Aslib Proceedings: Volume 35 Issue 6

Quality control in online databases

Ralph Gee

When this group approached me for a paper I was then Database Systems Manager for the European Law Centre, publishers of the online legal library EUROLEX. Since then much coloured…

An investigation into the applicability of Science Citation Index as a tool to measure the usefulness of publications of the International Tin Research Institute

Gill Croft

Science Citation Index was examined as a possible tool for measuring the use made of the publications of the International Tin Research Institute. Results were grouped according…

Three specialised data centres

John Martyn

This report describes the Crystallographic Data Centre, the Engineering Sciences Data Unit and the Mass Spectrometry Data Centre, under headings covering scope and general…

Adaption, extinction or genetic drift?

Blaise Cronin

This article is based on a presentation given at ICI's Company Information System Managers' Annual Conference, April 1983.

Monitoring the demand for the services of academic libraries—interpreting survey evidence

Saxon Brettell, Jim Basker

In a previous article, the authors suggested that surveys could usefully provide monitoring information for management of capital services in libraries, such as seating, because…

Aslib Microfilm Service

Mary Ann Colyer

The Aslib Microfilm Service (AMS) was set up in April 1942, as a document delivery service, unique in its time and vital in importance. Its purpose was to make available in…