THE ROLE OF THE LIBRARY IN RELATION TO OTHER INFORMATION ACTIVITIES

Abstract

Traditionally the library has been the repository of printed information and has assumed the responsibility for its acquisition, processing, storage, and dissemination. Since World War II, and more particularly in the last ten years other information activities have largely taken over some of the old functions. The purpose of the state-of-the-art is to establish on the basis of the literature the role the library plays in relation to these other information activities in the Federal Government and perhaps shed some light upon the reasons for the development of separate facilities. Some of the characteristics investigated include definitions, functions, objectives, organization, financial base, services, personnel, and the user. A two-part bibliography (alphabetical and classified) supplements the text.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0682010

Entities

People

  • Ann F. Painter

Organizations

  • Indiana University Bloomington

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Commerce
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Processing
  • Governments
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • National Governments
  • Organizational Structure
  • Public Policy
  • Second World War
  • Storage
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States Government

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