Within the behavioral sciences, a surprising breadth of interest exists in information handling capabilities, as is shown in this report of a conference sponsored by The Galton Institute, Los Angeles. Dr. Frieda Libaw is Executive Director of the Galton Institute, which is devoted to the scientific study and dissemination of information on perceptual-cognitive-creative processes.
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Participants were. Scott Adams, National Library of Medicine; Albert P. Bedell, NICHD; Ralph Bisco, Interuniversity Consortium for Political Research; Eric Boehm, American Bibliographical Center; Lorraine Bouthilet, NIMH; Lee C. Burchinal, USOE; George P. Bush (for Lowell Hattery), The American University; Launoi Carter, System Development Corporation; Leo P Chall, Sociological Abstracts; Howaid Dillon, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Robert R. Freeman, Center for Applied Linguistics; Bernard Fry, Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information; Paul L. Garvin, Bunker-Ramo Corp ; Ralph W. Gerard, University of California, Irvine; Edmund Gordon, Yeshiva University; Belver C. Griffith, American Psychological Association; Arthur L Korotkin, National Science Foundation; Frieda B. Libaw, The Galton Institute; Harvey Marron (for W. R. Foster), Science Information Exchange ; Jules Mersel, Informatics, Inc.; Clifford T. Morgan, National Academy of Sciences; William J. Paisley, Stanford University; Edwin B. Parker, Stanford University; Gretchen Sue Savage, Information Science Consultant; Philip J. Siegmann, Psychological Abstracts; John Starkweather, Interuniversity Communication Council (EDUCOM); Philip Stone, Harvard University; Paul T. Wilson, American Psychiatric Association; H. D. Woods, Society for Psychophysiological Research; Harold Wooster, Air Force Office of Scientific Research ; Richard Dershimer, American Educational Research Association.
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Information about the Special Interest Group on Information Handling in the Behavioral Sciences and about the newsletter may be obtained by writing: F. B. Libaw, The Galton Institute, 8717 West 3rd St., Los Angeles, Calif. 90048.
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Paul Garvin's luncheon address dealt with another set of questions raised at the meeting, the ways in which behavioral science information problems differ significantly from those of other sciences. Copies of Dr. Garvin's address are available from The Galton Institute, 8717 West 3rd St. Los Angeles, Calif. 90048.
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Ralph Bisco undertook the writing of a state-of-the-art report contingent on obtaining supporting funds. At the time of this writing, prospects seemed good but funds had not been officially allocated.
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Each of these programs is described elsewhere in this report.
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For a full report, see: C. Baum (ed.) Research & Technology Division Report for 1965, TM-530/009/00, System Development Corporation, 2500 Colorado Ave., Santa Monica, Calif. 90406.
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For a recent and comprehensive account of this research, see Philip J. Stone et al., The General Inquirer: A Computer Approach to Content Analysis (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1966), 704 pp.
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A very recent description of the work being done at Stanford and at the American Psychological Association is contained in: Edward B. Parker and William J. Paisley, "Research for psychologists at the interface of the scientist and his information system ," American Psychologist, 1966, 21(11), 1061-1071
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; Siegmann, Philip J. and Belver C. Griffith , "The changing role of Psychological Abstracts in scientific communication," American Psychologist, 1966, 21(11), 1037-1043
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; and William D. Garvey and Belver C. Griffith , "Studies of social innovations in scientific communication in psychology," American Psychologist, 1966, 21(11), 1019-1036. In fact the entire November, 1966 issue of the American Psychologist would reward the reader interested in information handling in the behavioral sciences. The issue is devoted to information problems and technology.
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For further information, contact: Eric Boehm, Director, American Bibliographical Center, 800 East Micheltorena St., Santa Barbara, Calif. 93103.
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For further information, contact: Howard W. Dillon, Director, Clearinghouse on Educational Differences, Research and Development Center, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Mass. 02138.
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For further information, contact: Bernard Fry, Director, Clearinghouse for Federal Scientific and Technical Information, Springfield, Virginia 22151.
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For further information, contact: Ralph L. Bisco, Technical Coordinator, Interuniversity Consortium for Political Research, P. O. Box #1248, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106; or William A. Glaser, Executive Director, Council of Social Science Data Archives, 605 West 115 St., New York, N. Y. 10025. To obtain concise descriptions of the fifteen member data archives, read: Ralph L. Bisco, "Social science data archives: A review of developments," The American Political Science Review, 1966, 40 (1), 93-109.
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For further information, contact: Robert R. Freeman, Assistant Director, Documentation Research Program, Center for Applied Linguistics, 1755 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
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For further information, contact: Lee C. Burchinal, Director, Division of Research Training and Dissemination, Bureau of Research, U.S. Office of Education, Washington, D.C. 20202; or send to the U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 requesting Document OE-12022-66; this small brochure gives the names, directors, and addresses of all twelve ERIC Clearinghouses.
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For further information, contact: Frieda B. Libaw, Executive Director, The Galton Institute, 8717 West 3rd St., Los Angeles, Calif. 90048.
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For further information, contact: Edmund Gordon, Director, Information Retrieval Center on the Disadvantaged, Yeshiva University, 55 Fifth Ave., New York, N. Y. 10003.
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For further information, contact: James G. Miller, Director, Institute of Mental Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104; or Edison Montgomery, Administrative Head, EDUCOM, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213.
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For further information, contact: Scott Adams, Deputy Director, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Wisconsin Ave., Bethesda, Maryland 20014.
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For further information, contact: Lorraine Bouthilet, Chief, The National Clearinghouse for Mental Health Information, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014.
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For further information on overall program at Psychological Abstracts, contact: Philip J. Siegmann, Executive Editor, 1200 Seventeenth Street, N. W., Washington, D.C. 20036; for information on computer programming and automated typesetting, contact: Lawrence F. Buckland, President, Inforonics, Inc., Maynard, Mass. 01754.
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For further information, contact: W. R. Foster, Associate Director, Science Information Exchange, 209 Madison National Bank Building, 1730 M Street, N. W., Washington, D.C. 20036.
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For further information, contact: Fenton L. Kennedy, Chief, Scientific Information Centers Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20014.
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For further information, contact: Leo P. Chall, Editor, Sociological Abstracts, 15 East 3 1 st St., New York, N.Y. 10016.
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For further information, contact: Frank W. Moore, Head of Research, Human Relations Area Files, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 01650. See also Donald Morrison, "The Human Relations Area Files Index," elsewhere in this issue.
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For further information, contact: Theodore Melnechuck, Director of Communications, Neurosciences Research Information Center, 280 Newton St., Brookline, Mass. 02146. The first written documentation of this unique "invisible college" has just been published as Neurosciences Research Symposium Summaries. It was edited by Francis O. Schmitt and Theodore Melnechuck as Volume I of a series. It was published by MIT Press, 1966, xx + 570 pp.
