Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- CHAPTER I. The socio-historical evolution of scientific information problems -- CHAPTER II. Scientific library in the age of the scientific and technical revolution -- CHAPTER III. An outline of the systematization of science organization -- CHAPTER IV. The points of divergence between research and scientific information -- APPENDIX A: A 'computer-based' information system: the ISIS, an Integrated Set of Information Systems -- APPENDIX B: Bibliography -- Notes