Aslib Proceedings: Volume 40 Issue 10
Table of contents
Keynote paper: trends, probabilities and tomorrow in information technology
Hugh RyanIt has become almost a cliché to note that we live in the information age. Yet, despite this, it is, in fact, a key point in looking at our times and business. In the agricultural…
The information explosion
Clive BradleyI must start by congratulating Aslib on its 60th anniversary. It is a great pleasure to speak at this celebratory conference, and I am even happier that I can do so in a…
Business use of information services
Martin BrooksFirst of all, I would like to add my congratulations to you at Aslib on your 60th Anniversary. It is a salutary thought that whatever we pontificate about now, some very…
Research and development
David WorlockThe IT industry in the UK, and thus by reduction the information content‐orientated industries which create the services and products used in the IT environment in homes…
Social and industrial innovation and policy change
Paschal PrestonIn this paper I want to examine the scope and limits for a major shift in the internationalisation of trade in information and communication services (or ‘tradeable information’…