Aslib Proceedings: Volume 32 Issue 10

Cuts and the special library

H.W.D. Stubbs

When the conference organizer first approached me some months ago and persuaded me to deliver this paper, the title—initially ‘Cuts in Special Libraries’—rapidly crystallised to…

Manpower planning and research

Margaret Slater

Possibly the best entry point or initial approach to manpower planning is via term‐definition. Perhaps we should also keep this term‐defining concept in mind whenever we think…

The matching of resource to service in an industrial information unit

A.R. Blick

An industrial information unit must undertake certain activities to meet its customers' needs. The paper discusses these activities and places them in an order of priority. The…

Library and information services of the International Tin Research Institute

Gill Croft

The library of the International Tin Research Institute houses a unique collection of material on all aspects of tin. The wide range of subjects covered, from 18th century…

The British drug information service

P.L. Hibberd

This paper describes the type of drug information service available in the UK, its scope, limitations and possible future development. A survey was carried out in which…