CURRENT AWARENESS NEEDS OF PHYSICISTS: RESULTS OF AN ANGLO‐AMERICAN STUDY

An outline of methods and summary of findings of a study of American, British and Overseas physicists. This project was conducted by Aslib Research Department (acting for the Institution of Electrical Engineers) and the American Institute of Physics. It took place in 1966, the first year of publication of Current Papers in Physics. Aims were to assess the need for and reactions to this new current awareness journal and suggestions for improvement, and to obtain background information on the current awareness requirements of the physics community.