1960: Collecting science literature for general reading

Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no.7, 1960); Edited by Frances B. Jenkins

The purpose of the 1960 Institute was to assist college, public, and school librarians in building adequate science collections to meet the current needs of their clientele. The program began with a consideration of the dynamic nature of science and proceeded logically through discussions of the present state of scientific progress, the dissemination of scientific information through various mediums, reader interest in science, the publication of scientific information, problems, and aids in selecting material for libraries, to the concluding discussion of the components of the science collection.

The complete text of the Institute is available here as well as the individual papers. The papers included here are:

• Classics in Science - Robert B. Downs
• Science on the March - Frederick Seitz
• Science for the General Public - Watson Davis
• Symposium: Reader Interest in Science - Children - Sidney Rosen
• Symposium: Reader Interest in Science - Young People - Herbert Zim
• Symposium: Reader Interest in Science - Adults - John T. Thackery, Jr
• Science Knowledge Through Audio -Visual Materials - Joseph E. Dickman
• Publishing of Science Literature - Joseph C. Shipman
• The Aids of Selection - George S. Bonn
• Problems of Selection in Science - William S. Budington
• The Components of the Science Collection - Irene Strieby
• The Status of Science Fiction as Literature - Adrian Janes
• Summary - Harold Lancour
  

The Proceedings of the Allerton Park Institute have been digitized through the Open Content Alliance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.