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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 065 140 LI 003 761 AUTHOR Vilentchuk, Lydia, Ed.; Haimovic, Gila, Ed. TITLE ISLIC International Conference on Information Science: Proceedings (Tel Aviv, 29 August - 3 September, 1971). Volume 2. INSTITUTION Israel Society of Special Libraries and Information Centres, Tel Aviv. SPONS AGENCY National Center of Scientific and Technological Information, Tel Aviv (Israel). PUB DATE 72 NOTE 432p.;(144 References) EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$16.45 DESCRIPTORS *Automation; Conference Reports; Evaluation; Information Retrieval; *Information Science; *Information Scientists; Information Services; *Relevance (Information Retrieval); *Reprography; Training ABSTRACT Information science is a young and rapidly growing field, embracing a wide range of subjects and activities. The conference, in ten technical sessions, attempted to cover various aspects of information work. The areas covered were: information analysis and information analysis centers; retrieval of information; selection, education and training of personnel; and, publishing and reprography. The Froceedings volumes are arranged in order of sessions. Summaries of discussions follow the papers presented at each session. Volume two includes papers delivered under the following broad topic categories: evaluation of retrieval effectiveness; selection, education and training of personnel; publishing and reprography; commercially available services; and processing for automation. A summary of an open meeting of the International Federation for Documentation Study Committee, IlInformation for Industry, is included. The list of participants and name and author affiliation indexes for both volumes appear in this volume. (Volume one is LI 003 760.)(Author/Se) "PERMISSION TO REPRODUCETHIS COPY. RIGHTED MATERIAL HASBEEN GRANTED BY S TO ERIC AND ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING UNDER AGREEMENTS WITH OF EDUCATION. FURTHERTHE U S OFFICE REPRODUCTION 04. OUTSIDE THE ERIC SYSTEMREQUIRES PER MISSION OF THE COPYRIGHTOWNER tr--4 ILC1 '4) C.) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRO- DUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIG- INATING IT. POINTS OF VIEW OR OPIN- IONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDU. 110r CATION POSITION OR POLICY. Islic International Conference on Information Science TEL AVIV, 29 AUGUST 3 SEPTEMBER, 19 71 . proceedings $ ; ,; 1 004 VOLUME2 1 ; edited by LYDIA VILENTCHUK assistant editor Gila Haimovic 1 NVANATIONAL CENTER OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL INFORMATION Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 72-000007 UDC Number: 002:061.3(100) Copyright (i'") 1972 by the Israel Society of Special Libraries and Information Centres All rights reserved. No part.of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronicor mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the: ISRAEL SOCIETY OF SPECIAL LIBRARIES AND INFORMATION CENTRES P.O.B. 20125 Tel Aviv, Israel Published by the: National Center of Scientific and Technological Information 84 Hachashmonaim Street, Tel Aviv Printed in Israel by Mu Ittgraph Ltd table of contents Volume Two EVALUATION OF RETRIEVAL EFFECTIVENESS A. Cockx, Chairman, Session Five On the Efficiency of Different Search Strategies 363 C. K8hler and G. Wagner Evaluation of Retrieval Effectiveness 373 T.M. Aitchison and Angela M. Hall A Research Technique to Compare the Retrieval Effectiveness of Abstracts and Indexing Terms 385 T. Bloch, U. Bloch and K.D. Ofer Evaluation of Retrieval Effectiveness in Relation to User Requirements. Some Case Studies from the Computerized Information System at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm 391 Z. Gluchowicz Cybernetic Analysis of Communication Systems 421 Patrick R. Penland and James G. Williams *A Generalized Theory for the Effectiveness and Utilization of Information ... 437 M.C. Yovits *On the Notion of Relevance in Information Retrieval 447 C.V. Negoita Discussions 457 SELECTION, EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF PERSONNEL J. Gross, Chairman, Session Six Patterns of Education in Information Science 473 Harold Borko Training in Librarianship and Information Science in Israel 481 Lydia Vilentchuk Education and Training of Library Personnel: The Indian Programme 491 P.N. Kaula * not delivered orally iii Professional Development in LibraryInformation Science at the City University of New York 509 Vivian S. Sessions A Systems pproach to Education and Training in Information Science and Technology 517 Herbert Schur The Need Highly Qualified Lecturers for the Training of Information Officers 529 G. Reichardt *Graduate LJucation Needs of Information Specialists 535 Dorothy B. Lilley 539 PVIILISHING AN..! REPROGRAPHY J.H. U'Olier, Chairman, Session Seven Development of Special Methods to Produce Microfiche Economically in Small Quantities 553 Author's translation from.the German 556 Georg Thiele Reprography's Contribution to Information Services in Developing Countries 559 E. Offenbacher Computer Typesetting with an Extended Font of Characters 567 Author's translation from the German 574 Horst Zuchel Mechanization of Publications 579 M.D. Martin, P. Simmons and M.J. Vernon Computer Aided Typesetting for the Encyclopedia Judaica .. 587 Meir D.ron Mechanization and Automation in Publishing 591 Lowell H. Hattery 601 COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE SERVICES D.C. Kingwill, Chairman, Session Eight The International Network of ISI&Linked National Information Centers 611 Eugene Garfield and Morton V. Malin CAN/SDI Plus Two: Canada's National SDI Service for Science and Technology 619 Jack E. Brown iv 4 The Costs of Documentation Services based on Magnetic Tapes: Basis for the Choice of Price Policy.Scandinavian Conference in Copenhagen, 28-29 October 1970 629 Helge J. Skov Commercially Available Information Services 645 B. Doudnifoff Discussions 659 PROCESSING FOR AUTOMATION - I A. Beged-Dov, Chairman, Session Nine Event Interaction Analysis of Israel and Other Middle East Countries using the Facilities and Data of the World Event/Interaction Survey (WEIS) 669 Emil Schafer Morphological Analysis with Parameters, Information Coding Scheme 685 Sheldon Isaacson The National Serials Pilot Project 699 Tillie Krieger The Computer and the M.I.T. Library 709 Myer M. Kessler *ACCESS - Automation Progress at the Argonne Code Center 715 M.K. Butler, C. Harrison, Jr. and William J. Snow *Computerized Production of Library Catalogs 729 Justin M. Kniemeyer Discussions 737 PROCESSING FOR AUTOMATION - II Th. P. Loosjes, Chairman, Session Ten The Systeme P.ASCAL 747 J.H. d'Olier Some Studies on Computerized Information Retrieval Techniques based on CA Condensates 749 F.H. Barker, W.E. Batten, D.C. Veal and B.K. Wyatt Chemical Codes in Information Retrieval 755 E. Hoffmann *Machine -Aided Indexing and Analysis for Document and Fact Retrieval 761 Walter goA4 Aahausen and Andrew R. Wessel *Librarianship and the Use of Machine-Readable Bibliographic Data Bases 769 Irving M. Klempner Diacuaaiona 777 OPEN MEETING OF FID/II 785 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS 787 NAME INDEX 801 AUTHOR AFFILIATION INDEX 803 Vo1ume One ADDRESSES Opening Address OO 3 Lydia Vilentchuk, Chairman, IBLIC Address 5 Yigal Allon, His Excellency, Deputy Prime Minister Keynote Address 7 Helmut Arntz, Vice-President, FID INTERNATIONAL AhD NATIONAL INFORMATION NETWORKS W.K. Lowry, Chairman, Session One World Science Information System - UNISIST 17 Adam Wysocki Competition or Cooperation among International Scientific and Technical Information Activities 27 Burton W. Adkinson Informal Information 33 Rolf Gezelius Information Networks and their Relation to.National Policy 39 G.X. Amy Long Term Planning of I6D in Norway 51 A. Disch Closing the Information Gap - Towards a National Network in Israel 61 Carl Keren *Documenting Current Material on Africa & Asia 67 14K. !IPY *Computerized Information Storage and Retrieval Systems in India with Special Reference to the Activities of the Shabha Atomic Research Centre 77 V.A. Kewath and N.M. Malwad. vi *Forschung in den Informationswissenschaften: Internationale Verfligbarkeit von Forschungsvorhaben und Forschungsberichten 91 Helmut Arntz Discussions 99 INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR SPECIALIZED APPLICATIONS Martin Cremer, Chairman, Session Two Some Results of an Inquiry into Agricultural Documentation Services 111 H. Buntrock A Special-Library Information-Center Model for a Societal-Problem Field 121 jiark Keller An Information Science Approach to National Library Service for the Blind, with Special Reference to South African Experience 131 D.E. Schauder An Information System for Automated Data Processing Files 137 Peretz Wollman and Israel Cohen *The TISA Plan 141 Margrett B. Zenich *An Integrated Information System for Physics and Astronomy 147 Arthur Herschman *Operation of the Nuclear Desalination Information Center at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory 157 Karl 0. Johnsson *Information Synthesis in Technology for Social Benefit 163 O.K. Bhattacharjya Discussions 169 INFORMATION ANALYSIS Helmut Arntz, Chairman, Session Three Foreign Languages in Industry 177 Felix Liebesny Towards the Development of a Cumulative Dictionary within a Dynamic Information System 185 D. Krallman The Many Uses and Forms of Subject Representation 189 B.C. Vickery vii An Integrated Classification and Indexing Scheme for Physics, Electrotechnology, Computers and Control 199 B.J. Field The Stochastic Structure of Research in the Social Sciences as a Data Base 207 Richard Hellman Approaches to Establishing