The application of computers to retrieval of primary documents is illustrated by descriptions of the Baltimore Region Institutional Studies Center (BRISC), which operates an automated system for retrieving records by subject, geographic location, and date; and ARCHON (ARCHives ONline), the online program developed to meet BRISC retrieval…

This summary account of the research productivity of the school of Information and Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology describes research in theory and foundations, information processing technology, and information systems, as well as efforts to explore the nature and content of the information-based areas of knowledge. (VT)

The activities and preliminary findings of a 15-member task force's examination of the National Science Foundation's division of science information are detailed. The task force hopes to redirect NSF's scattered programs in science information activities and provide a blueprint for coordinating government-wide activities in the field. (BT)

Analyzes and evaluates the various conceptualizations of information science that have appeared in the professional literature over the past 80 years. The extent to which the professional community possesses a common and unified understanding of the domain of information science is discussed. (82 references) (Author/CLB)

This essay discusses the growing threat to the flow of ideas that arises from increased government activity in, and attempts to control, the whole field of information. Government publication of census data and medical research information and competition between federal government and private industry in the information market are covered. (EJS)

Examines library and information science journal literature coverage by four major indexing and abstracting services: "Information Science Abstracts,""Library and Information Science Abstracts,""Abstract Journal: Informatics,""Library Literature." Current state of indexing coverage is compared with…

High-level scientific research in the information sciences is illustrated by sampling of recent discoveries involving adaptive information processing strategies, computer and information systems, centroid scaling, economic growth of computer and communication industries, and information flow in biological systems. Relationship of information…

Describes the development of and services offered by Council for Environmental Education (CEE) Information Center. Services include preparing annotated resource sheets on environmental topics and issues, providing reference and research facilities, and offering advice to publishers and others producing educational materials. (JN)

As structural changes occur in the U.S. industrial base and high technology takes over, Black Americans stand to lose the social and economic gains of the past two decades. Black institutions must respond to the challenge of using technology to promote Black socioeconomic development. (GC)

Focuses on role of library and agencies charged with provision of information in an environment of technological change. Predictions concerning aspects of the emerging information society (computer literacy, home computers), the death of libraries, and effects of a paperless society on libraries in developing countries are noted. Footnotes are…

Explores facets of technical literacy other than computer literacy and how they might relate to the breakthrough in communications technology. (AEA)

A set of 10 assumptions which have unwittingly hindered efforts focusing on the information needs of average citizens are explored. (JY)

Nursing informatics is a specialty whose activities center around information management and processing for the nursing profession. The Division of Nursing of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the National Advisory Council on Nurse Education and Practice (NACNEP) recognized a need to identify initiatives that would more…

The main information, research, and documentation activities which Unesco proposes to carry out in 1973-74 are briefly discussed. (SJ)