Aslib Proceedings: Volume 43 Issue 5

Key technologies — chasing the gap

Mae Y Keary

The title of this paper may seem somewhat unusual, as it poses the question, what is a ‘key technology’, and what gaps are being chased? A recurring theme in research such as this…

Prototyping a text information management system

A.E. Jackson

Collection, selection, analysis and dissemination of technical and commercial information are the basic functions of an information centre in a typical corporate scientific…

Liability for information provision: spectre or reality?

Phil Sykes

This article is an impressionist sketch of the legal landscape rather than a detailed route map. If it can indicate some of the more dangerous quagmires and quicksands to be…