in automatic indexing, classification and extracting, a general purpose frequency program was developed to further theoretical and practical understanding of text word distributions. While the program is primarily designed for counting strings of character-oriented data, it can be used without change for counting any items which…

The purpose of this study is to assist the university or college archivist in his understanding of the problems involved in processing an important type of archival material that relates to scientists and engineers. It provides perspectives, suggestions, and facts which will assist archivists in identifying, collecting, and preserving historical…

The progress made on 65 contracts and grants active during 1968 in the four areas designated by the COSATI subject headings: (1) documentation and information technology, (2) language and linguistics, (3) bionics and (4) information theory are presented. Selected highlights of the program are given in the introductory chapter. This is followed by…

A study intended to provide the Defense Documentation Center (DDC) with a five-year plan for the development of improved and new microfiche products, services, and production capabilities is summarized in this report. In addition, the major findings, conclusions, and recommendations developed during the study are noted. The results of the research…

This paper studies the composition and scope of the information sciences. These arise, or will arise, from the dependence of the modern world upon records, and therefore upon means to facilitate discourse. Such means range from the physical to the conceptual, but all entail aspects of language, therefore they must all involve social activities,…