Aslib Proceedings: Volume 41 Issue 3

Dialogue and the search for information

Stuart Hannabuss

Knowledge of conversation theory and speech acts assists us to understand how people search for information. Dialogue embodies meanings and intentionalities, and represents…

Press releases: a neglected source of information

Karen Johnson, Jo Haythornthwaite

Press releases are a major means of communication between the government and the public, and yet they remain an under‐rated and neglected source of data. This paper describes the…

Integrating library functions into a general computing network

Felicity Grainger, Stephen Ladyman

The Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology carries out research into the causes and treatment of the rheumatic diseases. In 1984 a programme of computerisation was implemented. By…

Libraries and the economic development of Ghana

A.A. Alemna

This paper is of the view that libraries play an important role in the economic development of every country. It reviews the present state of library services in Ghana in relation…