Aslib Proceedings: Volume 30 Issue 10

Career patterns and mobility in the library/ information field

Margaret Slater

Why investigate mobility? Particularly, why investigate it now? Results from my study on mobility, career patterns, and factors affecting, suggest that what the profession seems…

Getting to know the user better

Andy Exon

This paper seeks to spotlight some of the theoretical problems in User Studies; to suggest a strategy for selecting a method of user investigation; to illustrate possible methods…

Educating the special library user

Ian Malley

A common definition of user education (otherwise known as reader instruction or library instruction) is:

The role of minicomputers in libraries and information units

Mike Hyman

Over the past few years considerable interest has been shown in the use of computers for library and information retrieval applications. Despite this interest surprisingly little…

Choosing between manual and on‐line searching—practical experience in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Susan M. Johnston

At the beginning of the 1970s it became apparent to the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food that the use of computers for information work merited serious consideration…

BLAISE—The British Library Automated Information Service

Brian Collinge

One of the problems audiences face when hearing about computer systems is that of separating reality from enthusiastic speculation about future developments which may or may not…