Reports on a series of publications of the International Federation of Documentation (FID) that includes many papers in the field of information science produced in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. (PF)

A critical survey of approaches to an information concept for information science, with one or more examples of each approach, is discussed in some detail. (VT)

This bibliographic essay reviews and analyzes 11 contributions to the field of information science as a means of tracing the history of the field, from its pre- and post-World War II beginnings to the early 1980s. Primary contributors to the field are highlighted. Eighteen references are listed. (EJS)

Infostructure is defined by using map of information industry to show interrelationships of segments: content services, content packages, facilitation services, information technologies, integrating technologies, communications technologies, communications channels, broadcast channels. Criteria for identifying information businesses are identified…

Lotka's Law, originally applicable only in physical science, is shown to apply reasonably well to the humanities. (Author/RS)

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)