Aslib Proceedings: Volume 37 Issue 2

Expanding information functions and horizons

M.J. Allen, S.E. Ward

The rapid evolution in methods for information processing and sources of information supply is producing a climate of activity which makes it appropriate to consider the future of…

Distributed information processing: trends and implications

R.E. Wiggins

Ask what is meant by ‘Distributed Information Processing’ (DIP) and you are likely to receive as many varied answers as there are respondents. Depending on their background and…

Information management: taking account of the human element

Gurth Higgin

In what I have to say I have defined the human element as not including ergonomic considerations. I do this mainly because I know little about ergonomics, but also because there…

Structural change within the information profession: a scenario for the 1990s

D. Gleave, C. Angell, K. Woolley

The development of electronic information technology and its increasing rate of adoption and implementation is having a major impact upon both the volume of information activity…