Aslib Proceedings: Volume 50 Issue 4

Facing up to dilemmas: conflicting ethics and the modern information professional

Michael W. Hill

There are two categories of ethical behaviour which affect the MIP. The first and most often discussed, includes those principles which encourage working for the welfare and…

Organising competitive intelligence activities in a corporate organisation

Anneli Pirttilä

This study discusses the problems of organising competitive intelligence activities in a corporate organisation. Traditionally in many large corporations the collection…

SDI Processing for search profiles in online databases

Nasser Ansari

The term “Intelligent Agent” can be understood in many different ways. One notable working Intelligent Agent is the Alert Service offered for the retrieval of international…

Surfing through the Internet — the new content of teenagers' spare time

Franci Pivec

The appearance of the Internet brings changes into social context and into the cultural and moral experience of people. This applies especially to teenagers, who are attracted to…