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In the true sense the word POSTER designates a free, mostly decorative artistic form using displaying means of expression and being published in large editions.

POSTERS are already found in feudalism. Today they represent a popular branch of art and are frequently used for different decorating purposes, e.g. in rooms.

POSTER SESSIONS have made their way into scientific communication.

Scientific events, as conferences, congresses, symposia, colloquies, round tables etc. may be, are special ways of communieation. The advantages of such events {called conferences for short) are

  • the actuality of the information given
  • the possibility of an immediate exchange of ideas.

The development of the last 10 years shows

  • an increase in the number of conferences and
  • an increase in the number of participants of conferences.

This results in a decrease of the advantages.

An alternative to it are POSTER SESSIONS. They have become popular as a medium of scientific communieation. POSTER SESSIONS are a very productive form of the exchange of opinions. Concise theses, definitions and examples derived from the subjects of plenary sessions are displayed on boards by means of posters. In front of these the interested participants of the conference may meet to an informal discussion.

Conference materials produced in preparing and conducting conferences are particularly important sources of information. The libraries preserve these conference materials and inform on them. They are mostly published in paperform and less frequently in microform. Their quantity is rising constantly.

Today POSTER SESSIONS introduce new conceptions into the work of the libraries - the scientific posters - and in connection with it new problems of production, acquisition, cataloging, storage are arising. With regard to the great signifieance of POSTER SESSIONS the paper includes:

  1. general ideas concerning POSTER SESSIONS and their popularizing in librarianship;
  2. proposals for dealing with posters in libraries and
  3. possibilities for POSTER SESSIONS to rationalize international conferences in librarianship.

Two posters on the subject of this paper is being produced.

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Apr 13th, 12:00 AM

Poster Sessions as a New Viewpoint of Scientific Communication - General Problems and Library Aspects

In the true sense the word POSTER designates a free, mostly decorative artistic form using displaying means of expression and being published in large editions.

POSTERS are already found in feudalism. Today they represent a popular branch of art and are frequently used for different decorating purposes, e.g. in rooms.

POSTER SESSIONS have made their way into scientific communication.

Scientific events, as conferences, congresses, symposia, colloquies, round tables etc. may be, are special ways of communieation. The advantages of such events {called conferences for short) are

  • the actuality of the information given
  • the possibility of an immediate exchange of ideas.

The development of the last 10 years shows

  • an increase in the number of conferences and
  • an increase in the number of participants of conferences.

This results in a decrease of the advantages.

An alternative to it are POSTER SESSIONS. They have become popular as a medium of scientific communieation. POSTER SESSIONS are a very productive form of the exchange of opinions. Concise theses, definitions and examples derived from the subjects of plenary sessions are displayed on boards by means of posters. In front of these the interested participants of the conference may meet to an informal discussion.

Conference materials produced in preparing and conducting conferences are particularly important sources of information. The libraries preserve these conference materials and inform on them. They are mostly published in paperform and less frequently in microform. Their quantity is rising constantly.

Today POSTER SESSIONS introduce new conceptions into the work of the libraries - the scientific posters - and in connection with it new problems of production, acquisition, cataloging, storage are arising. With regard to the great signifieance of POSTER SESSIONS the paper includes:

  1. general ideas concerning POSTER SESSIONS and their popularizing in librarianship;
  2. proposals for dealing with posters in libraries and
  3. possibilities for POSTER SESSIONS to rationalize international conferences in librarianship.

Two posters on the subject of this paper is being produced.