This report is a detailed manual of the information specialist's duties at the Nuclear Safety Information Center. Information specialists scan the literature for documents to be reviewed, procure the documents (books, journal articles, reports, etc.), keep the document location records, and return the documents to the plant library or other…

The material published here was presented at an open meeting of the International Federation for Documentation study committee, Information for Industry (FID/II) during the ISLCI International Conference on Information Science on September 3, 1971. (The full proceedings in two volumes are available as ED 065139 and ED 065140.) Contained herein are…

The literature of knowledge is a very large system in the cybernetic sense of intractibility to control. Improving access to it needs some simplifying theory. A step in this direction is a hypothesis constructed from basic concepts. These include cybernetic concepts of variety and requisite variety; a version of the mathematical concept of…

The eleven papers of which this proceedings is composed are separated into the five sessions of the symposium. Session I contains one paper concerned with the state-of-the-art which gives a definition and overview of information science education. The three papers in the second session, theoretical approaches, are addressed to the question of what…

Concerned with clarifying some of the more complex issues in drug abuse, the National Clearinghouse for Drug Abuse Information has prepared this special report on cocaine. Background information is provided through a summary of its history, legal status, and the opinions of authorities in the field. Significant research on the subject is presented…

Five abstracts journals and one indexing service in the field of library and information science were compared for the efficacy of their subject retrieval performance. (Author)

The imprecision of some concepts used in formal models in information science has led to attempts to apply fuzzy set theory to aspects of information science. An analysis of various kinds of imprecision that can occur indicates that fuzzy set theory is not an appropriate formalism for these models. (Author/MBR)

This article discusses several oral diseases and some methods used in disseminating oral health information to guide the public in safe, effective prevention programs. Some suggestions are made for more effective educational programs. (MBR)

Information Science education has not yet matured to the level of being articulated in a program plan representing the consensus of members of a profession. Components of curriculum plans are discussed and a topic inventory for information science is presented with indications of its utility in curriculum design and assessment. (Author)

Identifies and describes major sources of information on the life and work of Ranganathan, the leader of the Indian library movement and a major contributor to the fields of library and information science. (CLB)

Focuses on the accomplishments of the National Commission of Libraries and Information Science including development of a planning document; studies of topics important to the information community; agreements with other agencies to improve service to the elderly; formulation with Canadian and British agencies of an international agenda; and the…

This 421-item bibliography of works published in 1986 in the field of library and information science education and training is international in scope, although the majority of items are in English. Items are listed in 50 subject categories, and a more detailed subject index is provided at the end as well as a name index. (MES)

Analyzes and characterizes issues and trends in library and information science research published in 91 English-language journals in 1984. Data presented in tables include: (1) broad subject areas; (2) subdivisions of applied subject category; (3) library types; (4) research methods; and (5) research method percentages for given years. (MES)

Delineates various levels of theory with implications for research in library and information science. Based upon a review of literature on theory building and research methods in the social sciences, a model is proposed which displays a taxonomy of theory in hierarchical form. (EM)

This essay raises concerns in regard to the present state of national and international information policy and discusses communication of scientific and technical information, common sense and the laws of science information and scientific communications, and formulation of science information policy. Five sources are given. (EJS)