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Washington 25, D. c. 

TECHNICAL LIBRARY DIVISION 

BULLETIN NO. 3 

ASTIA SERVICES AVAILABLE AT NSA 

I. Il'l'l'RODUCTION 

2e July 1955 

In 1951 the Secretary of Defense established the Armed Services 

Technical. Information Agency (ASTIA) to ''provide an integrated program 

of scientific and technical services fCJr the Department of Defense and 

its contractors". ASTIA Read.quarters is physica.l.ly l.oca.ted a.t the 

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, with a Washington office 

at the Library of Congress. ASTIA absorbed activities previously 

carried on separately by the Navy Research Section and the Centra.l. Air 

Documents O:ff'ice. In accordance with the provisions of the directive, 

copies of a.l.l tecbnica.l. or scientific reports in the genera.l. fields of 

research and development produced by contractors of the Defense Agencies 

or received by anyone of the Defense Departments are deposited with 

ASTIA. ASTIA ce.talogs these reports, announces their availability, and 

sends copies on request to any Agency or contractor having a specific 

need for the data in the performance of a.n official. military or other 

govermnenta.l £'unction. Thus ASTIA serves as a depository for technical 

reports, an i11forma.tion center, Bl.\d a distribution Agency. 

II. RELATIONSHIP OF NSA TO ASTIA 

As an Agency of the Departmcn·t. o:f Defense, NSA is eligible to 

receive services :f'rom ASTIA. Copies of technical and scientific 

reports a.re received based on standard. requirements for automatic 

distribution and as a result 0£ specific requests. 

III. SERVICES WHICH .ASTIA RENDERS NSA 

1. Automatic Distr:fbut:f on. NSA selects from the ASTIA Dis~ribution Guide fields of interest in which it 

desires coverage from the current acquisitions of 

ASTIA. Using this list as a guide ASTIA supplies 

to NSA, on a continuing basis, catalog cards, end 

when available, microcards whose subject matter falls 

within these fields. (See the Appendix for a list 

of the NSA fields of iz1terest which ASTIA uses to 

select distribution to this Agency.) 

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2. Microcards. The microcard is a 3'' x 5" index card with a 

photographic reduction of a document reproduced and laminated 

to its back. Up to 60 pages can be put on one card. It 

ca.n be read with the aid of a microcard reader and serves 

in lieu of' the document. 

3. Tit1e Announcement Bulletin. NSA receives periodic editions 

of' ASTIA' s Title Announcement Bulletin (TAB) which reflects 

the reports ASTIA has received since the publication of' the 

previous TAB. Circulation of' the TAB may be arranged f'or 

PROD units through the Documents Branch (NSA-762) and f'or 

the remainder of the Agency through the Technical Library 

Division, Reference and Circulation Branch (NSA-181). 

4. Bibliographies. ASTIA furnishes, on request, Report 

Bibliographies which provide an up-to-date picture of what 

has been done by whom in any particular .field wi +.Jiin ASTIA' a 

purview. These are particularly use:f'ul. when new projects 

are developed 1n fields in which NSA bad not previously 

received ASTIA' s services. A Cor@rehensi ve Bibliography 

which extends beyond the ASTIA collection and covers the 

entire range of literature pertinent to a given technical 

field may also be provided by ASTIA on a tra.nsf'er of funds 

basis. 

5. Service to NSA Contractors. ASTIA will. provide, upon 

authorization by NSA, the same services to NSA contractors 

as it does to NSA its elf', with two exceptions. The 

material which the contractor receives must be pertinent 

to the subject matter of' the contract, and there is a 

small percentage of documents which are for military use 

only which they can not receive. This service makes it 

unnecessary for NSA to support its contractors with 

technical papers which ASTIA can provide. 

DI. USE OF ASTIA SERVICES BY NSA EMPLOYEES 

L Request Channe1. Any of the above services which ASTIA 

renders can be obtained by NSA e~loyees through the 

Technical Library Division. (Code 131 - Ext. 60248). 

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2. Document Requests. 

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a. Urgent Procurement. Should an employee of NSA ha.ve an 

immediate need for a report which ha.s been listed in 

ASTIA's TAB he can secure it through the Technical 

Library Division, Reference and Circulation Branch. 

When ordering such a report the requestor should 

specify. the AD number {the ASTIA control number), 

title, author, producing agency, and contract number 

if known. Only under extraordinary circumstances 

will the Library attempt to procure a report in bard 

copy form if it already holds the report in micro 

form. 

b. Normal Procurement. The NSA Library Reports Accessions 

List is the primary reference source for technical 

reports available at NSA. If an enu>loyee of NSA is 

interested in a report listed in the TAB which is within 

·NSA's fields of interest, as indicated in the Append.ix, 

he can be reasonably sure that NSA will eventually 

receive it. If' be does not need the report at the 

moment, but may require it at some future date it will 

be more economical to wait until the receipt of the 

report is announced in the NSA Library Reports Accessions ~ rather than ordering it from the TAB. 

V. ASTIA LOANS 

l. Duration. Documents are received from ASTIA on either short 

term or indefinite loan. Short term loans are made when 

copies can not be ma.de, when extra copies a.re not available, 

or when the document is not needed for a longer period. 

All documents are received from ASTIA on the understanding 

that when they a.re no l.onger required they will be returned. 

M>st ASTIA loans, however, are f'or an indefinite period and 

may be kept as long as they are needed. 

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2. Format. Reports requested from ASTIA may be received in any 

one of three :forms. Norma.l.ly NSA requests to ASTIA a.re sent 

before the document is microcarded. As a result most requests 

a.re filled by ha.rd copies or photocopies. If' the document 

is susceptible of microcard.ing, and it bas been so processed 

before receipt of the NSA request, the document will be sent 

in that form. 

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NSA receives from ASTIA index and microcards 

pertaining to documents whose subject matter fp.1.l.s 

within the following categories. 

I. Aircraft and Flight Equipment 

l. Aircraft Instruments 

II. Astrono:n\V, Geophysics 

l. Astrono:n\V 

2. Cartography 

3. Cl.imatol.ogy 4. Geomagnetism 

5. Meteorology 6. Mineralogy 

7. Oceanography 

8. Seismol.ogy 

III. Chemical Warfare 

l. Pyrotechnics 

IV. Chemistry 

l. Physical. Chemistry 

V. Communications 

and Geography 

l. Combat Information Centers 

2. Radio Communications 

3. Sound Recording and Amplifications 4. Television 

5. Wire Communications 

VI. Detection 

l. Acoustic 

2. Direction Finders 

3. Infrared 

4. Magnetic 5. Optical 

6 . Radar and Radio 

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VII. Electrical. Equipment 

1. Batteries 

2. Control and Protective Equipment 

3. Distribution Equipment 

4. Heating a.nd Lighting Equipment 

5. Power Equipment 

VIII. Electronics and Electronic Equipment 

. 1. .Antennas 

2. Components and Accessories 

3. Electronic Theory 

4. Electronic Tube Devices 

5. M:>dulation Studies 

6. Wave Propagation 

IX. Ground Transportation Equipment 

l. Special Purpose Vehicles 

X. Guided Missiles 

l. Guidance and Control 

2. Handling and Launching 

3. Warheads and Fuses 

XI. Installations and Construction 

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1. Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Equipment 

XII. Materials (Non-Metallic) 

l. Adhesives and Sealants 

2. Ceramics 

3. Lubricants 

4. Miscellaneous Materials 

5. Paints and Finishes 

6. Plastics 

7. Rubber and Elastomers 

XIII. Ma.thematics 

l.. Pure Mathematics 

2. Statistics 

XIV. Medical Sciences 

1. Visual and Auditory Studies 

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xv. Military Sciences and Operations 

l. Defense 

2. Intelligence 

3. Logistics 

4. Organization and Administration 

XVI. Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Chemistry 

1. Atomic Structure 

2. Nuclear Reactions 

3. Radioactivity 4. Reactors and Particle Accelerators 

5. Heal th Physics 6. Mi.lita.ry App.lications 

XVII. Ordnance 

1. Fire Control. and Bombing Systems 

XVIII. Personnel and Training 

1. Personnel Procurement and Administration 

XIX. Photography and other Reproduction Processes 

l. Cameras 

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2. Photographic Processes, Techniques and Equipment 

3. Misce.11.aneous Reproduction Processes, Techniques and 

Equipment 

XX. Physics 

1. Acoustics 

2. Crystallography 

3. Electricity and Magnetism 

4. Optics 

5. Quan.tum Mechanics 

6. Sol.id State Physics 

7. Spectra and Molecular Theory 8. Thermodynamics 

XXI. Production and Management 

1. Fabrication 

2. Management, Accounting, and PubJ.ic Rel.ations 

3. Plant Design and Production Planning 4. Q;uaJ..ity Control 

5. Tooling 

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XXII. Psychology and Human Engineering 

l. Psychometrics 

XXIII. Research end Research Equipment 

l. Administration and Programs 

2. CoJ?q)Uters 

3. Instrumentation 

4. Laboratories and Test Facilities 

5. Methods and Techniques 

XXIV. Social Sciences 

l. Documentation end Library Science 

2. Languages and L1 terature 

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