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Excerpt from Cooperation, Convertibility, and Compatibility Among Information Systems: A Literature Review The purpose of the study of the literature on which this report is based was to examine those problems in the field of documentation and in the operation of information systems which could possibly be solved or alleviated by some greater measure of cooperation, convertibility, or compatibility among systems, particularly those systems for handling scientific and technical information supported in whole or in part by the United States Government. An account is given of early developments and general background informa tion about organizations active in cooperative documentation efforts. Current cooperative activities are then discussed in terms of dissemination and publication of secondary sources, acquisition and exchange of publications, analysis and identification, systematization and terminology control, storage and search, and standardization. General problem areas, special problems created by changes in the nature of the documentary materials to be handled and special problems raised by the prospects for mechanization are then discussed. A final section raises questions with regard to the implications for future progress. Key words: Documentation, scientific and technical information, information centers, libraries, mechanized information systems, convertibility, abstracting, indexing, cataloging, technical reports, translations, cooperative acquisi tions, information exchange, standardization. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.