Co-operating organizations

The Documentation Standards Committee, under whose supervision this British Standard was prepared, consists of representatives from the following Government departments and scientific, technical and professional organizations:

Aslib*	National Lending Library for Science and
Biological Council	Technology*
Bodleian Library	National Library of Scotland
Booksellers’ Association of Great Britain and	National Library of Wales
Ireland	National Reference Library of Science and
British Council	Invention
British Museum	National Reprographic Centre for
British National Bibliography	documentation*
Cambridge University Library	Office for Scientific and Technical Information*
Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux	Periodical Publishers’ Association
Construction Industry Research and	Permanent Committee on Geographical Names
Information Association	(Royal Geographical Society)
Department of Trade and Industry*	Publishers’ Association*
HM Stationery Office*	Royal Institute of British Architects
Institute of Information Scientists*	Royal Society
Institute of Journalists*	Science Abstracts
Institute of Technical Publicity and	Science Museum Library*
Publications*	Society of Indexers
Library Association*	Standing Conference of National and
Ministry of Defence*	University Libraries*
National Central Library*

The organizations marked with an asterisk in the above list, together with the following, were directly represented on the committee entrusted with the preparation of this British Standard:

British Association of Industrial Editors	Institute of Technical Authors and Illustrators
British Cartographic Society	London College of Printing
BSI Standards Associates’ Section	Post Office
Electricity Council, The Central Electricity	Society of Industrial Artists and Designers
Generating Board and the Area Boards in	Society of Technical Publication Contractors
England and Wales	United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority
Institute of Linguists	Individual expert

This British Standard, having been approved by the Documentation Standards Committee, was published under the authority of the Executive Board on 30 March 1972

The following BSI references relate to the work on this standard:

Committee reference OC/20/10/12

Draft for comment 70/35754

Amendments issued since publication

Amd. No.	Date of issue	Comments
1121	February 1973
2694	August 1978	Indicated by a sideline in the margin

BS 4811:1972

Specification for the presentation of research and development reports

Current

Published:

30 Mar 1972