{"title":"Storage and retrieval of technical documentation","authors":"S. Kaplan","doi":"10.1109/TEWS.1962.6592887","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEWS.1962.6592887","url":null,"abstract":"Classical approaches (e.g., Dewey Decimal) for storing and retrieving today's staggering mass of technical documentation have proven ineffectual. This paper reviews problems of technical-information retrieval and the new techniques being developed for coping with them. Brief descriptions are given of available equipment applicable to such methods. However, these new techniques and equipment bring to the force and re-emphasize many technical and managerial problems to be faced in realistically implementing a modern technical-information “system.” Not the least of these are the needs for intelligent preparation of the input to such a system and efficient means for disseminating the output to the information user.","PeriodicalId":118434,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Writing and Speech","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1962-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126120811","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of methods of technical communication in the U. S. and Russia","authors":"John C. Green","doi":"10.1109/TEWS.1962.6592889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEWS.1962.6592889","url":null,"abstract":"In both the U.S.S.R. and the U.S., a number of information services, working in combination, form a national network. (Analogous systems in Poland and Denmark are also briefly discussed.) Although Russian systems are highly organized and far-reaching, they suffer some of the same difficulties as U.S. systems. Russia is very interested in mechanizing their information systems, but appear no more advanced in this than the U.S. However, the Russians are ahead in one vital matter: they show significantly greater appreciation for the impact of information on scientific progress.","PeriodicalId":118434,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Writing and Speech","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1962-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122394592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The role of the national science foundation in science information activities","authors":"B. Fry","doi":"10.1109/TEWS.1962.6592888","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEWS.1962.6592888","url":null,"abstract":"The National Science Foundation was asked by Congress and by the President three years ago to assume national leadership in efforts to improve scientific information services both within and outside the Federal Government. Since that time, the Office of Science Information Service of the Foundation has taken steps to implement this role of review, coordination, and stimulation of activities in all areas of scientific information. Summarized herein are the principal fields of activity wherein the Foundation's policy of coordination through cooperation has produced significant results. Also discussed are major problems and efforts aimed at their solution.","PeriodicalId":118434,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Writing and Speech","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1962-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126761817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The scientist as communicator","authors":"I. Hersey","doi":"10.1109/TEWS.1962.6592884","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEWS.1962.6592884","url":null,"abstract":"To communicate effectively, the scientist or engineer today must be clear in his own mind as to the nature of his audience. In general, he will be concerned with three different audiences — fellow scientists or engineers working in the same field, scientists or engineers working in different fields but at the same professional level, and the public at large. Examples of how data and its significance can be transmitted to these audiences are shown, and some general principles to be followed are suggested. A closer relationship between the scientist or engineer and the technical writer is an important factor in improving technical communication through these varied media.","PeriodicalId":118434,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Writing and Speech","volume":"101 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1962-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122320553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Keeping research in contact with the literature: Citation indexes and beyond","authors":"J. Tukey","doi":"10.1109/TEWS.1962.6592886","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEWS.1962.6592886","url":null,"abstract":"The research man needs both to acquire specific information and to browse. The exponential growth of publication challenges old aids and makes additional demands upon new ones. The use of re-sorted lists of references, in the form of citation indexes, offers an effective way to deal with both obsolescence of subject classifications and exponential growth. At a later stage, citation indexes can become essential parts of even more effective ways of connecting the research man to the literature.","PeriodicalId":118434,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Writing and Speech","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1962-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124507866","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stating the problem","authors":"R. Kapp","doi":"10.1109/TEWS.1962.6592882","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEWS.1962.6592882","url":null,"abstract":"Scientists and technologists today spend much of their time imparting and receiving communications. Extensive specialization is accompanied by an increase in new concepts that are not common property, but are restricted within many small fields. A step toward solution is for each specialist carefully to select the concepts used in his discourse. He must introduce all those that are relevant, exclude those that are not relevant, and present them in an understandable context. The task is not easy and calls for a trained, logical mind.","PeriodicalId":118434,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Writing and Speech","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1962-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124392836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Abstracts of recent literature","authors":"E. Lacy","doi":"10.1080/10400435.2001.10132045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2001.10132045","url":null,"abstract":"m ai n t e na nc e of an ea rl y ch il dh oo d co m pr eh en si ve te ch no lo gy sy st em (E C C T S ) at tw o ag en ci e s, M aco m b Pr oj ec ts at W e s te rn Il li no is U n iv er si ty in M ac om b ,a nd Ju st K id s E ar ly C h il dh oo d C en te r in M id dl e Is l a n d , N ew Y or k. T h e sy st e m w as ba se d on co m bi ni ng fo ur co m po ne n ts of n at io na ll y re cog ni ze d d e m o n st ra ti on m od el s an d pe er -r ev ie w ed o u tr ea ch m od el s fu nd ed by th e E ar ly E d uc at io n","PeriodicalId":118434,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Writing and Speech","volume":"405 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1962-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132016933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Personal and structural factors in the communication of technical information","authors":"T. B. Fest","doi":"10.1109/TEWS.1962.6592881","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEWS.1962.6592881","url":null,"abstract":"The communication practices in a technical field and also in a particular group(s) may affect significantly both the nature and quality of information generated as well as its diffusion and impact. Intentionally or otherwise, individuals who are a part of such groups are constantly communicating about themselves, their work and their group. As the quantity of information and the needs to communicate to either professional or layman increases, the number of scientists who understand the science and art of communicating becomes inadequate. In communicating to the public (and even to selected publics) scientists unintentionally may be contributing to the development of unrealistic and even dangerous attitudes. Specific feasible measures can correct certain of these conditions and prevent development of others.","PeriodicalId":118434,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Writing and Speech","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1962-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123840602","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Research in communication: A progress report","authors":"Robert A. Sencer","doi":"10.1109/TEWS.1962.6592879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEWS.1962.6592879","url":null,"abstract":"In this review, research in Communication Theory is presented in four phases: analysis, research, development, and design, none of which has been thoroughly worked out. The attempts to analyze are shown by various “models” of the communication system. The research is presented mostly through the work of Shannon and Weaver as the modern school of “objectivists”. The semantics approach is discussed briefly, and finally, several experiments in communication are reviewed. The paper ends with the assertion that although very little has been accomplished so far in research in Communication Theory, the little that has been done indicates that there is much that can be done.","PeriodicalId":118434,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Writing and Speech","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1962-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127287496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Communicating the significance of scientific research","authors":"B. Dudley","doi":"10.1109/TEWS.1962.6592883","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/TEWS.1962.6592883","url":null,"abstract":"With expenditures climbing to over $12 billion per year, research has been called the nation's fastest growing industry. In a technological society in which the major research expenditures are publicly supported, an obligation exists to utilize efficiently research investigations. Wide dissemination of research studies, with particular emphasis on their significance, is a prerequisite for early practical applications. Several techniques for interpreting the results of research are outlined and evaluated. In an appropriate environment, the research worker and a competent science writer are a highly effective team to interpret the significance of research in a stimulating manner. The circumstances under which such a technique is likely to be most effective are outlined. (Editor's Note: The author concludes with an outspoken challenge to IRE-PGEWS concerning its professional role that every PGEWS member should ponder.)","PeriodicalId":118434,"journal":{"name":"IRE Transactions on Engineering Writing and Speech","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1962-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130287782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}