A preview of the upcoming October 1973 36th annual meeting of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS) is presented. (1 reference) (SJ)

Statements on various topics are given by: Carlos Cuadra, Victor Rosenberg, Mary Madden, Liz Pan, Joseph Raben, Pauline Atherton, Joshua Smith, Martha Williams, Charles Bourne, and Robin Lake. (SJ)

This paper reviews research findings related to color and how it affects perception and retention of information. From the literature it appears colors have varying degrees of value as cues or aids to memory of stimulus information and difference appears to exist between colors as they interact in informational materials. (21 references)…

A generalized framework for developing analytical and conceptual relationships involving the flow of information has previously been suggested. This paper provides further refinement, rigor, and extension for some of the earlier relationships suggested. (12 references) (Author)

Issues concerned with information science are considered in four broad categories in this survey: computers, communications, image recording and information content. (18 references) (SJ)

The evolution of the name information science is traced, and terminology of 39 definitions of the term is compared to find common concepts and its central topic of investigation. The comparison reveals no consensus as to what information science is. Informatics is suggested as a better term for the field. (62 references) (Author/SJ)

Today information science is confronted with three major handicaps: (a) to overcome its preoccupation with scientific and technical information; (b) to strip the eggshells" remaining from its ancestor disciplines; and (c) to find its systems approach." (Author)

The contents of a report prepared by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development are summarized, and the appropriate implementation of its recommendations in the U. S. discussed. The report contains recommendations for the development and management of systems for collecting, interpreting and repackaging technical information. (AL)

An Occupational Survey of Information Professionals (OSIP) reports that there are 1,641,000 information professionals in the United States, and that they are employed in nine different work fields, performing one or more of nine different functions. (LLS)

Shows how the ideas propounded in the notion of Type/Token-Taken (T/TT) informetrics relate to ones that are already well known in informetrics and resolves some of the specific problems posed. (MES)

Responds to Wayne Wiegand's article that criticizes library and information science by suggesting a cultural studies approach to the field. Applies the work of Stuart Hall to a media stereotype of the female librarian based on the film "Party Girl" to allow new interpretations of media images of the profession. (Author/LRW)

This paper is the second part of a research project that identified perspectives of library and information science professionals regarding knowledge management. Focuses on directions for the education and training of information science professionals, highlighting understandings required for knowledge management and needed skills. (Author/LRW)

Addresses the question of why previous articles and studies on the value of information have failed to provide meaningful techniques for measuring that value. The discussion covers four principle causes for confusion surrounding the valuation of information and draws conclusions about the value added model of information. (seven references) (CLB)

Describes the use of Repertory Grid methodology as a means of externalizing an individual's view of information space. Discusses personal construct theory (PCT), describes the Grid method with a single participant, and proposes future work which will investigate the extent to which individuals share perceptions of information space. (Author/LRW)