The authors found great discrepancies in the presentation of essentially similar bibliographic data, and offer some suggestions for mitigating the discrepancies by use of standards. (Author)

The American Institute of Physics Current Physics Information program offers new products to help scientists and engineers stay up to date, including a computer tape file and microfilm cartridge of selected articles. Later additions will include title, advance abstracts and bibliographic publications. (TS)

Describes a data bank system designed to assist in job placement of business administration graduates and provide for more efficient and effective school district personnel recruitment. (DE)

This paper is aimed at the extension of some results obtained so far concerning information systems design based on qualified parametrical relations. (Author)

The virtues of interactive systems are speed, intimacy, and - if time-sharing is involved - economy. The major problems are the cost of the large computers and files necessary for bibliographic data, the still-high cost of communications, and the generally poor design of the user-system interfaces. (Author)

Discusses the problems of organizing and storing the audiovisual materials which the lecturers are going to use for their work, and the students are going to borrow and use on teaching practice in the schools." (Author/LS)

Intellectual questions that must be solved jointly by librarians and scholars concern the optimum amount and character of the literature that requires library preservation throughout the world, in this country, and within a particular institution. (MF)

Research supported in part by grants from the Social Rehabilitation Services Administration (1484-S) and NICHHD (02026).

Follows the history of Battelle Memorial Institute, the largest private research organization in the world, highlighting the institute's beginnings, Xerox Corporation connections, lawsuits, information systems (including new Videotex applications for BASIS), Battelle's data management system, and new applications for memory cards. (EJS)

Explores the effects of library use on both capacitance and laser-optical videodisc systems and outlines proper cleaning, servicing, and storage techniques. The article is excerpted from "Conservation in the Library," a book edited by Susan Swartzberg. (Author/JJD)

Presents a form for evaluating storage and care practices for nonprint library materials (film, tape, maps, microfilms, original art, phonorecords, and photographs) in an active collection. Development of the form is described and a rationale for such a program, additional materials on preservation including slide/tape programs, and…

Reports results of experiments favoring use of 0.5 percent nitric acid with an oxidant (potassium dichromate or potassium permanganate) to preserve samples in polyethylene containers for mercury analysis. Includes procedures used and statistical data obtained from the experiments. (JN)

Reports a survey conducted by the Bibliographical Center for Research to determine the extent of variations for entering local data on the part of BCR OCLC libraries. The results are presented along with a discussion of alternative practices and their impact on the processing of OCLC tapes. References are included. (Author/RAA)