Aslib Proceedings: Volume 56 Issue 3

The Alternative Library

Timothy Collinson, Alison Williams

Much time and effort has been devoted to designing and developing library Web sites that are easy to navigate by both new students and experienced researchers. In a review of the…

Designing a virtual exhibition using Scalable Vector Graphics

Dion Hoe‐Lian Goh, Julie Chih‐Ee Wang

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an XML‐based vector graphics standard developed by the World Wide Web Consortium. The National Archives of Singapore recently launched an online…

Is there a correlation between investment in an academic library and a higher education institution's ratings in the Research Assessment Exercise?

Charles Oppenheim, David Stuart

Investigates whether a correlation exists between a UK university's academic excellence, as judged by its Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) ratings, and the amount spent on its…

Consumer health information e‐mails: content, metrics and issues

Janet Homewood

Many consumer general health information Web sites now provide interactive services such as “e‐mail the doctor” and online discussion boards. There has been little research into…

Information‐seeking research in schools: opportunities and pitfalls

Andrew K. Shenton

Much of the research conducted into young people's information seeking has taken place in schools. These organisations afford access to hundreds of diverse youngsters. They are…

Trends in South African Internet banking

Anesh Maniraj Singh

This study follows up a study examining the effectiveness of Internet marketing, which found that only 22.6 per cent of respondents banked online. This study aims to determine…