摘要:On different occasions I have mentioned to you my interest in the general make-up of periodicals, the style of volume numbering on journal covers, the simplification of titles, and the bibliographic form of references. Since January I have been conducting a personal campaign with editors and publishers to see what could be done on the standardization of Arabic for volume numbers and bibliographic references. Approximately 200 personal letters were written and on the suggestion to print Arabic numerals instead of Roman letters on the covers of journals, the following results were obtained: 174 Approvals 6 Disapprovals 14 Later considerations.