Rapid growth in the appreciation of the value of accurate and up-to-date information in science and technology was marked during the last decade. This resulted in recognition that the work of librarians in special libraries and of information officers has a character of its own, and in the consequent formation of associations providing a platform for the discussion of common interests. The Association of Special Libraries and Information Services (A.S.L.I.S.) in Melbourne, Australia, is one of these, and it is to be congratulated on the launching of its journal, Information, in June 1947. This first issue contains, besides introductory matter, the first part of an article on documentary reproduction, another on patents in information, glimpses of the B. J. Ball, Ltd., library in Melbourne, and the constitution of the Association. An exchange corner for periodicals, abstracts of relevant literature, and questions and answers on the universal decimal classification are other features which will appeal to members. Although printing difficulties may make the appearance of the journal infrequent at first, it has made a good start. It should, perhaps, be mentioned that the Australian organisation A.S.L.I.S. is quite independent of the Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux (A.S.L.I.B.) in Great Britain, though the two are in very cordial relationship.