Aslib Proceedings: Volume 32 Issue 7
Table of contents
Recall and precision devices in interactive bibliographic search and retrieval systems
D.I. RaittAn index language usually incorporates various methods for improving recall and/or precision when searching. Recall devices tend to increase the size of retrieved document sets…
Information in industrial relations
Carol SmartEveryone understands what is meant by the term ‘industrial relations’ in a generalized way, but it seems that there is no formal definition which can be said to be universally…
Metallurgical information—past, present and future
Martin S. WhiteSecond Leslie Patrick Memorial Lecture presented in Birmingham on 8th November 1919 at a meeting jointly organized by Aslib Midlands Branch, the Birmingham Metallurgical…
Psychology and librarianship—an appraisal of the potential of experimental psychology in the study of librarian‐client behaviour
George McMurdoThe trend towards linking psychological research to problems of the librarian‐client interface is discussed. A more vigorous, scientific approach to these problems is recommended…
The databank of UK online users
Lesley C. DibbWhen the role of the Online Information Centre was first under discussion one of the formal objectives decided for the Centre was the maintenance of a register of online users in…