Most existing general record formats for bibliographical data are mainly designed for communication purposes but not for compact storing and efficient handling in an information retrieval system. Since bibliographic databases are well structured, the types of information that will appear in a specific record will vary only within a limited scope.…

An expansion of a list developed at a British library school, this glossary contains terminology used in indexing work done by libraries and information scientists. Entries are arranged alphabetically and vary in length from one line to one page. There may be up to three parts in each entry. The first is a basic definition with examples where…

The scope of this glossary is defined pragmatically and selectively on the basis of the needs of the students at the Columbia University School of Library Service. Most of the terms selected for inclusion are those found to require definition in the courses in information science and indexing. The focus is on those areas where the terminology…

It is pointed out that if information science is to be considered a "true" science similar to physics or chemistry then it must have a set of concepts and analytical expressions which apply to the flow of information in a general way. Such expressions should be relatively independent of the particular context or application under consideration.…

The impact of cybernetics on information science occurs chiefly through the concepts of variety, the law of requisite variety, and theory of transformations. Through these it pervades every aspect of information science. However, other basic sciences such as physics, biology, psychology are in their spheres equally pervasive, and information…

Addresses and supplements the historical portion of Alan Pritchard's article, "Statistical Bibliography or Bibliometrics?" which appeared in this journal in 1969. (VT)

Experiments with two distinct collections, using three levels of indexing exhaustively for both documents and requests, show that substantially the same performance is obtained for very different levels of document indexing, if suitable choices are made of request level. (6 references) (Author)

A study of the key concepts in the Standards for School Media Programs ascertained through an experimental test employing information science techniques is presented. (5 references) (Author/SJ)

The main topics considered over the period of this bulletin (September 1968 to September 1972) have been the classification of Library and Information Sciences, and the continuing problems of the principles required for a better comprehensive general classification. (2 references) (Author/NH)

Library and information science research in library schools, apart from personal research of faculty, has been characterized as non-cumulative, fragmentary, weak, and oriented to immediate practical needs. The record is examined and this criticism found justified in part. (Author)

The 1972 conference of the American Society for Information Science leaned heavily on international information exchange and drew a record number of both exhibitors and members. (Author)

Preparing decision makers for the future is discussed in terms of a three pronged approach to the teaching of document surrogation: Knowledge about, skills in, and management of. The management prong should include the habit of using the data from the present situation to make decisions about future change. (5 references) (Author)

Recent discussion of Bradford's law of scatter has been founded on two formulations that are not mathematically equivalent. A method of comparing the two formulations against empirical data is developed, and the results using four sets of existing data are discussed. (12 references) (Author/NH)