Finding Aid to the American Institute of Physics Information Division Document Research Project records, 1949-1973.Niels Bohr Library & Archives 1.0 American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740 USA nbl@aip.org
2009 Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie J. Brown in 2007. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process. Finding aid is written in English Description of the CollectionAmerican Institute of Physics. Information Division. American Institute of Physics Information Division Document Research Project records, 1949-1973. American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. 3 linear feet(3 records boxes) AR211 English This collection documents the grant funded project, Documentation Research Project, of the American Institute of Physics Information Division. Selected Search Terms

These papers have been indexed in the International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS) using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.

American Institute of Physics. Documentation Research Project. American Institute of Physics. Information Division. National Science Foundation (U.S.) Abstracting. Information storage and retrieval systems. Physics. Physics literature. Physics. Information services. Physics. Societies, etc. Historical Note

At the end of 1967, the several programs which the American Institutute of Physics operated in the area of physics information, were coordinated under a single Information Division. Funded primarily by the National Science Foundation, this division was responsible for developing the concept of an automated national information system for physics. In 1972, the Information Division joined with the Publications Division to produce, in addition to the primary journals, the information products derived from them in an integrated and more economical operation.

Scope and Contents of Collection

Reports; memoranda; correspondence; proposals; questionnaires. Primarily reports with accompanying studies and other material documenting the development of a computerized classification scheme and database for physics literature referred to as the Physics Documentation Research Project. Also includes studies of uses of abstracts, review literature, and citations. This project was funded through a grant from the National Science Foundation.

 Organization and Arrangement of Collection

This collection is organized into six series:

Series I: Document Research project Series II: Microfilming Series III: National Science Foundation Series IV: Physics Abstracts Series V: Science Abstracts Series VI: Miscellaneous

Each series is arranged chronologically.

 Access to Collection

Permission of an officer of depositing organization required for access to records less than 25 years old. http://www.aip.org/history/nbl/access.html.

 Restrictions on Use of Collection

Provenance and Acquisition Information

 Processing Information

Lara D'Agaro 2007.

Preferred Citation of Collection

Box [number], Folder [number], American Institute of Physics Information Division Document Research Project records, 1961-1973. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.

 Container List Series I: Document Research Project 11 Information Division 66-B, circa 1960 12 Check list of books for an undergraduate physics library, 1962 13 Documentation Research Project, 1962 14 Documentation Research Project 62-1 to 62-4, PA-1, 1962 15 Citation Index CI, C-1 to C-3, 1962-1964 16 Documentation Research Project 63-0 to 63-4, 1963 17 Documentation Newsletter, 1963-1964 18 Documentation Research Project PA-1, 1964 19 Documentation Research Project 64-1 to 64-4, 1964 110 Request to the National Science Foundation for a grant renewal, 1964 111 Documentation Research Project 65-1 to 65-4, 1965 112 Universal decimal classification 1-5, 1965-1967 113 Documentation Research Project 66-1 to 66-2, 1966 114 UDC project UDC-2, 1966 115 Information analysis and retrieval division 67-1 to 67-2, October 1967 116 “Current papers in Physics” study, 1967 117 Information division 67P, 1967 118 Systems development division SDD-1, SDD-1 (rev), 1967 119 UDC project UDC-4, 1967 120 Information division 68-1 to 68-2, 1968 121 Information division 68-6 to 68-13, 1968 122 Information division 68-15 to 68-16, 1968 123 UDC project UDC-8, 1968 124 Information division 69-2 to 69-5, 1969 125 Information division 69-R, 1969 126 Information division 69-S, 1969 127 Information division 70-1, 70-3, 70-5, 1970 128 Information division 70-A, 70-B1, 70-P, 70-S, 1970 21 Education and manpower division R-228, 1970 22 Information division 71-2, 1971 23 The periodical literature of physics, undated Series II: Microfilming 24 Microform users study, 1965-1970 25 American Chemical Society microform, 1967-1970 Series III: National Science Foundation 214 National Science Foundation evaluation proposal, 1972 215 National Science Foundation coupling proposal, 1973 216 National Science Foundation data proposal, 1973 Series IV: AIP: Physics Abstracts 217 Sampling study, 1961 218 Report, 1961, 1964-1965 219 Atherton report, 1962 220 Abstracting policies, 1963 221 General, 1963-1965 222 Coverage by country, 1964 223 Study conference, 1964 224 Use studies, 1964 225 Work record, 1964 226 Commentary journals, 1964-1965 227 Index cost study, 1964-1965 228 1961 Study commentary, 1964-1965 229 1961 Study, general comments, distribution, etc., 1964-1965 230 Subject coverage, 1964-1965 231 Ziman meeting, September 1965 232 Abstractor evaluation study, 1965 233 Book coverage, 1965 234 Conference proceedings, 1965 235 Meetings, correspondence Current, 1965 236 Sectionalization, 1965 237 Working party, 1965 238 Committee on physics abstracts, 1965-1966 239 Physics abstracts, December 1965-April 1967 Series V: Science Abstracts 240 Correspondence, September 1964-June 1965 241 Systems description, 1965 242 Working party-systems description, 1965 243 J.R. Smith correspondence, March 1966-February 1967 Series VI: Miscellaneous 244 Study of physics abstracting, 1949 31 Physics abstracting articles, 1949-1950 32 Annual physics book list, 1960-1962 33 Report on the first year’s operation of the project on the history of individually sponsored research in physics in the United States, October 1963-August 1964 34 International Council of Scientific Unions Abstracting Board correspondence, 1963-1964 35 Herner report: some characteristics of the review literature in 8 fields of science, 1964 36 International Council of Scientific Unions Abstracting Board core journal lists, 1964 37 International Council of Scientific Unions Abstracting Board 1964 study, 1964-1965 38 Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1964-1966 39 International Council of Scientific Unions Abstracting Board, 1964-1967 310 United States/United Kingdom cooperation, 1964-1967 311 Institution of Electrical Engineers-electronics letters, 1965 312 Defining the subject scope of physics, circa 1966 313 Reprints, articles for background on review literature project, 1966-1970 314 Information Management, Inc. PB-179-048, May 1968 315 Samples of letters from editors to solicit reviews, 1968-1971 316 Replies to review article questionnaire, 1969 317 Advisory committee progress report, 1970 318 Aslib paper: The future of scientific and technological publications , 1970 319 Knowledge Industry Publications, Inc., 1970 320 Responses to letters to authors, 1970 321 Review study: sample letter to editors and returns from editors, 1970 322 American Institute of Physics subcommittee on reviews and compilations, 1970-1971 323 Author forms, 1970-1971 324 National Information System for Physics and Astronomy replies, 1970-1971 325 IPAC proposal, 1970-1972 326 National Manpower Commission, 1970-1972 327 Physics manpower data, 1970-1972 328 Ad hoc committee of representatives of member societies on review fellowship proposal, 1971 329 American Institute of Physics and American Association of Physics Teachers 19th annual physics show, 1971 330 Employee fringe benefits, 1971 331 Income estimates, 1971 332 Responses to Conyers Herring questionnaire, 1971 333 Sample author forms, 1971