222 ANNUAl. REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1962 



OTHER ACTIYITIES 



The chief of the division continued to represent the Smithsonian 

 Institution on the board of trustees of the Greater Washington Edu- 

 cational Television Association, Inc., of which the Institution is a 

 member, and served on its executive conmiittee. He also represented 

 the Institution at the aimual meeting of the Association of American 

 University Presses held in June at Palo Alto, Calif. 



A noteworthy item in press at the close of the year was an "Author- 

 Subject Index to Articles in Smithsonian Annual Eeports, 1849-1961," 

 compiled and edited under the direction of tlie editorial and publica- 

 tions division. 



The division, as well as other branches of the Institution, cooperated 

 with the National Science Foundation during the year in the prepara- 

 tion of No. 13 of the Foundation's series of bulletins describing the 

 policies and practices of Federal agencies relative to their scientific 

 and teclinical information activities. This bulletin, on the scientific 

 information activities of the Smithsonian Institution, was published 

 by the Foundation in June. 



Eespectfully submitted. 



Paul H. Oehser, 

 Chiefs Editorial and Publications Division. 



Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 

 Secretary^ Smithsonian Institution. 



