Conference on Organised Information Services

THE Northern Branch of Aslib has arranged a conference on the general theme of the value of organised information service to industry, commerce and education, to be held at the North of

England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Neville Hall, Westgate Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on December 7. The chair will be taken by R. Trevor Jenkins, technical manager,

Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Elswick and Scotswood Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The conference will be opened at 10 a.m. by the Lord Mayor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Dr. V. E. Parke will speak on

"Intelligence : Some Fundamental Principles", and will be followed by Mr. E. Austin Hinton on "Industrial, Technical and Commercial Information: The Contribution of the Public Library". In

the afternoon session, at 2.30 p.m., Mr. R. O. MacKenna will speak on "Information Service from the point of view of the Universities", and will be followed by Mr. T. S. Nicol, who will deal

with the point of view of professional associations. Miss J. Scurfield will speak on "The Regional Library Bureaux" ; Miss E. M. R. Ditmas will deal with the work of Aslib, and Mr. R.

Brightman with that of the Northern Branch. Conference tickets can be obtained (5s. each) from the local organising secretary, Mr. M. G. Cahill-Byrne, Vickers-Armstrongs, Ltd., Elswick

Works, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 4.

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