Professional communication and information resources in the USSR

Describes the problems associated with the creation, structure, development, and activities of the SSSTI (State System for Scientific/Technical Information) and discusses the role and aims of scientific and technical institutes and centers in the USSR. The author also considers the development of the state´s computerized system of scientific and technical information, development of access to foreign information sources, and the development of information theory and computer science in the USSR. In addition, the development of laws on the use of information resources is discussed, and the role and the activity of the All-Union Science and Engineering Popov Society for Radio, Electronics and Communications, as well as the Popov Society Section on Professional Communication are emphasized. The importance of further development of cooperation between the IEEE and the Popov Society, and especially between the IEEE Professional Communication Society and the Professional Communication Section of the Popov Society, is emphasized