I can communicate nearly instantly with colleagues anywhere in the world. I have access to far more information than I can ever assimilate and use. We have come far, but we also have a long way to go toward fulfilling Wells's vision. Urges photographing books as preservation measure. Publishing scholarly data is vital world problem.
American delegation goes to world documentation meet.
Scholars form American Documentation Institute. Unpublished manuscript to be accessible to scholars. Translations and microfilm unlock science from abroad. New methods vastly increase usefulness of libraries. Machine for reading microfilm is patented.