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THE EDITOR RESIGNS
C. LE MAISTREIt is with great regret that we have to announce that Mr. Theodore Besterman, Editor of The Journal of documentation since its inception in 1945, has reluctantly been obliged to…
THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL REPORTS
LAWRENCE S. THOMPSONAfter the European War came to an end it became apparent that there were literally hundreds of thousands of scientific research documents which had been written both by Allied and…
THE DOCUMENTATION OF MADAGASCAR
J.T. HARDYMANMadagascar is undoubtedly a country of great interest, yet it is often thought that there is very little literature on the subject. The fact is, however, that the amount is…
THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PRINTED CARDS: SOME SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS
H.V. MOLESWORTH ROBERTSThe article by Mr. Besterman in the March, 1946, number of the Journal (ii. 194–205), with its suggestions for recasting the form of the card for inclusion in A catalog of boohs…
A BOOK‐NOTATION FOR SPECIAL LIBRARIES
KNUD LARSENNo classification will last for ever, and it will rarely last half a century without becoming obsolete. Therefore the main quality that is required from a classification is…
SPECIAL LIBRARY EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA
LINDA H. MORLEYThe development of educational programmes for special librarians has been very gradual in America. As recently as 1937 the Training and Recruiting Committee of the Special…
A CUMULATIVE WORLD THESAURUS
CHARLES W. DAVID, RUDOLF HIRSCHMr. Theodore Besterman recently proposed the printing of a cumulative edition of the Library of Congress catalogue. The vision of his proposal provokes ideas of an even more…
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