Recommendations for National Documents Handling Systems in Science and Technology, Volumes 1-2Federal Council for Science and Technology (U.S.). Committee on Scientific and Technical Information U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, Institute for Applied Technology, 1965 - Information storage and retrieval systems USA. Report on the need for a national level system of handling documentation and library material in the fields of science and technology - includes statement of the problem, study of general management requirements and systems requirements, review of legislation and of advanced information systems involving automation and the use of computer equipment, etc., conclusions and recommendations. Selected references, bibliography and glossary. |
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abstract acquisition American Psychological Association ANNOUNCEMENT appropriate automation budget Capping Agency cards CATALOG centralized CFSTI Chemical Abstracts Service Clearinghouse collection communication coordination copy corporation COSATI COST departments and agencies depositories dissemination distribution document and information document-handling documentation area engineering equipment establishment executive Federal agencies Federal Government functions funding implementation indexing information and documentation information centers information handling information handling services information services information system INVERTED INDEXES journals KWIC KWOC legislation Library of Congress literature ment MICROFICHE NASA NASATIA National Science Foundation needs non-Federal sector Office Operating Agency organization personnel plans present system processing programs publication published RA system concept recommendations research and development Responsible Agent system S&T document S&T information science and technology scientific and technical scientists SERIALS STIB STINCORP storage System Development Corporation SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Technical Information techniques tion TRANSLATIONS user studies Weinberg Report
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Page 9-3 - Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants.
Page 9-14 - ... collect information as to studies which are being carried on in the United States or any other country as to the cause, prevention, and methods of diagnosis and treatment of...
Page 9-22 - Major policies, plans and programs of science and technology of the various agencies of the federal government, giving appropriate emphasis to the relationship of science and technology to national security and foreign policy, and measures for furthering science and technology in the nation. (2) Assessment of selected scientific and technical developments and programs in relation to their impact on national policies.
Page 9-2 - ... (5) finance under the direction of the Librarian of Congress, in consultation with the National Science Foundation and other interested agencies, (A) programs outside the United States for the analysis and evaluation of foreign books, periodicals, and other materials to determine whether they would provide information of technical or scientific significance in the United States and whether such books, periodicals, and other materials are of cultural or educational significance...
Page 9-9 - Department to foster, promote, and develop the foreign and domestic commerce, the mining, manufacturing, shipping, and fishery industries, the labor interests, and the transportation facilities of the United States...
Page 9-24 - SEC. 2. Functions of Council, (a) The Council shall consider problems and developments in the fields of science and technology and related activities affecting more than one Federal agency or concerning the over-all advancement of the Nation's science and technology...
Page 9-20 - Service, shall (1) provide, or arrange for the provision of, indexing, abstracting, translating, and other services leading to a more effective dissemination of scientific information, and (2) undertake programs to develop new or improved methods, including mechanized systems, for making scientific information available.
Page 9-3 - Agriculture to acquire and preserve in his Department all information concerning agriculture which he can obtain by means of books and correspondence and by practical and scientific experiments, (accurate records of which experiments shall be kept in his office) by the collection of statistics, and by any other appropriate means within his power...
Page 9-11 - States or any other country as to the cause, prevention, and methods of diagnosis and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders, by correspondence or by personal investigation of such studies, and with the approval of the Surgeon General make available such information through the appropriate publications for the benefit of health and welfare agencies and organizations (public or private), physicians, or any other scientists, and for the information of the general public...
Page 6-25 - ... the three national libraries, the Library of Congress, the National Agricultural Library, and the National Library...