Aslib Proceedings: Volume 12 Issue 9
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ASLIB PROCEEDINGS: incorporating Aslib Information
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RETIREMENT OF DR RICHARD OFFOR
J.H.P. PAFFORDIn February of this year Dr R. Offor retired from his post of Library Adviser to the Inter‐University Council for Higher Education Overseas, and there are many reasons why his…
SOME ASPECTS OF TECHNICAL EDITING
JAMES REVIEBefore I get on with the business for which I am here this morning, there is one preliminary that I would like to voice. That is that any opinions I may express with regard to…
CLASSIFICATION: ADOPT, ADAPT, OR CREATE?: a discussion point
BARBARA KYLEThere has long been controversy about the rival merits of using either a recognized published classification drafted by experts in classification or a do‐it‐yourself system…
ASLIB INFORMATION DEPARTMENT: a statistical review over ten years
LEO GOLDSTONEIn the first quarter of 1951 the Aslib Information Department received 239 requests from members to borrow publications. In the ten years that have passed since then there has…
Letters to the Editor
Dear Madam, With reference to Mr Godfrey Sceats' letter in the August issue of Aslib Proceedings, the short answer to his comment is that it is recognized practice with respect to…
SELECTIONS FROM The RECENT LITERATURE
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