Describes the principles and methodology of Warsaw Clearinghouse activity and its specialized bibliographic service for collecting, processing, and disseminating information on thesauri and related topics. An information retrieval system TEKLA, designed to improve clearinghouse service, is discussed. (Author/BK)

The main results of the survey-and-analysis stage include a substantial collection of preliminary data on the language-sciences information user community, its professional specialties and information channels, its indexing tools, and its terminologies. The prospects and techniques for the development of a modern, discipline-based information…