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Public Relations Of Scientific Libraries In The Federal Republic Of Germany, Y. A. Haase

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Up until now, scientific libraries in the Federal Republic of Germany have been very reserved about public relations. One of the reasons for this attitude has been insecurity about the application of the specific methods used in public relations. For this reason the Deutsches Bibliotheksinstitut (West Berlin) organized a project in 1978 that is meant to create the methodological preconditions for public relations in scientific libraries. The methods are to be tried out first in a model of local public relations at one library. The Hessische Landes- und Hochschulbibliothek (Hessian State and University Library) in Darmstadt has been chosen to …

Ifla's Role In Aiding Communication Between Libraries, Else Granheim

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

A major distinction must be made between communication/cooperation on the national or regional level and that on the international level. There are ot her barriers to be confronted and they are mainly of a technical, economie/poli tieal and cultural character.

The paper is restricted to IFLA's role in aiding international library communication.

IFLA's UBC programme must be said to constitute an important factor to remove technical barriers and four major thrusts can be mentioned: ISBD's standardization of forms of headings, the standardization of machine-readable bibliographie records and the improvement of national bibliographies.

Standardized communication formates have increased the awareness of …

User Studies In Connection With The Development Of A Decentralized Library Network, Nancy Fjallbrant, Olof Friberg

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

This paper examines the development of university departmental libraries in Scandinavia, and traces the influence of the German seminar libraries. This has led to the establishment of a number of library networks. Financial restraints have resulted in a number of studies of departmental library networks, with a view to possible rationalization. This paper describes studies of the attitudes of library users, at Chalmers University, towards computerization of literature resources and cooperation between the main library and the departmental libraries. It was shown that users were apprehensive of centralization and negative to any increase in administrative processes. At the same time …

The Technological University Library's Communication With Its Public, A. C. Bubb

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

University libraries are channels of communication which must themselves communicate with their publics, of which the most important are members of the institution and people outside it who draw upon its resources.

Dislike of the commercial overtones of the promotion of services need not inhibit communication between the library and its public.

The technological university library is favourably placed to develop communication in the broadest sense.

Communication should go beyond the accepted techniques of instruction and user education to inculcate more generally applicable attitudes, needed as the bulk of information renders the preservation of human values more important.

Information Services - An Overlooked Component In The Third World Decision Making Process - Experiences From Unesco Missions, Björn V. Tell

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The growth of the so called knowledge industries in the industrialized countries is a trend that has no visible traits in the Third World. The insight about the role of knowledge and information as important components in policy making has not come to surface. Also other components for the decision making process, such as skilled manpower , equipment, energy and dynamism may be lacking. However, together these components form a complex that can help to improve the quality of the decision making process.

Few of the less developed countries - the LDCs - realize that knowledge and information could transpire …

Communication And A National Information Policy, P. Havard-Williams

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Britain has been considering the importance of a coordinating library and information programme, and initiatives have taken place in the House of Commons, the Cabinet Office, the Library Advisory Council and in the professional associations. The complexity of the issue and lts solution make it very relevant to the problems of communication. First, problems of information and communication need to be simplified in order for their importance to be appreciated first by the politicians, the industrial policy makers and the population at large. Secondly, the professionals involved come from a variety of backgrounds and need to understand each other's problems. …

Communicating Scientific Information Through A University Library Network, Dennis Shaw

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Besides the widely accepted connotation of primary and secondary sources of scientific information it is postulated that a tertiary source may be identified. These three categories are defined and their role is related to (i) the pursuit of fundamental research at the frontier of knowiedge, (ii) the assimilation of the established discoveries into the traditional body of scientific literature and (iii) archiving for posterity.

It is no longer possible completely to separate these categories nor to identify distinct media responsible for information transfer and storage. However, we can identify a hierarchy of media and each element within the hierarchy can …

Libraries And The Communication Of Information: The Jamaican Situation, Yvonne T. Lawrence

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Libraries and information systems in Third World countries are often neglected as they are not considered priority areas. To create an environment for the communication of information, not only must library and information services be developed - illiteracy must also be eradicated.

Jamaica has taken positive action to achieve these goals through the Jamaica Movement for the Advancement of Literacy (JAMAL) and by the appointment of a Council to make recommendations for the co-ordination of is lands' library and information services. A Plan proposing a group of networks, has been formulated by the Council, and has been adopted by the …

Libraries And Information In Developing Countries, P. Havard-Williams

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

To talk about information work and libraries in developing countries is perhaps presumptuous. Conditions are so different in different countries of the world. One talks of 'Africa', but it is difficult to generalise - is one thinking of West Africa or East Africa. Even within regions, there are considerable differences: compare Francophone and Anglophone West Africa, for instance. Even within countries, of course there are differences: in Nigeria there are nineteen states, created because of local distinctions and differences. Division by religion is another factor but then a religion can be different in different ways: Christianity differs from place to …

Communication With The Third World Countries, J. S. Musisi

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Communication is the means by which information is transmitted and shared between 'two people' in order to enable them increase their knowledge. Within the framework of Unesco's new economic order, therefore, communication of information aims at providing facilities by which information should be shared universally through exchange of knowledge and experiences. The ultimate purpose of this economic order is to bring about human understanding, cooperation, and betterment of the quality of life.

Communication of information would not be a reality, however, if knowledge were not recorded, acquired, organized and disseminated for use. High premium in this respect therefore is placed …

Third Wave Of Library And Information Work, Betty K. Oldroyd

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Three main periods of library and information work are identified. The first is the custodial or conservation period when the librarian saw his responsibilities mainly as a collector. The second has been a period of a more active and dynamic concept of service which has developed over the last thirty-five years both stimulating and being stimulated by the advances of electronic systems. Lastly a future period is outlined where, in view of the technological growth in this area, the library will become an information source. Probable new information sources are outlined. Will the library adopt the role of exploiter of …

Some Problems And Proposals For Communication In Mechanical Engineering, V. Jarc

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

HAEFFNERS MODEL, RESEARCH POLICY, INFORMATION FLOW, COMMUNICATIONS ABILITY, COMMUNICATION MEDIA MIX, INFORMATION MINDEDNESS DATABASES, INSPEC, ISMEC, MECHEN, DOMA, COMPENDEX, SAIDC-ST

Haeffners model of information flow and communication between research policy and implementation activities was transferred on integrated information flow between research, education, consuiting and informatics on one side, and the end-user on the other side.

For information flow neither the availability of documents, computers and communications, nor the information mindedness are sufficient, but the human activity is dominant.

Databases are in different fields of application differently aggregated and representative (Comparison between CHEMABS, INSPEC, ISMEC, COMPENDEX).

The information field in mechanical …

Poster Sessions As A New Viewpoint Of Scientific Communication - General Problems And Library Aspects, Dieter Schmidmaier

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

In the true sense the word POSTER designates a free, mostly decorative artistic form using displaying means of expression and being published in large editions.

POSTERS are already found in feudalism. Today they represent a popular branch of art and are frequently used for different decorating purposes, e.g. in rooms.

POSTER SESSIONS have made their way into scientific communication.

Scientific events, as conferences, congresses, symposia, colloquies, round tables etc. may be, are special ways of communieation. The advantages of such events {called conferences for short) are

• the actuality of the information given
• the possibility of an immediate exchange of ideas. …

Preface, Purdue Road School

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.

Modern Storm Water Management, Ray Helmer

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.

Indiana's Responsibilities For Funding Of Highways In The Eighties, James G. Newland

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.

An Overview Of Current Research Of The Indiana Sate Highway Commission's Research And Training Center, Barry K. Partridge

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.

Treatment Of Sanitary Wastes At Interstate Rest Areas, James E. Etzel

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.

Fort Wayne-New Haven-Allen County Year 2000 Transportation Plan, Carl E. O'Neal

Purdue Road School

No abstract provided.

A General Theory Of Automatic Program Synthesis, Carl H. Smith

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

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Front Matter

The Writing Center Journal

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Stabilization Of Three Typical Indiana Aggregates Using Foam Asphalt : Interim Report, Franco Luis Castedo, Robert Lawrence Shofstall

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Processing System Techniques For The 80'S, Roger A. Holmes

LARS Symposia

Increased spatial resolution of oncoming systems such as Thematic Mapper and the French SPOT, plus experience gained in the LANDSAT MSS lead to a requirement to understand the error sources in the scene-to-data tape portion of a remote sensing system. An evaluation of this portion of the system and its effects on processing remote sensing data derived therefrom is presented. Discussion is limited to passive sensors in the reflective portion of the spectrum.

A Laboratory Investigation On The Use Of Foamed Asphalt For Recycled Pavements : Interim Report, Michael Brennan

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Pore Size Distribution Of Sandy Soils And The Prediction Of Permeability : Interim Report, Charng-Hsein Juang

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Compressibility Of Field Compacted Clay : Interim Report, Ping-Sien Lin, C. W. Lovell

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Traffic Speed Report No. 114 : Interim Report, Richard Philip Guenthner, George K. Stafford

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Predicting Performance Of Buried Conduits, G. A. Leonards, Tzong-Hsin Wu, Charng-Hsein Juang

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Framework For A Pavement Evaluation System : Interim Report, El-Sayad Wafa Metwali

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of Design And Control Alternatives To Improve Safety Of Intersections Of Multi-Lane Highways With Other Highways, Harold L. Michael, Kumares C. Sinha, Joseph A. Fletcher

JTRP Technical Reports

No abstract provided.