ACS NEWS News, Reports, People, Meetings March 8, 1971

ACS conducting experimental publications research projects Microfilm operations expand—dual-version journal article and Single Article Announcement programs under way

ACS is studying new ways of putting chemical information into the hands of those who need it. Plans are aimed at overcoming economic and mechanical limitations expected soon to swamp the present-day system of publishing re­search results in journals.

Microfilm is one of the keys that the Society is planning to use to streamline the complex system of information transfer. Efforts now under way in the Books and Journals Division, formerly the Publications Division (C&EN, March 1, page 23), to expand microfilm opera­tions will enable editions of ACS pub­lications on microfilm to be more readily available and widely distributed than before. Recently completed also are arrangements to enable microfilm edi­tions of the Society's journals to include supplementary material not contained in the corresponding printed version.

New microfilm. Various types of supplementary or specialized data in the past were available to the reader only through direct contact with the author, or occasionally through the National Auxiliary Publications Service. In­creased circulation of the microfilm edi­tions of ACS publications is possible be­cause a variety of new microfilm forms are now available, including 16-and 36-mm. reels and 16-mm. automatic-threading cassettes. Availability of the microfilm supplement at 30 to 70 loca­tions (depending on journal) will per­mit considerably wider use than the pre­vious auxiliary publication arrangements that were limited to one central loca­tion.

The new system will permit authors to present data such as key spectra or tables of experimental results which could not be handled in the printed journal. Authors in some cases may arrange to include in the microfilm ver­sion an expanded discussion of periph­eral points which might not be appro­priate in the printed version.

Supplementary material for inclusion in the microfilm edition will be sent to reviewers for examination along with the full manuscript of a paper. The de­cision on what material to include in the microfilm edition will be made by the journal editor in consultation with the author. There will be no charge to the author for supplemental pages in the microfilm edition.

A footnote calling attention to specific supplemental information available in the microfilm edition will appear in the printed journal. Single copies of the supplemental pages or figures can be obtained in microfiche or printed form from the reprint department of the ACS Books and Journals Division when the journal issue appears. The supple­mentary material—a photographic re­duction of the original manuscript

copy—will appear in the microfilm edi­tion immediately following the article with which it is associated, and will be indexed by Chemical Abstracts.

Looking for ways to solve some of the publications problems of the future is Joseph H. Kuney of ACS's Books and Journals Division. "It is clear that the whirl of problems created by pub­lishing a growing volume of literature for an audience with a widening list of specialized interests will have to be solved by routes other than simply in­creasing subscription prices to users," Mr. Kuney says. The Publication Re­search Office is in ACS's Books and Journals Division under Acting Director John K. Crum.

Single articles. In addition to ACS's microfilm operation, a project was set up to test the value to individual sub­scribers of single articles instead of journals. Known as the Single Article Announcement (SAA) program, the project is one of the first print-based operations to be offered to the scien­tific community by ACS. According to Vincent Dougherty, managing editor of the SAA program, it is also the first time the Society has offered a formal mechanism for obtaining single copies of ACS journal articles.

The main goals of the SAA program are to identify and measure the useful­ness of a system for making available, on request, single copies of papers pub­lished in ACS journals and to assess the value of an alerting service based on that part of the chemical literature made up of ACS journals.

The SAA program offers twice monthly the tables of contents from the latest issues of 15 ACS primary journals and ACS's Research Results Service. (Research Results Service pro­vides titles and concise summaries of manuscripts being considered for future publication in the three I&EC quarter­lies.)

A subscriber to the program scans the tables of contents in the announce­ment to determine in which articles he has an interest. Then, using a postage-paid order form included as part of the announcement, the subscriber can or­der a single reprint copy of each of the articles he wants. Reprint orders are processed within 24 hours of their re­ceipt and are sent to the subscriber by first class mail. A subscription to SAA is $10 for ACS members and $20 for non-members. Charter subscriptions will be available through 1971 at $8.00 for mem­bers and $16 for nonmembers. Re­print charges are $1.00 for the first in­dividual reprint and 60 cents for each additional reprint ordered at the same time. Subscriptions to all of the jour­nals covered by the announcement would cost an ACS member $190.

Another project is being carried out with James A. Moore of the Univer­sity of Delaware and a senior edi­tor of the Journal of Organic Chemistry. The experimental program on short or core-version papers is aimed at improv­ing communication of research findings by separating current information from archival information in the fundamental journals. The concept under study is the development of a dual-version jour­nal. The plan provides for a broad-cir­culation edition of the journal contain­ing core versions of papers and a lim­ited-circulation edition containing fully detailed versions.

The project now is involved mainly in working with authors in the prepara­tion of manuscripts rather than the mechanics of publishing the journal. What constitutes the core of a paper and whether an author can effectively isolate the core material so that the es­sential substance of the paper is con­veyed in concise form to the general reader are now being studied by edi­tors of the journal.

The Society publishes in its 18 re­search journals about 7000 of the 11,-000 original research articles it receives each year. ACS journals have a combined circulation of nearly 200,000 and contain some 15% of the chemical literature published in the United States today.

Charter flights offered

ACS Group Charter Flights are now under the management of A. T. Win-stead, manager of the ACS Meetings and Expositions Office.

Seats are still available to ACS members and their families only on the following flights, for which a $50 deposit for each reservation is re­quired (checks should be made out to the American Chemical Society):

May 2-23 Washington, D.C./London/ Washington, D.C. $165

June 18-July 11 Washington, D.C./ London/Washington, D.C. $188

July 17-Aug. 9 Washington, D.C./ Paris/Washington, D.C. $190

All fares quoted are round-trip fares.

Unfortunately, because of an insuffi­cient number of reservations, some previously announced trips have been canceled.

All further inquiries, reservations, and payments should be sent to the attention of:

Meetings and Expositions Office, American Chemical Society, 1155 —16th St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036 Telephone 202-737-3337

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ACS divisions elect officers for 1971 New chairmen named for 26 divisions, and those who will serve with them, follow:

Agricultural and Food Chemistry Dr. Irwin Hornstein, science research officer, office of nutrition, AID. Dr. Emily L. Wick, chairman-elect; Dr. Stanley J. Kazeniac, vice-chairman; Dr. Richard J. Magee, secretary-treasurer.

Analytical Chemistry Dr. James C. White, associate director, analytical chemistry division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Dr. Henry Freiser, chairman-elect; Dr. Richard S. Juvet, Jr., secretary-treasurer.

Biological Chemistry Dr. Harold A. Scheraga, Todd Professor of Chemistry, Cornell University. Dr. Robert A. Alberty, vice-chairman; Dr. Julius Schultz, secretary; Dr. Armand J. Guarino, treasurer.

Carbohydrate Chemistry Dr. Louis Long, Jr., head, organic chem­istry lab, PRD, U.S. Army Natick Laboratories. Theodore H. Haskell, chairman-elect; Kenneth R. Hanson, ex­

ecutive secretary; Morton W. Rutenberg, secretary; D. J. Cooper, treasurer.

Cellulose, Wood, and Fiber Chemistry Dr. Joseph H. Dusenbury, department manager, Deering Milliken Research Corp. Dr. Fraidoun Shafizadeh, chair­man-elect; Dr. Albin F. Turbak, secre­tary-treasurer.

Chemical Education Dr. Anna J. Harrison, professor of chem­istry, Mt. Holyoke College. Dr. Robert W. Parry, chairman-elect; Dr. Jay A. Young, secretary; Dr. Joseph D. Dan-forth, treasurer.

Chemical Literature Dr. Robert E. Maizell, manager, techni­cal information, and chairman, con­tinuing education committee, Olin Corp. Dr. Stephen J. Tauber, chairman-elect; Margaret S. Hicks, secretary; Patricia M. McDonnel, treasurer.

Chemical Marketing & Economics Dr. Lawrence T. Eby, manager of poly­mer division, U.S. Gypsum. Nelson E. Ockerbloom, chairman-elect; Henry F. Whalen, Jr., secretary; Dr. Frederick O. Johnson, treasurer.

Colloid & Surface Chemistry

Dr. Arthur W. Adamson, professor of chemistry, University of Southern Cali­fornia. Dr. Robert S. Hansen, chairman-elect; Dr. Howard B. Klevens, vice-chair­man; Dr. Henricus M. Princen, secre­tary; Dr. James W. Whalen, treasurer.

Fertilizer & Soil Chemistry Richard L. Gilbert, group leader, Ameri­can Cyanamid Co. David W. Bixby, vice-chairman; Charles H; Davis, secretary.

Fluorine Chemistry Dr. Christ Tamborski, senior scientist, Wright Patterson AFB. Dr. Neil Bart-lett, chairman-elect; Dr. William A. Sheppard, secretary-treasurer.

Fuel Chemistry Dr. Johnstone S. Mackay, senior re­search consultant, chemicals division, U.S. Steel. Martin D. Schlesinger, chair­man-elect; Dr. Harold L. Lovell, secre­tary-treasurer.

History of Chemistry Dr. June Z. Fullmer, associate professor of history, Ohio State University. Flor­ence E. Wall, chairman-elect; Dr. Des­mond M. C. Reilly, secretary-treasurer.

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Malzall Eby Adamson Gilbert Tamborski Mackay

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Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Dr. James D. Idol, research manager, R&D department, Standard Oil (Ohio). Dr. William E. Hanford, chairman-elect; Dr. James R. Couper, secretary; Dr. Her­bert E. Barner, treasurer.

Inorganic Chemistry Dr. Jack Halpern, professor of chem­istry, University of Chicago. Dr. Riley Schaeffer, chairman-elect; Dr. Stanley Kirschner, secretary-treasurer.

Medicinal Chemistry Dr. Arthur A. Patchett, senior director, synthetic chemical research, Merck Sharp & Dohme. Dr. Joseph G. Cannon, vice-chairman; Dr. Warren J. Close, sec­retary; Dr. Scott J. Childress, treasurer.

Microbial Chemistry & Technology Dr. Henry R. Bungay, III, professor of bioengineering, Clemson University. Dr. R. J. Allgeier, chairman-elect; Dr. Jerome S. Schultz, secretary-treasurer.

Nuclear Chemistry & Technology Dr. Grover D. O'Kelley, group leader, chemical division, ORNL, and professor of chemistry, University of Tennessee. Dr. John R. Huizenga, chairman-elect; Dr. Donald C. Stewart, secretary; Dr. Nathan E. Ballou, treasurer.

Organic Chemistry Dr. Ronald Breslow, Mitchill Professor of Chemistry, Columbia University. Dr. Jerome A. Berson, chairman-elect; Dr. Jeremiah P. Freeman, secretary-treas­urer.

Organic Coatings & Plastics Chemistry Dr. Carleton W. Roberts, associate pro­fessor of textile science, Clemson Uni­versity. Louis J. Nowacki, chairman-

Phillips Motor

Gffford Estes

elect; Dr. George E. F. Brewer, secre­tary; Dr. Henry L. Lee, Jr., treasurer.

Pesticide Chemistry Wendell F. Phillips, manager of labora­tories, Campbell Soup Co. Dr. Philip C. Kearney, chairman-elect; Roger C. Blinn, vice chairman; Dr. V. Frank Boyd, sec­retary-treasurer.

Petroleum Chemistry Dr. Charles E. Moser, assistant to v.p. and deputy air and water conservation coordinator, Texaco, Inc. Harold Beu-ther, chairman-elect; Wilbur K. Leaman, acting secretary; Dr. John Y. Beach, treasurer.

Physical Chemistry Dr. David W. McCall, assistant chemical director, Bell Telephone Labs. Dr. Peter E. Yankwich, chairman-elect; Dr. Joseph J. Katz, secretary-treasurer.

Polymer Chemistry Dr. William E. Gibbs, v.p. and director of research and development, Foster Grant Co. Dr. Joseph P. Kennedy, vice-chairman; Dr. Jesse C. H. Hwa, secre­tary; Dr. Otto F. Vogl, treasurer.

Rubber Chemistry John H. Gifford, technical director of Continental Carbon. Albert E. Lau­rence, chairman-elect; Francis M. O'Con­nor, secretary; Dr. Joseph C. Ambelang, treasurer.

Water, Air, & Waste Chemistry Dr. Frances L. Estes, director, environ­mental chemistry, Gulf South Research Institute. Dr. Khalil H. Mancy, chair­man-elect; C. Ellen Gonter, secretary; Leslie B. Laird, treasurer.

Special lectures The first Benjamin Rush Lectures in Organic Chemistry will be given March 8, 9, and 10 in Philadelphia by Dr. M. J. S. Dewar of University of Texas. Topics: A Simple MO Theory of Peri-cyclic Reactions and the Woodward-Hoff­mann Rules; MO Theory as a Chemical Tool; and The Perturbation MO Theory of Organic Chemistry. Sponsor is Uni­versity of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Wesley T. Hanson, Jr., assistant di­rector of research at Eastman Kodak, will inaugurate the Charles D. Hurd Lectures in Chemistry at Northwestern University, Evanston, 111. He will speak on the development of color photogra­phy and the role of chemists in the re­lated industry in four lectures to be given March 8, 9, 11, and 12.

The second series of the F. F. Nord Lectures in Biochemistry, sponsored by Fordham University chemistry depart­ment, will be given by Dr. Karl Folk-ers of the Institute for Biomedical Re­search at the University of Texas, Aus­tin, May 24, 25, and 26. His topics will be: Basic Biochemical Studies on Co­enzyme Q; and Research on the Hypo­thalamic Hormones.

A series of career lectures is being ar­ranged by the Society of Cosmetic Chem­ists, which will furnish speakers at col­leges who invite them. Available speak­ers, who will cover a wide range of topics in the cosmetics field, are Lor­raine C. Dubois, James A. Dugan, Abra­ham J. Haddad, Janet K. Kelley, Robert F. Larsen, Gail J. Phillips, Frederick J. Pruyn, Robert L. Raymond, Harold I. Silverman, and Raymond W. VanderWyk. For further information write Dr. Sil­verman or Dr. VanderWyk at Massachu­setts College of Pharmacy, 179 Long-wood Ave., Boston, Mass. 02115.

The Quality of the Environment in Vermont is the topic of a public con­ference to be sponsored by the ACS Western Vermont Section March 13 at the University of Vermont in Burling­ton. The all-day conference will feature seven talks, including remarks by the governor and a keynote address by Dr. James Lodge. There will also be work­shops on specific problems.

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