Aslib Proceedings: Volume 7 Issue 1
Table of contents
INTRODUCTION
E.M.R. DITMASThe Aslib Winter Meetings in London for the session 1954/55 started off with a provocative talk by Mr. H. Stanley Hyland on 14th October, under the Chairmanship of Mr. C. W…
The WORK OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND FOREIGN DOCUMENTATION CENTRES
Alexander KingWhat I am going to say will probably appear to be a confused talk about a very complex, and even chaotic, subject. I have had a short but intensive experience of the International…
NEW IDEAS AND The SMALL FIRM
D.J. UrquhartIt is good to come to Newcastle to talk about new ideas, for here the practice of using new ideas is as old as Newcastle's new castle. It was near here some four centuries ago…
MICROFILMING—The SITUATION TO‐DAY
Arthur CainMy title is ‘Microfilming—the situation to‐day’, with ‘situation’ meaning, in the Oxford English Dictionary manner, ‘the ways things stand at a particular moment’.
The BRITISH STANDARDS INSTITUTION LIBRARY
L.V. AttwoodThe British Standards Institution dates from 1901, when a committee was formed to standardize steel sections. This was in answer to the need to reduce the excessive variety of…
U.S. SPECIFICATIONS AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS
F.V. HorsnellIThe subject of U.S. specifications and associated documents is an extremely complicated one and it is necessary to make it clear at the outset that the scope of this paper is…
The ECONOMY OF SPAIN, AND SOURCE MATERIAL THEREON
J.M. Ruiz‐MoralesSeñor Ruiz‐Morales emphasized at the outset the diversity of the economy of Spain. Not only was Spain cut off from the rest of the European continent by the Pyrenees, but land…
MEMBERS' FORUM STANDARDS IN DOCUMENTATION
G.A. LloydProgress in international standardization work in the field of documentation has been steady, if not spectacular. Since the war, there have been five meetings of Technical…
The NATIONAL CENTRAL LIBRARY
C.A. WebbThe 38th Annual Report of the Executive Committee for the year 1953–54 is of especial interest, as it may be considered together with a simultaneous publication, dated June, 1954…