Automatic control of swimming pool chemical balance has saved the Arlington Heights, Illinois, school and park districts more than $5,000 a year since 1972. (Author)

In 1972-73 the University of Guelph Library used machine readable files of its collections to take inventory. A book detection system was also installed which reduced losses to .5 percent for the year. (Author/AP)

A survey was conducted of libraries with computer-based circulation departments asking for a description of the equipment in use and an evaluation of the system. Equipment manufacturers were contacted to obtain complete descriptions of the capabilities and characteristics of various data collection systems. (Author)

Outlines innovations in library tools made possible by use of computer output microfilm. (PF)

The impact of a bibliographic retrieval/card production system, such as the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC), on the cataloging procedures of the large academic library is examined. (11 references) (Author/RS)

The Ad Hoc Discussion Group on Serials formed on June 26, 1973, is attempting to foster cooperation and coordination in the generation and maintenance of machine-readable union files of serials. (Author/RS)

How the Library of Congress lives up to its present expectations as a national center for acquisitions, bibliography, and library computer applications (second in a two-part series). (JB)

Books are automatically retrieved -- and filed -- at the Health Sciences Library of Ohio State University. (Author)

In 1973, the Department of Health Education and Welfare released advisory committee recommendations that could change the recordkeeping policies of schools and other public and private institutions. Discusses the committee's findings and their implications for the future. (JF)

Provides safeguard requirements for administrative personal data systems which were drafted by the HEW Secretary's Advisory Committee on Automated Personal Data Systems. (JF)

After emphasizing the advantages of an automated library network, the author describes the stages which led to the establishment of the master plan for an automated network for Austrian libraries and to the adoption of a format suited to the specific needs of these libraries. (14 references) (Author)

Described is the file organization and design of an on-line catalog suitable for automation of one million books. A method of virtual hash addressing allows rapid search of the indexes to the catalog file. Storage of textual material in a compressed form allows considerable reduction in storage costs. (14 references) (Author/SJ)

Systems analysis, as a prelude to library automation, is an inevitable commonplace fact of life in libraries. Maturation of library automation and the systems analysis which precedes its implementation is observed in this article. (55 references) (Author/TW)

Article provides a scenario of the types of activities of an information-oriented organization. (Author/RK)

This paper defines the relationship between linguistics and information science in terms of a common interest in natural language. The concept of a natural language information system is introduced as a framework for reviewing automated language processing efforts by computational linguists and information scientists. (96 references) (Author)