John Crerar Library

Anonymous, Shock-Loading Effect On, and Deformation Twinning of Beryllium, John Crerar Library, Research Information Service Bib. No. 236, Chicago, IL, 6 pp., June 1967. 

John Crerar Library, Chicago, Ref. List 39-42 (1938). Abbreviations by Initial... 

Table courtesy of Consultants Bureau and the National Science Foundation, which calls attention to two main translation depositories in the United States (1) the Special Libraries Association Translation Center located at the John Crerar Library in Chicago and (2) the Office of Technical Services, Technical Information Division, in the Department of Commerce, Washington, D. C. 

Translations. This collection contains abstracts and complete translations of Russian and other foreign technical publications as well as weekly reviews of various areas of Soviet science. Among the translation series available through the Office of Technical Services on a subscription basis are Current Review of the Soviet Technical Press (weekly) and English Abstracts of Selected Articles from Soviet Bloc and Mainland China Technical Journals. Translations are assigned an identification number which consists of the year of the translation followed by the accession number. All translations received by OTS or the John Crerar Library in Chicago are announced in Technical Translations, which is discussed below. 

Chemical Literature in the John Crerar Library and Other Chicago Libraries... 

Technical Translations is available on subscription from the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. All of the other publications are kept in print and may be purchased from the SLA Translations Center, The John Crerar Library, Chicago, 111. 

The largest and most accessible collection proved to be that of The John Crerar Library. Its holdings were so extensive that, for all practical purposes, publications not located there were not held by any other library in the area. Accordingly, die activity of the Foundation has centered on filling in and augmenting the book and periodical holdings of this library with emphasis on chemistry and chemical technology. . . ... 

John Crerar Library, For Economy in Research, Research Information Service, John Crerar Library, Chicago, 111., 1961. 

The John Crerar Library which is the principal scientific collection in the Chicago area is a reference library with over 10,000 periodical and serial publications many of which are complete from the first volume. Its services include literature searching and the preparation of bibliographies as well as photocopying and microfilming. It also maintains the Special Libraries Association Translations Center which is a national co-operative organization possessing over 50,000 translations obtainable by purchase as photocopies. 

Translations are collected by two main depositories in the United States. The Special Libraries Association Translation Center at the John Crerar Library in Chicago accumulates abstracts and translations from non-government sources, while the Office of Technical Services covers federal agencies and foreign sources. A system of mutual exchange ensures that each centre has a complete collection. 

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