Aslib Proceedings: Volume 1 Issue 2
Table of contents
SIGNING BOOK REVIEWS
HUGH A. CLEGGWhether or not it is true that Keats let himself ‘be snuffed out by an article’, the literary notoriety of the attacks on him in Blackwood's Magazine and the Quarterly Review a…
THE REVIEWING OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL BOOKS: SOME FIRST PRINCIPLES FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE READER
R. BRIGHTMANAmong the few writings on the art of book reviewing that I have come across is a passage in Mr. J.B. Atkins's recent book, Incidents and Reflections. Mr. Atkins writes:
BOOK REVIEWS AND THE LIBRARIAN
R.L. CollisonFew readers have any inkling of the care with which a good librarian selects his bookstock. It is doubtful whether the average reader gives any thought to the way in which a…
DIFFICULTIES OF INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
E.J. CARTERMr Carter said he proposed to deal with some practical difficulties in the way of international collaboration in documentation. The task was important for UNESCO because…
THE WIDER ASPECT OF COLLABORATION
S.R. RANGANATHANDr Ranganathan said he entirely agreed with Mr. Carter's statement on the difficulties—language, finance, personnel and lack of adequate secretariat—of international meetings…
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN THE FIELD OF BUILDING DOCUMENTATION
B. AGARD EVANSThis is the uncompleted story of an attempt to co‐ordinate documentation internationally in a limited field. It is presented as an example of how things do happen and in the hope…
NATIONAL COLLABORATION AS A STEP TO INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
P. BOURGEOISMr Carter and Dr. Ranganathan have pointed out that international collaboration meets with many difficulties, and have given precious hints as to how they might be overcome in the…
EXHIBITION OF REPRESENTATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND ABSTRACTING JOURNALS
This exhibition was primarily intended to show something of the variety of bibliographies and abstracting journals in the English language. It was not intended to be…
CONTRIBUTORS TO THE CONFERENCE
Mr. Fullman is well known to all Aslib members, as Information Officer at British Non‐Ferrous Metals Research Association. He has for years past given generously of his time to…
THE YEAR'S WORK OF ASLIB, 1947–8
Amalgamation with the British Society for International Bibliography, agreed in principle in 1947, was accomplished de facto as from 1 January, 1948. The legal side, however, has…
INTRODUCTION
This issue of Aslib Proceedings is mainly devoted to papers presented at the 24th Annual Conference, held at Ashorne Hill, near Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, from 9 to 11…
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
PERCY DUNSHEATHMy first words must be to express my thanks and appreciation of the honour you have done me in electing me as your President. It is a great privilege as well as a responsibility…
THE SELECTION OF PAPERS FOR RETENTION
F.G. EMMISONWhen Adam delved and Eve span—and probably did most of the digging, too, for her lord and master—worries perchance did assail them, but we may be sure that their family business…
AN APPROACH TO ARCHIVES
E.C. BakerI gave a general picture in my Summary of this paper of the process whereby the permanent records of a commercial firm or business might be formed. Such an introduction appeared…
THE LIBRARY OF THE INSTITUTE OF THE MOTOR INDUSTRY
C.E.C. HewetsonTheInstitute of the Motor Industry, founded in 1920, is an incorporated institution providing qualifications, by examination, for executives and administrative staff in the motor…
THE LIBRARY OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT
M. GOSSETThe library covers all fields of science and technology, including medicine, with particular emphasis on nuclear physics, radio‐chemistry and their applications. It is a reference…
THE LIBRARY OF THE BRITISH SHIPBUILDING RESEARCH ASSOCIATION
E. OWERLikethe other contributors to this session, I have been asked to deal with the subject under a number of sub‐headings. But before I do so, I should like to make a few general…