This document contains three selections from the Russian-language journal "Nauchno-Teknicheskaya Informatsiya," Moscow. The first article is "Documentation for Technical Forecasts" by T. A. Vvedenskiy (Series 1, Number 11, 1969, submitted for publication 9 July 1968, p3-5). This article deals with the transformation of the method of scientific forecasting into a new promising science of predicting the future (prognostication, or futurology), into a science dealing with the laws and methods of forecasting the development of science and engineering. The second article is "Some Problems of Forecasting the Development of Methods and Means of Mechanization and Automation for Construction of Information Service Systems" by V. A. Kal'manson (Series 1, Number 11, 1969, submitted for publication 14 August 1968, p28-33). The third article is "Statistical Evaluation of Effectiveness of Utilization of Scientific and Technical Information" by V. V. Alpatov (Series 2, Number 11, 1969, submitted for publication 3 April 1969, p3-4). (MF)