Aslib Proceedings: Volume 2 Issue 2
Table of contents
PREFACE
The Newcastle upon Tyne conference on 7th December, 1948, was held under the auspices of the Northern Branch of Aslib, but was organized largely by a local committee under the…
INTELLIGENCE—SOME FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES
V.E. PARKEThere is no official definition of intelligence, but it may be conveniently said that ‘the function of intelligence is to find, to obtain, to assess, to store, and to make…
INDUSTRIAL, TECHNICAL AND COMMERCIALINFORMATION: THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
E. AUSTIN HINTONThe theme of this conference is the provision of necessary information for the industrialist, the technologist, and for the business man generally. Of the importance, the vital…
INFORMATION SERVICE: THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE UNIVERSITY
R.O. MACKENNAI was asked to speak on ‘Information Service: the Contribution of the University’. I take that to mean specifically the contribution that a University library can make towards…
THE PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES' CONTRIBUTION: THE LIBRARY OF THE NORTH EAST COAST INSTITUTION
T.S. NICOLThis conference is, I understand, called primarily to advocate the search for and show means for methodizing the provision of technical information in industrial companies—the…
INTER‐LIBRARY CO‐OPERATION: THE REGIONAL LIBRARY BUREAU
JANETTA G. SCURFIELDThe key‐note of to‐day's conference has been information, indeed I could perhaps say information about information. We have considered in particular the need for and importance of…
LIBRARY CO‐OPERATION IN SCOTLAND
L.W. SHARPCo‐operation and libraries can hardly help being named together. Those types of organization which have been the chief sponsors of libraries, e.g. the college, the university, the…
PROBLEMS OF AN INDUSTRIAL LIBRARIAN
D.G. BROWNPerhaps the first problem is how to define an industrial librarian; and I am not satisfied that I can do so. However, I know several people who, like myself, have charge of…
THE PROBLEMS OF THE TECHNICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY
P.W. THOMASFrom the operating point of view there are two fundamental problems—that of finance and, to a lesser extent, time. Time in any event becomes less important if there is adequate…
THE TRAINING OF THE INFORMATION OFFICER: Manchester Meeting, 28th January, 1949
A meeting of the Northern Branch was held in the Lecture Theatre of the Manchester Central Library on 28th January, 1949: the Branch Chairman, Mr. R. Brightman, presided.
THE ORGANIZATION OF WORKS VISITS
F.C. JENNINGSThe organizing and carrying through of a works visit is a practical exercise in the presentation of technical information. The first rule should be to attract and then maintain…