This book focuses on current practices in scientific and technical communication, historical aspects, and characteristics and bibliographic control of various forms of scientific and technical literature. It integrates the inventory approach for scientific and technical communication.

Paper on the purpose, aims, membership and current concerns of the national level federation of abstracting and indexing services of the USA - includes graphs and references.

Considers legislation to create national scientific information data processing center in Chicago, Ill. Also discusses need for increased use of electronic data processing systems in Federal departments and agencies.