Aslib Proceedings: Volume 4 Issue 2
Table of contents
INTRODUCTION
E.M.R. DITMASIn accordance with the custom of previous years, Aslib organized a series of meetings in London during the autumn and winter of 1951–2. The first of these was held on 7th…
SHELL FILM UNIT STOCK SHOT LIBRARY
BERNARD CHIBNALLWhen a film is being made a much greater footage of material is exposed than is required for the final production. The ratio varies from four to one to fifteen or twenty to one…
PATENTS AS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION
H.R. MATHYSPatents are very old. Their origin is lost in history but we know that the Greeks in 500 B.C. at Sybaris encouraged inventive cooks by granting them patents for new table…
SEARCHING CLASSIFIED PATENT SPECIFICATIONS
E.M. BENNETTIt has been a great pleasure to have listened to Mr. Mathys' most interesting paper on the patent specification as a source of information, and I have the added pleasure of having…
INFORMATION SERVICES AT WORK
K. BOODSONIn presenting this paper on ‘Information Services at Work’, I would like to stress that we are appealing very largely in this type of meeting to the younger members. While hoping…
TEXTILE TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
J.C. WITHERSThe textile Institute was founded in 1910 and granted a Royal Charter in 1925. The aims and objects stated in the Charter include: ‘To constitute an authority for the…
MEMBERS' FORUM THE PUNCHED‐CARD INDEXING EXPERIMENT AT THE LIBRARY OF THE ATOMIC ENERGY RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT, HARWELL
H.D. ASHTHORPEThe library at the newly‐formed Atomic Energy Research Establishment was set up in 1946,1 and from the start it became obvious that a subject index, capable of unlimited…
WHY ‘DOCUMENTATION’?
S.R. RanganathanIn a letter to the International Federation for Documentation of 19th October, 1951, Sir Hilary Jenkinson, Deputy Keeper, Public Record Office, and Chairman of Directorate…