The information provided in this book is divided into five major sections: (1) Science and Society; (2) Nature and Function of Science Information; (3) Primary Information Sources; (4) Secondary Information Sources; and (5) Management of Science Information. Each major section contains five or more articles by different authors with each article…

A longstanding interest of the National Science Foundation's Office of Computing Activities in the impact of computers on society has evolved over the last two years into a new administrative unit--the Computer Impact on Society Section. Presently funded research and future directions for research on computers and society are discussed. (Author/RH)

Human individuals, social organizations and societies are alike in that their knowledge of past events is to some extent maintained and brought to bear on their behavior. On the individual level we know quite a bit of how this is accomplished. However, on the social level we know close to nothing. It is not the task of this paper to ascertain the…

Any human communication has intrinsic objectives, to reach maximum communication efficiency and dependability. Because of "equivocation" and "noise," these absolute maximums are unobtainable; only relative maximums are possible. Based on Shannon's information theory principles, various information terms and different forms of "redundancy" are…

An investigation was made of the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) as an indexing language for computer retrieval. Problem areas were identified (notation, schedules, application), new developments reviewed (combining precedence devices, subject analysis matrices, guidelines for schedule revision, pilot schedules, parenthesis-free notation…

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)