The Guide to reference material can be described as an annotated subject bibliography, using UDC. New editions of each volume in a 5-6 year cycle are favoured, rather than overall supplements between editions. The problems of co-operation, collection and sifting material, optimum length of volumes, pointed annotations, indexing of titles, the spate of new material, and the demands for inclusion of new subjects are discussed, as well as future plans for the Guide. There is a continuing place for manual as well as computer searching for information.
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Three examples come to mind: John L. Heller's "Notes on Latin dictionaries", Classical jl, January 1961, 171-176; W. Kirsop, on "The bibliography of French literary history", Australian jl of French studies, September/October 1964, 325-364; and R.J. Ardern's "No slick answers—library resources to serve the offshore oil industry", Aslib Proc., 27 (4) April 1975. 573-584. British book news carries monthly surveys of recent literature in particular fields, as also does RSR. At the academic level Choice does something of the same.
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