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AbstractThe Budget of the United States Government for FY 1975 clearly shows that the shapers of public opinion and the makers of public policy do not understand what we are about and what we do. In FY 1975, the National Science Foundation's program and facilities obligations will be close to $600,000,000. Estimated obligations for FY 1974 are $569,000,000. This is an increase of nearly $30,000,000. The accompanying narrative states that this increase “reflects the administration's support for fundamental knowledge necessary for economic growth and long‐range solutions of problems of national concern.” The OSIS estimated obligations for the same period are $8,000,000 in FY 1974 and $5,000,000 in FY 1975.Even the Office of Management and Budget would not have made a 40% cut from the OSIS FY 1974 budget if it had understood the importance of information science, or if it had felt that a cohesive, vocal and strong profession with some congressional friends might be heard from.The following is the statement submitted by Joshua I. Smith on behalf of ASIS to the Subcommittee on Science Research and Development of the Committee on Science and Astronautics of the U.S. House of Representatives on the National Science Foundation Authorization Act 1975, H.R. 12816, regarding science information systems, 19 March

ISSN:0002-8231    

DOI:10.1002/asi.4630250202

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年代:1974

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AbstractThe problem of providing linguistic assistance to scientists in a large institution is reviewed on the basis of the author's personal experience. The various aspects of the problems caused by the foreign‐language literature and language‐induced difficulties in communication are listed, recommending specific soluti

ISSN:0002-8231    

DOI:10.1002/asi.4630250203

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年代:1974

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AbstractA survey of the bibliographic data bases used in satisfying some of the information requests received by the Bell Laboratories literature searching service was made. Fifty‐eight information sources were used 305 times; four major sources accounted for 155 (51%) of the uses. Approximately half of the literature searches performed used only one data base; about 70% used either one or two. Machine searching is growing and is becoming more effectiv

ISSN:0002-8231    

DOI:10.1002/asi.4630250204

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年代:1974

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ISSN:0002-8231    

DOI:10.1002/asi.4630250205

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年代:1974

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AbstractThis paper presents the first empirical sociometric evidence of an international invisible college for information exchange. Using sociometric techniques and ratings of professional status as a researcher, a highly elite invisible college was identified which crossed international boundaries. Members of this elite group were found to be in relatively frequent contact with one another and were considered by the professional community in high energy physics, the context of this study, to be doing the most important work in the area. An important part of the information infrastructure of this invisible college consists of intermediaries who perform a gatekeeping and linkage function. Selected differences in communication behavior between the key people of the invisible college and the intermediaries is noted briefly. Also selected communication differences are noted between members of the invisible college and a matched sample wholly outside this special information network. The paper concludes with suggested questions for future studies.

ISSN:0002-8231    

DOI:10.1002/asi.4630250206

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年代:1974

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AbstractA Discriminant Function Index is proposed for use in the evaluation of information storage and retrieval systems which takes into account the interdependencies between the measured variables and the relative value placed on these variables by the system evaluator. The single number which results, the Index, is proportional to the true value of the individual information system and provides a means of comparing components of individual systems or independent systems. The proposed index is of the formI=b1x1+ b2x2+ b3x3+…+ bnxnwhere thexiare measured variables of system performance (e.g., precision, recall, rank recall, log precision, cost, etc.) and thebitake values that will maximize the correlation,rIG, between the index,I, and the true value of the system,G.The prediction ofGfrom the variables is obtained through multiple regression techniques. Application of the index is illustrated through use of data reported in the literatur

ISSN:0002-8231    

DOI:10.1002/asi.4630250207

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年代:1974

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AbstractThe deductions which may be made from inspection of a citation map of the literature are briefly described, and a search algorithm is given for the construction of such maps. Following the construction and assessment of a network describing the development of amorphous semiconductors, it is concluded that citation diagrams are a valuable aid for socio‐scientific studie

ISSN:0002-8231    

DOI:10.1002/asi.4630250208

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年代:1974

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AbstractA study of citations of scientific periodicals in technical reports prepared by the staff of an industrial research laboratory indicates that there exists a Bradford set of periodicals for a multidisciplinary library, and that the size and contents of the set have at least short‐term stability. The effect on library coverage of varying the extent to which the Bradford set is held was determined. A discard policy based upon a single aging factor does not appear to be very well suited to a multidisciplinary librar

ISSN:0002-8231    

DOI:10.1002/asi.4630250209

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年代:1974

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DOI:10.1002/asi.4630250210

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年代:1974

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ISSN:0002-8231    

DOI:10.1002/asi.4630250215

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年代:1974

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