A new microfilm system at Ohio State University provides complete information about all of the institution's alumni. (Editor/HS)

The Information Flow System is a large-scale information retrieval system developed for processing of Du Pont information files. As currently implemented, the system stores and retrieves information on company technical reports. Extensions of the system for handling chemical structure information and on-line processing are also discussed. (3…

The paper describes TSAR, a current awareness or SDI system which has been developed for processing MARC records in general, but is particularly concerned with the INSPEC service. Some statistics on the frequency of occurrence of words and comments on data compression conclude the paper. (7 references) (Author/SJ)

With a view to obtaining a set of standard times for information system operations, Aslib Research Department is developing and testing methods for collecting and analysing data on the time taken to perform certain operations. The current state of development of these methods is described. (2 references) (Author/NH)

A design is described for a system to manage the information directly related to the experimental work in a toxicological laboratory. A number of distinct input procedures provide data to a set of co-existing data bases. Periodic, event-triggered, predefined demand, and ad hoc reports are posited. (12 references) (Author/NH)

Educational accountability is still an abstract concept that needs to be translated into operational terms for utility. (RA)

Advantages of the Berkeley Mass Storage System (MSS) for information retrieval other than its size are: high serial-read rate, archival data storage; and random-access capability. By use of this device, the search cost in an SDI system based on the Nuclear Science Abstracts" data base was reduced by 20 percent. (6 references) (Author/NH)

Activity in the United Kingdom in the field of Selective Dissemination of Information is discussed and the approach of one industrial library to the problem is described. (1 reference) (Author)

Causes of Boolean failures to retrieve relevant MEDLARS index references are: search formulator failed to include important terms, indexer failed to include important terms, and misunderstanding of user's needs. On the evidence of this test the Probabilistic search is at least a partial solution to these problems. (8 references) (Author/NH)

A system that actually teaches the student how to think about vocational choices rationally and systemtically is described. (BY)

A study to determine the information required by superintendents for decisionmaking in educational administration. (RA)

Interactive systems must be designed to furnish error information to the user and must be able to accept a modification to the input and continue to cycle until convergence on the desired output is reached. (10 references) (Author)

The entire issue is devoted to reporting the Eighth Annual National Information Retrieval Colloquium, which was held in Philadelphia on May 6-7, 1971. (NH)