Aslib Proceedings: Volume 32 Issue 5
Table of contents
Information systems in UK agriculture: final report of the Agriculture Information Review Committee
Gillian M. CraigThe British Library Research and Development Report Information systems in UK agriculture presents the findings of a committee of fifteen agricultural scientists and information…
Information or communication?
H.V. WyattScience would not have been possible without a particular form of communication, which itself has changed over the years. Why has science flourished in our Judeo‐Christian culture…
Agricultural and biological information—some remarks
K.V. RuncieI am pleased and honoured to be asked to speak, but I speak with some trepidation as I have not always been the most active library user. Perhaps this is a good thing in the light…
Toxic substances in the workplace—the role of the HSE
Pat MoodyAs a civil servant opening an afternoon devoted to access to information, I couldn't resist the temptation to quote a now famous paragraph from the minority report attached to the…
The Toxicology, Information Working Party—an exercise in user collaboration
David BawdenThe Toxicology Information Working Party (TIWP) was set up following a joint meeting of the Association of Information Officers in the Pharmaceutical Industry (AIOPI) and the UK…
The National Poisons Information Service
Heather M. WisemanThe function of the National Poisons Information Service is to operate a round‐the‐clock telephone service to the medical profession to provide them with information on the acute…
National Poisons Information Service: Poisons Unit library provision
Janet CampbellThe Poisons Unit Library serves the Unit staff, which consists of a medical, scientific and information work force concerned with the diagnosis, management and prevention of…
Provision of poisons and safety data
D. Rycroft, D.E. SmithIt is now universally recognized that although doctors and pharmacists need accurate objective information about the drugs they prescribe and dispense, an entirely satisfactory…
Sources of information in radiological protection
M.J. GainesIn the current issue of the Guinness Book of Records there is a table categorizing chemical elements by their unique property—osmium as the most dense, hydrogen as the lightest…
Reckitt & Colman poisons information system
Eric F. EnglerReckitt & Colman Ltd is a very large company with an extensive international operation. We manufacture literally hundreds of widely differing products which fall into the…