The main functions of a national scientific and technical information system are described and the requirements they must meet are examined; these include compatibility of all system components, information retrieval languages, hardware and software. (Author)

Organizational, specialized and functional library networks are described. The role of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) in planning a national network, and the network planning of the Library of Congress are outlined. (KP)

Examines future implications and significant trends in the field of scientific technical information, including (1) decentralized preparation and collection of formalized input bibliographic and/or factual data, (2) centralized world-wide processing of both kinds of data bases, and (3) nationally decentralized output information services, and…

A study was conducted to test the following hypothesis: There is ample evidence that all the essential elements for a national bibliographic system for audiovisual (AV) informational resources currently exist, and there is, therefore, no apparent reason why a national system cannot be developed, operated, and fully utilized to provide access to…

A system in which the function of the library is to acquire, store, and organize materials is proposed which separates the reference function into a group of subject specialists backed up by computerized information retrieval systems. This division of labor is caused by the scientific community's need for access to graphic and other specific (not…

The seminar gave priority to the following: (1) the proper scope of educational documentation and information, (2) the levels of the education system which these services should cover, and (3) the problems generated by users. (2 references) (Author/SJ)

The American Institute of Physics is working toward the development of a national information system for physics, whose objective is the organization of the flow of physics information from the producers to the users. The complete physics information system has several constituent subsystems, among which are: one for the management of the flow of…

The thesis of this paper is that efficient functioning of a network is dependent upon the organization of bibliographic services so that the basic record for each bibliographic item is created once. This record must be minimally capable of serving the needs of libraries, information centers, abstracting and indexing services, and national and…

There is need for coordination of I&R services into a national network to improve effectiveness and economy, and the Library of Congress should be the coordinating agency for federal resources being spent for I&R. This would assume greater continuity of support and responsiveness to the citizen. (Author/MBR)

A discussion of the social, political and economic background which led to the establishment of the Hungarian National Centre of Educational Technology and made essential the development of a national network of bases for promoting educational technology. (Author)

This guide to the national bibliography of Canada includes works published in and about Canada, works by Canadian authors, and federal, provincial, and municipal government publications. "Canadiana" became operational in 1951 when bibliographic citations to monographs and serials were listed. As resources became available, more…

In a recent issue of "Fortune," the leading article carried the predictive title, "The Coming Shake-Up in Telecommunications." Increasingly, the attention of the business community and the general public is being called to the emergence of such new and potentially revolutionary communications technologies as CATV (community…

The information needs of developing countries engaged in the process of industrilization are indicated, and some practical suggestions offered for developing a national industrial information center. (MBR)

A hypothetical model is given for a National Serials Data System based on the best educated guesses of what the system should do and how, therefore, it should function. The model focuses attention on the ultimate goal rather than on the decision-making processes relating to choice of data elements, unique identification codes, etc. This conceptual…