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The aim of an information service is to organise the literature on a systematic basis in order to save the time of research workers.

— Douglas John Foskett Classification and indexing in the social sciences (1963)

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The work of the information officer [should be] regarded as the natural dynamic extension of that of the librarian.

The same thing can be identified by many different terms, and the same term may mean many different things.

Classification and indexing in the social sciences (1963)

All information services are ultimately based on library methods and materials.

Information service in libraries (1958)

Since books are not their primary source materials, as they are for research in the humanities, most scientists prefer to spend their time on experiments and not on reading.

Information service in libraries (1958)

The purpose of a classiﬁcation scheme is to arrange information, in documents on shelves or on cards in indexes, in a sequence that will be helpful to the user.

Classification and indexing in the social sciences (1963)

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