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Spring 1960
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON CHEMICAL DOCUMENTATION
CHEMICAL TERMINOLOGY,
LANGUAGES
A Nomenclature for Conformations of
Pyranoid Sugars and Derivatives. Horace
S. Isbell and R. Stuart Tipson. Science
130, 793-94 (1959). A system is presented
for a symbol designation for all
chair and boat conformations of all
pyranoid sugars and derivatives. KG
A Nomenclature for Sugar Conformers.
R. D. Guthrie. Chem. & Ind. (London)
1958, 1593-94. A system for designating
conformation in carbohydrate chemistry,
using the anomeric center as reference.
FJB
Translations of Soviet Publications.
Melville J. Ruggles. Coll. & Research
Libraries 20, 347-52 (1959). Largescale
translation of Soviet materials is
highly uneconomical and should be considered
only a stopgap measure. The
long-range solution lies in teaching
students and scientists to read the
Russian language. WAW
Russian-English Transliteration. Anon.
Science 130, 482-88 (1959). An exchange
of views on this problem, in response
to a previous article by G. Razran
[Science 129, 111 (1959)], shows that a
universally accepted solution is not yet
at hand. CLB
Neue Richtsatze fur die anorganischchemische
Nomenklatur. H. Remy.
Angew. Chem. 71, 515-20 (1959). New
IUPAC rules for the nomenclature of
inorganic compounds have been presented
in abbreviated form and in comparison
with the rules of 1938. FJB
Report on the State of Machine Translation
in the United States (PB 151746).
Yehoshua Bar Hillel. OTS, Department
of Commerce (Washington, D.C.), 48
pages + appendixes, $2.25. Reviewed
in Science 130, 1185 (1959). KG
PRESENTATION OF DATA
Preparation of an Information Bulletin.
Michael A. Costello and Henry Voos.
Special Libraries 50, 454-55 (1959).
The weekly Information Bulletin of
Pickatinny Arsenal carries notices of
meetings, tables of contents, literature
abstracts, and other information. Physical
preparation of the bulletin is described
and some cost figures are given.
MCP
Here's "A New Way to Better English."
Anon. Chem. Eng. 66(8), 188+ (1959).
A shortened version of Chapter I from
"A New Way to Better English," byRudolph Flesch, published by Hooper &
Bros., N.Y. RSC
Mission: Tightening the Ties That Bind.
Chem. Week 85(16), 65-67 (1959). Describes
Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., plans
for improving interorganization communication
of engineering information. RSC
Scientists and Writers Discuss Public
Misconceptions of the Nature of Basic
Research. Anon. Science 130, 1464-65
(1959). A report on the Thomas Alva
Edison Foundation Conference on "The
Mass Media and the Image of Science"
(Washington, Nov. 6, 1959). KG
Publications and Basic Research. W. T.
Knox and John C. Fisher. Science 130,
1220 (1959). Knox's letter criticizes the
assumption in Fisher's article, "'Basic
Research in Industry" [Science 129,
1653-57 (1959)], that the proportion of
abstracts in Chemical Abstracts dealing
with applied research is "reasonably
small and invariant." According to Knox,
the proportion of basic-research abstracts
varies between 10 and 48% of the total.
Fisher's letter agrees with this criticism.
KG
Some Notes on Oral Communication at
Scientific Meetings. A. L. Bacharach.
Chem. & Ind. (London) 1959, 1244-45.
Amplification of eight "first principles"
which must not be ignored in the oral
presentation of scientific papers. FJB
Publicity Pointers. W. Alec Jordan.
Chem. Week 85(20), 114, 116 (1959).
Gives Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers
Association's five rules for
improving product publicity. RSC
REPRODUCTION OF DATA
U.S. Will See "Talking" Printing Process.
Anon. Printing Production 89, 45
(1959). A new Japanese process uses
offset or rotogravure to print a conventional
line-and-halftone image (color or
black and white) on one side of a paper
sheet and a magnetic recording film on
the other. The printed Synchrosheet can
be placed in a portable electronic
Synchroreader, where a scanning head
produces a true voice or sound reproduction.
Potential applications include
talking newspapers, language study,
home study, and aid to the blind. CLB
CLASSIFYING, INDEXING,
CODING, SORTING
Information Retrieval: General Purpose
Data Processing Systems. B. R. Faden.
Special Libraries 50, 392-97 (1959).The final article in a series of four
describes a direct-scan type of search
and gives a programing technique for a
relatively simple program. MCP
The Use of Templates with Punched
Cards in the Code Indexing of Technical
Literature. D. W. Gould. Special Libraries
50, 451-53 (1959). A template
carrying information as to the meanings
of the holes to be punched has been
found to be of considerable assistance
in the preparation of punched cards of
the type carrying edge punch coding.
MCP
Answering Metallurgical Questions by
Machine: A Progress Report. Marjorie
R. Hyslop. Special Libraries 50, 435-42
(1959). The test program for the searching
selector at We stern Reserve University
is about completed. Indications as to
its acceptability are favorable. The
ASM Metals Documentation Service,
which can assist librarians in a certain
amount of routine reference searching,
will be inaugurated in January 1960.
Information as to the service and its
cost can be obtained from the author,
c/o Metals Documentation Service,
American Society for Metals, Metals
Park, Novelty, Ohio. MCP
ASM's Electronic Library Speeds Tech
Literature Research. T. M. Rohan. Iron
Age 184, 66-67 (Dec. 10, 1959). The
30,000-member American Society for
Metals has teamed with the Documentation
Center of Western Reserve University
in Cleveland to install an electronic
machine which will search 100,000
technical papers per hour for data on
metallurgical research and related problems.
The low-cost service will make
metallurgical data on a given topic
available in seconds instead of days.
ABJ
Digital Electronic Computers in Biomedical
Science. Robert S. Ledley.
Science 130, 1225-34 (1959). KG
Machines and Indexes. B. C. Vickery.
Unesco Bull. Libraries 13, 249-52 (1959).
The basic problem is not mechanical but
human. To retrieve more selectively requires
precise subject analysis by the
indexer. The machine can help in purely
clerical aspects, especially in the area
of information storage. The success of
newly installed machine systems has
often resulted from better subject codes
and subject analysis rather than from the
machine per se. WAW
Machine "Reads" Handwriting. Northwestern
Bell Telephone Co., Management_ 1 111 -- -- ---
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