Aslib Proceedings: Volume 42 Issue 9

The organisational impact of the new media

Patrick Scott

To understand the impact of the so‐called ‘new media’ of communication on today's organisations, we must not only understand what these new media are, but understand the way in…

Guidelines on the evaluation and selection of library software packages

J.E. Rowley

The evaluation and selection of a library software package, whether it be for library housekeeping, text retrieval or the creation of some other database should be approached as a…

Libraries and information provision in Government ministries and departments in Ghana

A.A. Alemna

This is a brief review of libraries and information provision in the Government Ministries and Departments in Ghana. It is based on personal visits to ten of these libraries in…