Humphrey's personal involvements as educator, communicator, and catalyst in national and international developments in information science are presented. Examples include his support of the scientific and technical information program and trips to Europe and the Soviet Union to promote information science advancement. (MBR)

This article explores the growth, origins, technological development, and current activities of bibliographic data bases, and examines the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science national program relative to these aspects. (Author)

Traces the history of the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), from the founding of the American Documentation Institute and National Science Foundation, through the founding of ARIST and its development. The future of the publication is also briefly discussed. (12 notes with references) (CLB)

Proposes scientific theory of the subject matter of library and information science and how it can be organized in terms of the function of documents and their basic use. A hierarchy of classes of documents is described including one, several, or all of the following: information, creativity, understanding, and explanation. (Author/EM)

Notes that though there are vast mountains of social science data and information available, easy access to them is still difficult for most practitioners. Provides information on the use of English language social science literature and considers the role of social science information and documentation services in the development of social…

Presents historical perspective of technology that has affected development of information science during past 40 years and vice versa. Impact of new information technology on existing library and information services is discussed and an adjusted role for tomorrow's information scientist is advanced. Future computer, communications, and television…

Major research opportunities and needs are expected by the National Science Foundation in six areas of information science: models of adaptive information processing, learning, searching, and recognition; knowledge resource systems, particularly intelligent systems; user-system interaction; augmentation of human information processing tasks;…

This examination of the role of information in society discusses information (certain form of knowledge that exists when this knowledge is alienated from its carrier) and knowledge, creating the information environment, the economic effects of information, and who should have access to information. (EJS)

Reports on applications of bibliometrics (measurement of book or compositional entities according to methods that yield comparable results) in the field of information science. Highlights include quantification and qualification, Bradford's Law of Scattering, applications and classifications of citation analysis, and bibliometrics in library…

This 440-item annotated bibliography presents a highly selected list of documents which focus on information theory applications to information science, information processing, or information systems analysis and design. The bibliography is arranged alphabetically by author and a subject/keyword index is provided.

Discusses three distinct hypotheses in the statement--"The role of the librarian, unlike that of the information scientist, is to identify the 'containers' of information rather than to filter the information itself." Definitions of the terms and examination of roles of the librarian and information scientist are included. (EJS)

Discusses citation formats utilized by library and information science journals and lists citation examples from 11 publications and recommendations for citation formats made by the American National Standards Institute over the last decade. Efforts toward citation standardization within the field of medical publishing are noted. Seven references…

Recommends that the American Society for Information Science become involved and cooperate with the American Association for the Advancement of Science in the issue of scientific freedom and responsibility. (Author/PF)

Describes the steps taken in setting up a National Register of Danish library and information science research. (Author)

Describes the establishment by the United Nations Environment Program of a center to collect, store, and disseminate information relating to all environmentally hazardous chemicals. (SL)