Aslib Proceedings: Volume 52 Issue 4

“The liveliest of corpses”: trends and challenges for the future in the book publishing industry

Iain Stevenson

Reviews the perceived and actual threats to the book publishing industry arising from electronic storage, management and distribution of information. It argues that publishing has…

Quality standards in drug and medical information departments

Sadia Khan, David Bawden

Quality standards in the enquiry answering function of health service drug information units and of pharmaceutical industry medical information departments are studied by an…

Implementing the “New Library: The People’s Network” and the management of change

Alan Boughey

The New Library: The People’s Network and other recent government initiatives have set out a new direction for public library services in Britain. The aim is to create “hybrid”…

Facilitating scientific communication for industrial innovation

Paul M. Evans

Much has been written about how methods of working and communicating can improve the productivity of innovation for industry. Less has been related to this from the overall…