History of a ''user'' publication

In 1969 a small monthly report was initiated at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory to provide current information on accelerator operations and noteworthy research events in high-energy physics. The article relates how this information vehicle grew into a much larger research status report called Research/Accelerators according to the changing needs of the scientists and engineers and the changing character of the research programs. From its small beginnings as a handy source of current information, the report has now grown into an important communications medium for the laboratory