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ANNUAL CONFERENCE THE twentieth Conference of the Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux, held in the Portland Hall, Polytechnic Extension Building, London, during September 15–16, drew the largest attendance of recent years, and the new venue provided more of the opportunities for informal discussion and contacts which were such a useful feature of the residential conferences arranged before the War. Even at the conversazione at the Royal Institute of British Architects on the Friday which preceded the formal opening it was evident that this was appreciated; and there was, further, a clear desire for a conference to be held in a northern and industrial centre which afterwards found expression at the annual general meeting and in the discussion which followed Mr.E.N. Simon's paper, "Some Problems of the Special Librarian in Industry". The liveliness of the discussion on that paper, like that on Mr. E. J. Carter's paper on "The Planning and Equipment of Research Libraries and Information Bureaux", indicated that the time available was all too inadequate. Indeed, the general impression was gained that these two sessions, with that at which Miss M. Bateman presented her paper, "Some General Desk Reference Books", the discussion on the book shortage over which Mr. L. J. F. Brimble presided, and some opportunity for informal discussion of the ideas thrown out by Prof. J. D. Bernal in his opening address, would have provided more than enough, in addition to the formal business, to satisfy the majority of those attending.
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Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux. Nature 156, 605–607 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/156605a0
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