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Proceedings of the International Conference on Scientific Information: Two Volumes (1959)

Chapter: Area 1: Literature and Reference Needs of Scientists: Knowledge now available and methods of ascertaining requirements

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Suggested Citation:"Area 1: Literature and Reference Needs of Scientists: Knowledge now available and methods of ascertaining requirements." National Research Council. 1959. Proceedings of the International Conference on Scientific Information: Two Volumes. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10866.
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AREA 1
LITERATURE AND REFERENCE NEEDS OF SCIENTISTS

Knowledge now available and methods of ascertaining requirements

Suggested Citation:"Area 1: Literature and Reference Needs of Scientists: Knowledge now available and methods of ascertaining requirements." National Research Council. 1959. Proceedings of the International Conference on Scientific Information: Two Volumes. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10866.
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Suggested Citation:"Area 1: Literature and Reference Needs of Scientists: Knowledge now available and methods of ascertaining requirements." National Research Council. 1959. Proceedings of the International Conference on Scientific Information: Two Volumes. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10866.
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Members of Discussion Panel

Chairman: PHILIP M.MORSE, Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.

LEONARD CARMICHAEL, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

SIR ALFRED EGERTON, Salters Institute of Industrial Chemistry, London, England

HERMAN H.FUSSLER, The University of Chicago Library, Chicago, Ill.

CHAUNCEY D.LEAKE, Department of Pharmacology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

WILLARD F.LIBBY, United States Atomic Energy Commission, Washington, D.C.

RALPH R.SHAW, Graduate School of Library Service, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.

Suggested Citation:"Area 1: Literature and Reference Needs of Scientists: Knowledge now available and methods of ascertaining requirements." National Research Council. 1959. Proceedings of the International Conference on Scientific Information: Two Volumes. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10866.
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Suggested Citation:"Area 1: Literature and Reference Needs of Scientists: Knowledge now available and methods of ascertaining requirements." National Research Council. 1959. Proceedings of the International Conference on Scientific Information: Two Volumes. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10866.
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Suggested Citation:"Area 1: Literature and Reference Needs of Scientists: Knowledge now available and methods of ascertaining requirements." National Research Council. 1959. Proceedings of the International Conference on Scientific Information: Two Volumes. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10866.
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Suggested Citation:"Area 1: Literature and Reference Needs of Scientists: Knowledge now available and methods of ascertaining requirements." National Research Council. 1959. Proceedings of the International Conference on Scientific Information: Two Volumes. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10866.
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Suggested Citation:"Area 1: Literature and Reference Needs of Scientists: Knowledge now available and methods of ascertaining requirements." National Research Council. 1959. Proceedings of the International Conference on Scientific Information: Two Volumes. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/10866.
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The launch of Sputnik caused a flurry of governmental activity in science information. The 1958 International Conference on Scientific Information (ICSI) was held in Washington from Nov. 16-21, 1958 and sponsored by NSF, NAS, and American Documentation Institute, the predecessor to the American Society for Information Science. In 1959, 20,000 copies of the two volume proceedings were published by NAS and included 75 papers (1600 pages) by dozens of pioneers from seven areas such as:

  • Literature and reference needs of scientists
  • Function and effectiveness of A & I services
  • Effectiveness of Monographs, Compendia, and Specialized Centers
  • Organization of information for storage and search: comparative characteristics of existing systems
  • Organization of information for storage and retrospective search: intellectual problems and equipment considerations
  • Organization of information for storage and retrospective search: possibility for a general theory
  • Responsibilities of Government, Societies, Universities, and industry for improved information services and research.

It is now an out of print classic in the field of science information studies.

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