• Edwin A. Hill publishes his system for ordering molecular formulas in an index. It is first used by the Classification Division of the U.S. Patent Office.

• Hollerith designs a keyboard for his machine, replacing the moveable hand for punching data (Norberg, 1990).

• W. A. Noyes assumes editorship of JACS and advocates the publication of a more comprehensive abstracting journal.

• First edition of the Universal Decimal Classification is published (Emard, 1976).

• Paul Otlet (Belgium) proposes the use of standardized microfiche for documentation work (Buckland, 1996).

• Patent for a marginal card system is granted to W. M. Stretch (Reichman, 1961).
• First issue of Chemical Abstracts (CA) is published, edited by William A. Noyes, Sr., in the United States, using volunteers as abstractors (a continuing tradition in CA until the 1960s).

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers is founded and begins publication of its transactions.

• Austin M. Patterson, professor at Ohio State University, assumes editorship of CA, and its offices are moved from the University of Illinois at Urbana to Columbus.
• Special Libraries Association (SLA) is formed. Special librarians in the field of chemistry are the first professionals to specialize in chemical information science (Skolnik, "Milestones," 1976).

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