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)

Proposes model to American National Standards Committee (ANSC) Z39 to serve as basis for integrated set of standards for representation, storage, and communication of bibliographic and related data. Background of ANSC Z39, description of model, benefits, relationship of existing standards to model, and implementation are discussed. Six references…

Discusses the mechanisms and motivations for the development and coordination of standards within the information field, especially in the light of recent technological advances, and identifies some problems associated with standardization. Four references are cited. (FM)

Describes the concept and structure of the "terminology bank" and discusses problems and possibilities for the future of multilingual terminology banks. (AM)

Discussion of Wayne Wiegand's criticism of library and information science focuses on the ideas of Pierre Bourdieu to help form a new set of frameworks. Topics include social institutions and symbolic power; cultural production and librarianship; and classification as symbolic power. (LRW)

Suggests that a close reading of Otlet's notion of the book reveals a concern with force and dynamics which undermine traditional notions of the book and raise questions about the positivistic nature of Otlet's work. Topics include the possibility of social change by information; and multiplicity and contemporary hypertextuality. (Author/LRW)