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This 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 infra- structure 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents an annotated list of several recent bibliographical publications related to documentation. One of these publications, listed here, is "Library Trends," by Scott Adams which is a brief review of recent developments in the field of library communications covering internal telephone systems, tele-autograph, the annunciator, teleprinter, facsimile transmission, etc. with indications of future developments. Some others of these publications are: "A Plea for a National System of Classification," by P.K. Banerjee; "Bibliography of Papers on Classification and Allied Subjects," published by the Journal of Documentation; "A Study of Thinking," by Jerome S. Bruner, Jacqueline J. Goodnow, and George A. Austin; "Professional Collaboration," by Vannevar Bush; and "Electronic Searching Moves Ahead."

The article looks at a revolution in the introduction of new organizational forms to complement or replace the traditional pyramidal form. Many self-defeating consequences of the older structures are re-appearing in the new organizational forms do to the methods used in introducing and maintaining them. The two major causes for this revolution are the new administrative and information technology available to deal with complexity and the new requirements for organizational survival in an increasingly competitive environment. The author notes that modern organizations require a great deal of creative planning, the development of useful knowledge about new products and processes, and increased understanding of criteria for effectiveness to meet the challenges of complexity.

The article informs that an eight-page pamphlet entitled "A Program for the Microfilming of Newspaper Files; Earlier History and Modern Developments; Reading Equipment, Indexing and Filing of Film" is available for free distribution from the Micro-Photo Service Bureau, Cleveland 3, Ohio.

Presents an abstract of the article "Every Copy an Original," published in the March-April 1955 issue of the journal "Signal." Description and illustration of the Electronic Messenger, a new facsimile transceiver now being produced by Air Associates Inc.; Reference to the essential element of the facsimile equipment; Statement that the Electronic Messenger transmits exact and permanent copies of any printed or written original.

A review is given of specialized requirements needed for the development of a controlled vocabulary for a decentralized information network composed of 18 subject-oriented clearing houses in the field of education. The major elements of the review include initial development stages, appointment of an advisory group far terminology development, coordination requirements, and lexicographic procedures. Training and coordination related to thesaurus development in a decentralized information network are discussed. A computerized method for developing descriptor group displays is examined and illustrated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on the value and the heuristic utility of traditional-modern conceptualizations. Few sociological ideas have had such a powerful appeal for, and such a strong hold over comparative social analysis as the concepts of Traditional and Moderns. Recently, increasing doubts have been voiced concerning the continued validity and empirical utility of traditional-modern conceptualizations. This is so in several aspects. A fundamental controversy has long-raged concerning the utility of all ideal-type constructs as such--a problem thus inevitably involving most of the conceptual schemes mentioned. More directly, and irrespective of the problems of the Weberian type of analysis in general, strictures have been made at various traditional-modern antitheses specifically, suggesting that they are culture bound and that they imply an idea of an ordered progress from one type of social structure to another. The commonly employed concepts of traditional and modem were adopted as such an analytical tool--a tool ready at hand and at the same time sufficiently generalized and operational to fit the case and one set out to analyze the predispositions of the different groups of origin as regards traditional and modem elements, precisely in terms of basic patterns of institutional spheres and their major socio-demographic indices.

The article focuses of facsimile transmission systems. Facsimile is a system of communication in which a photograph, map, or other fixed graphic material is scanned by a transmitter and the information converted into signal waves for transmission by wire or radio to a facsimile receiver at a remote point. To further familiarize the library profession with the names of manufacturers of facsimile equipment as well as their different trade names, and to differentiate between facsimile transmission and other types of electronic communication, a dictionary of facsimile terms has been compiled. These dictionary entries have been compiled from several journal references, but most have been compiled from product brochures sent to the authors in response to a written request.