Aslib Proceedings: Volume 25 Issue 12

The information services provided by public libraries to industry and commerce

A.L. Smyth

This is very much a personal view of public library service to commerce and industry and does not attempt to give a considered survey of the position in the country as a whole. It…

Information for Members of Parliament: the service provided by the House of Commons Library

David Menhennet

‘Information transfer’ may be considered at different levels of sophistication. The subject goes much wider and deeper than, for example, the physical movement of library…

Information services for the universities

Susan M. Evans

I feel obliged to begin by apologizing for my lack of current involvement in that sphere of activity—the university world—which I am to discuss. I have, however, provided…

Towards Informatics 2

Kevin P. Jones

What is informatics? First it must be confessed that it seemed to form an excellent conference label. In this respect it may be compared with linguistic confections, like Infochem…

Short loan collection

W.B. Woodward, M. Hird

Among the more serious problems recognized in the last five years by our library staff were those arising from a time‐hallowed practice of lecturing staff. This practice is to…