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The success of a company can be measured by many different yardsticks. Criteria taken into consideration may include for instance the ability to innovate and to develop high quality products; the expansion of a small group of products into a wide range that provides a complete package for a specific industry; the capacity to cater for a multiplicity of end applications; or growth in sheer physical size that necessitates a move to extensive purpose‐designed premises. Success can be reflected too in the acquisition of an ever expanding market in geographical terms, and in the gaining of a respected reputation worldwide.

User‐supported software is copywrited and supported by the developer(s) of the software. Users are encouraged to copy and share the software. In return for a “suggested contribution” payable to the software developer, detailed documentation and user support are available. Many quality programs, of this type, exist. Four programs for the IBM PC are evaluated.

This paper presents the manufacturing methods used in the assembly of electronic circuits with surface mount components on planar printed wiring circuits. The manufacturing process flow is explored as a function of the design of the circuit as well as the selection of surface mount components. Equipment evaluation criteria are presented along with facilities' requirements in the area of utilities and floor space.

VINE is produced at least four times a year with the object of providing up‐to‐date news of work being done in the automation of library house‐keeping processes, principally in the UK. It is edited and substantially written by the Information Officer for Library Automation based in Southampton University Library and supported by a grant from the British Library Research and Development Department. Copyright for VINE articles rests with the British Library Board, but opinions expressed in VINE do not necessarily reflect the news and policies of the British Library. The subscription for VINE in 1981 will be £20 for UK subscribers and £23 for overseas subscribers — the subscription year runs from January to December and VINE is available in either paper or microfiche format.

The Electroplating Products and Equipment Business Area of Degussa AG, Frankfurt am Main, Federal Republic of Germany, has begun to supply a new selective electroplating plant. Under a co‐operation agreement with the Telmec company of Milan, Italy, this business area of Degussa, which is based in Schwäbisch Gmüd, Germany, has begun to market the Telmec SL 6 ‘Tab Plater’ throughout the world, with the exception of Italy and France. The equipment was developed specially for manufacturers of printed circuit boards, and is used for the continuous electroplating of strip contacts on these boards.

The British Library Research and Development Department, on the advice of the Group for Research into Public Libraries, commissioned a survey of automated issue systems in public libraries. This report details the results of the survey, which was carried out over the period April to June 1983.

In the United Kingdom public libraries are under the control of local authorities, city or county elected bodies, funded from local taxes, with some un‐earmarked central government funding. These library authorities provide central reference and lending services, information offices, local studies collections, and often special services to hospitals, schools, residential homes and even prisons. Stock is the usual books and periodicals plus audio and sometimes videotapes, and discs.