Aslib Proceedings: Volume 49 Issue 3

The nature of prediction and the information future: Arthur C. Clarke's Odyssey vision

David Bawden

Looking beyond the immediate future, which for the world of information and computing means the next five years, is hazardous. This paper attempts to present a vision of some…

Seed science literature on Nigeria, India, Australia, United Kingdom and United States: a comparative study of author collaboration

Y.I. Harande

The study compares author collaboration in the periodical literature of seed science on Nigeria, India, Australia, United Kingdom, United States of America. The study was based on…

Knowing your customers

Jennifer Rowley

Have library managers been sufficiently aggressive in identifying and understanding their customers, given that the future of individual services and the profession as a whole…

The development of an intranet within a college of further and higher education

Paul Blackmore

This paper outlines the origin and continuing development of an intranet within Wirral Metropolitan College. The College intranet has grown as a result of a number of initiatives…