Aslib Proceedings: Volume 51 Issue 8

Perspectives on information overload

David Bawden, Clive Holtham, Nigel Courtney

Information overload is by no means a new concept, but has come to prominence during the last decade. This paper reviews the nature and causes of overload, and considers possible…

Derivation of interaction environment and information object properties for enhanced integrated access and value‐adding to electronic documents

Chern Li Liew, Schubert Foo

The recent unprecedented growth of information in digital form advocates the need for better ways to interact with this vast amount of richly‐conveyed information. This paper…

The introduction of intranets into the newspaper industry

Jackie Drennan

An evaluation of the current state of intranet usage in the UK newspaper industry. Librarians and information managers from all the UK national newspapers were contacted to…

Building the digital library on solid research foundations

Ian Rowlands, David Bawden

The digital library is a socio‐technical concept of great significance. It redefines the relationships between information providers and intermediaries and, potentially…