Aslib Proceedings: Volume 29 Issue 3

Experiences in the use of keyword indexing and microfilm in the technical information service of the OVAKO Group

Pekka Pohjola

The Ovako Group is a Finnish steel concern of 3,500 employees. More than half of its production, mainly for finished special steels made from 700,000 tons of crude steel a year…

A comparison of issues and in‐library use of books

C. Harris

For a variety of reasons, librarians are continually obliged to examine the extent to which their bookstocks are used. This obligation may arise out of simple curiosity, to…

Scientific journal budgeting: where does the money go?

Alan Singleton

The continuing debate on scientific journal price increases, photo‐copying and networking, if nothing else, at least serves to focus our attention on one thing: the paucity of…

Librarians or academics? User education at Leicester Polytechnic

Valerie J. Bradfield, Beth Houghton, Patricia M. Siddall

Between 1972 and 1974 four ‘Academic Librarians’ were appointed to educate students in the use of resources. These were academic positions engaged in full‐time teaching and not…