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MRS. LUCIA MOHOLY, of 127 Sloane Street, London, S.W.1, writes : "In describing American methods of auxiliary publication in Nature of June 5 (p. 896), Mr. Watson Davis speaks with authority on the practical value of certain organised measures adopted in the United States to a larger extent than in some other countries. If corresponding methods have not yet attained comparable popularity in Great Britain, it does not follow that the question of systematically using and organising photographic reproduction to assist science and learning has nof been taken care of. Not only have suggestions for extensive uses been put forward on many occasions, but also a specific study has been made of the part photographic reproduction can play in relation to Prof. J. D. Bernal‘s project. With the Royal Society‘s Scientific Information Conference in sight, a formal statement setting out the merits of these methods for alternative and supplementary services was drafted and, upon Prof. Bernal‘s request, submitted to the appropriate quarter. This followed an outline of these methods and their potential uses for the publication and distribution of scientific papers, at a meeting on Apri 21, at the Society for Visiting Scientists. An earlier approach, also with specific reference to Prof. Bernal‘s project, was made at the Conference on the Publication and Classification of Scientific Knowledge, held at Trinity College, Cambridge, on October 25, 1947.
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Proposed Central Publication of Scientific Papers. Nature 161, 922–923 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161922d0
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