The ZWB Classification and its Relation to German Aeronautical Activities
Abstract
ZWB is the abbreviation for Zentrale fuer Wissenschaftliches Berichtwesen der Luftfahrtforschung des Generalluftzeugmeister at Berlin-Adlershof (Scientific information center for aeronautical research of the Director General of German Air Materiel). The ZWB was responsible for collecting, classifying, cataloging, and disseminating current technical literature in aeronautical and allied fields in Germany. It was sponsored and financed by the government as a source of information for industrial, scientific, and military agencies. The manuscripts received from the authors, with the abstracts, frequently provided by the authors themselves, were reviewed by a staff of technically competent personnel and classified as to their respective scientific or technical category. This information was contained in a card-index system, the shortcomings of which were overcome by assigning to each individual firm or enterprise, a competent specialist whose function consisted in selecting, and providing from the available information, that part which was of greatest importance and consequence to the work of his organization. The titles and abstracts of new material, of both foreign and domestic origin, were periodically disseminated in a publication, Literaturschau (Review of Literature).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1947
- Accession Number
- ADA800521
Entities
People
- D. Strohmeier