The metric system portends to bring sweeping changes to certain aspects of our lives. This selective list of literature is an attempt to call attention to the variety of data and information available and suggests items for library collection building as well as exhibits and displays. (104 references) (Author)

Picture searching is discussed as a special intellectual discipline for which no specific education or established requirements exist at present. Certain techniques are discussed, which the author feels should be familiar to an individual who wishes to establish himself as a professional picture searcher. (Author)

Tools with which a picture researcher must be familiar in order to adequately search for various types of pictures are described. (9 references) (Author)

The Technical Report Service of Bell Laboratories specializes in procuring and distributing report literature. (PF)

Manuscripts and archives are important to historians and to the companies of origin. What should be collected and when, and the principles of acquisition for these similar materials are discussed. The chief difference is that archives are received'' from one's parent body, whereas manuscripts are collected.'' (8 references) (Author/SJ)

Methods for evaluating scientific and technical journals such as frequency of citation, "impact factor," and "Immediacy Index" are described. (PF)

The organization of a core collection in the library of an urban planning agency is discussed. The use of Termatrex information retrieval system is considered in the light of A Planning Library: The Empirical Approach,'' Special Libraries 62 (no.9): 335-339 (Sep 1971), an article on the same subject. (3 references) (Author)

An acquisition philosophy for university map libraries should be formulated to produce a well-balanced reference and research collection which will serve the needs of its academic community. A cataloging and classification scheme which is easily understood, rapid and inexpensive is also essential. (4 references) (Author/NH)

The results of a survey of sample business libraries show only a small precentage using proof slips for selection. Advantages and disadvantages in the use of proof slips, problems with traditional selection media, the use of non-library specialists, and foreign materials in U.S. business libraries are also analyzed. (6 references) (Author/NH)

Each step in the acquisition process of exhibition catalogs is described and the existing procedures and problems are outlined. (Author)

An approach to interdisciplinary collection building is presented. (PF)

After considering several different methods, it was concluded that primary journals for coverage of a given field can be selected rationally on the basis of their citation frequencies in an appropriate secondary journal. Library coverage of any particular field, thus, can be specified as a function of its budgeting commitment. (25 references)…

The establishment of a special collection within the university library, the complexities of identifying and collecting reports in the environmental area, locating agencies concerned with water pollution, and recording the location of other local collections of data are described. (Author)

The development of a collegiate library in Saudi Arabia during its initial four-year period (1965/1969), as an integral part of Phase I of an overall, 20-year futuristic Master Plan for campus development is described. (7 references) (Author/NH)