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not be in favour of such a solution. They might argue that the better
the information on availability of documents in public libraries the
lesser the chances that a given publication is bought by an individual.
However, it seems to me that the following point is much more impor-
tant: With the elimination of the card writing phase, libraries could
save a lot of man-hours and money and, thus, with the same budget, Duy
much literature. We should not forget that to-day the great bulk of
scientific literature is probably not sodd to individuals, but to Li-
braries of universities, commercial agencies, government institutions,
etc. T0f course, a realizotion of this ideas would require am interna-
tional agreement of perhaps an importance to the scientific community
comparable to that of the copyright convention, -and-here-may be the
catch. As we Know not all countries have signed the copyright conven-
tion and probably not all countries would sign a convention on ocompul-
sory card indexing,
Ar-“an- imnmnedtate-first-step, it is proposed that a Subcommission
of Commission VII is formed which studies the problem of documentation
in detail and carefully in cooperation with Commission VI (Education,
Terminology, Bibliography) of the International Society for Photogram-
metry.
References
1) P.Scherrer-Bylund: Schweizerische Gesichtspunkte zum Problem lex
Universalbibliothek. 16 pp., Kommissiongverlag HA,Rohr, Zurich 19067.
2) A.J.Brandenberger: The eeonomic significance of eartographio explo-
vation by aerial photography. Mimeo, -17 pp., Department of Photo-
grammetry, Laval University, Quebec 1966.
3) UNESCO: Aerial surveys and integrated studies — Proceedings of the
Toulouse Conference. Natural Resources Research, wvol,VI, Resolutions,
8.506, Paris 1968.
4) D.Steiner: Index to the use of aerial photographs for rural Land use
studies. Geographical Interpretation of Aerial Photographs, 20.1,
232 pp., institut für Landeskunde, Bad Godesberg 1967.
5) IBM: General information manual - Keyword-in-Context (KWIC) inde-
Xing. 22 DDey 1962,
