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Koch, H. William – 1970
Science communication techniques are expected to change markedly in the next decade because of the developments on an international scale of coupled information systems in various scientific disciplines and technological missions. A change in techniques is also expected because of growing needs of users as well as of producers of science…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Geophysics, Information Systems, National Programs
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Cooper, Marianne; Thayer, Candace W. – 1969
Four hundred and ninety one primary journals covered by "Physics Abstracts" in 1965 have been studied and their basic characteristics analyzed in terms of sponsorship, distribution by country, language, frequency, and coverage by secondary services other than "Physics Abstracts," and the number of libraries holding each…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Geophysics, Information Systems, National Programs
Cooper, Marianne; Watterson, Hermine M. – 1969
In order to identify producers of physics research and to determine their relative productivity, institutional affiliations of authors as given in nine physics journals were studied. Organizations were classified and analyzed by type and geographical location, and productivity established. Findings indicate that organizations differ in their rate…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Geophysics, Information Systems, National Programs
Cooper, Marianne; Terry, Edward – 1969
The basic characteristics of sixty-nine secondary services in physics were analyzed in terms of sponsorship and distribution by: (1) country of origin, (2) language, (3) age, (4) frequency of publication, (5) subject and geographical coverage and (6) size. The eight major services, in terms of size, are identified. The use of the services by the…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Geophysics, Information Services, Information Sources
Koch, H. William; Herschman, Arthur – 1968
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…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Geophysics, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
Carroll, Kenneth D. – Spec Libr, 1970
Descriptors: Astronomy, Geophysics, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
American Inst. of Physics, New York, NY. Information Div. – 1970
The current status of the National Information System for Physics and Astronomy which is being implemented by the information Division of the American Institute of Physics is reported in this issue of a series of annual reports on the program. The goals of the system, their relative priorities and the over-all strategy by which they are to be…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Astronomy, Geophysics, Information Retrieval