Reports on the AMS Conference on Communication Problems in the Mathematical Sciences which was organized by the Society's Committee to Monitor Problems in Communication is presented. The scientific program of the conference included a number of special addresses and five panel discussions. Among the items discussed were (1) the need for founding a…

This document contains three selections from the Russian-language journal "Nauchno-Teknicheskaya Informatsiya," Moscow. The first article is "Documentation for Technical Forecasts" by T. A. Vvedenskiy (Series 1, Number 11, 1969, submitted for publication 9 July 1968, p3-5). This article deals with the transformation of the…

This report summarizes the work carried out on the automatic construction of keyword classifications and their use in information retrieval. It discusses the possible characteristics of such classifications, and potential ways of using them; and describes the various approaches to classification that were considered in terms of an overall frame of…

The idea of pseudo-classification based on external relevance was introduced and compared with the usual classifications using associative techniques. A general model for an information retrieval system using term classification was described. A set of operators for adjusting pseudo-classifications and preventing their deterioration was derived…

The report represents initial findings of a study involving information science curricula as offered by various educational institutions in the United States and Canada. The objectives of the study are to examine the present state of information science as an instructional area; to identify the relationships that might exist between this and…

This report contains a 700 item bibliography of literature on statistical bibliography, arranged in author order. The areas covered are: citation studies, abstracts journals studies, direct literature studies with additional relevant material on user surveys, the history and sociology of science and citation structures. The period covered is from…

Each of these newsletters, produced by the ERIC Information Analysis Center for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education, contains information concerning center publications and other items considered of interest to researchers and educators of various education levels. Vol. 1, No. 1 highlights selected bibliographies (no longer produced…

Each of these newsletters, produced by the ERIC Information Analysis Center for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education, Contains information concerning center publications and activities, as well as other items considered of interest to researchers and educators of various educational levels. One of the emphases in Vol. 2, No. 2, is a…

This paper deals with the organization of two important areas which interact strongly: information science and decision-making. Both are commonly and extensively used in a variety of ways and share an equally commonly and extensively used variety of definitions. This paper deals with the mutual interaction between information science and…

The main purpose of the experiment was to answer the question whether broad or narrow terms function most effectively in the retrieval of relevant documents. The answer depends on what the user of the retrieval system wants, his wants being expressed in terms of stated precision-recall preference, or by the exact number of relevant documents he…

Search for an integrated, comprehensive theory of information science (IS) has so far been unsuccessful. Appearance of a theory has been retarded by one central constraint, the large number of disciplines concerned with human communication. Crossdisciplinary interdependence occurs in two ways: theoretical relation of IS phenomena to a given…

Electronic systems of the future are bound to be larger, faster, and more reliable. They will furnish management with uninterrupted services in a real-time mode for practically all applications. In short, they will provide computing power as a utility company of today provides electric power. But the most spectacular advance is likely to be the…

The question raised here, whether state criminal laws can be applied to subject matter also addressed by federal copyright law, is of immediate interest to the information industry. This brief Amicus Curiae deals with the need of the industry and the public generally for remedies on which the growth of the information tools and resources needed to…

"Access" is an indexing, abstracting, and information retrieval service that covers published and non-print information on environmental pollution, conservation, and related fields. It provides an overview of the environmental reporting of more than 1000 scholarly, scientific, industrial, technical, and general periodicals and major newspapers;…

Information technology is the collection, storage, processing, dissemination and use of information. This report is an effort to contribute to the formation of a more comprehensive American view of the implications of information technology and to provide a basis for assessing its future impact. The authors of contributed papers discuss…