Aslib Proceedings: Volume 7 Issue 4
Table of contents
INTRODUCTION
E.M.R. DITMASThe Thirtieth Aslib Annual Conference was held at the Norbreck Hydro, Blackpool, from 23rd to 26th September, 1955, and proved to be as enjoyable as any in previous years…
LIST OF MEMBERS AND VISITORS TO The THIRTIETH CONFERENCE
Sir Raymond Streat, C.B.E., Director of The Cotton Board, Manchester, accompanied by Lady Streat. A Vice‐President: F. C. Francis, M.A., F.S.A., Keeper of the Department of…
INFORMATION AND EFFICIENCY
RAYMOND STREATEverybody agrees that we in Britain must have constantly rising levels of industrial efficiency—operating efficiency, development efficiency, selling efficiency. Otherwise our…
The FILM AS SOURCE MATERIAL FOR HISTORY
ARTHUR ELTONThe film approach to history in this paper I want to consider the film as source material for history in the sense that palimpsest and parchment, hieroglyph and rune, clay tablet…
BINDING FOR The PUBLISHER
D.W. JONESIt is not often that a bookbinder has the opportunity of meeting his consumer public, and I am therefore grateful to your Committee for asking me to speak to you today on binding…
LIBRARY BINDING
T.A. CAWTHORNEIt is an accepted opening for a speaker to begin by defining the subject of his talk. My concern, however, is not with a definition of library binding but with the approach to…
SOME OBSERVATIONS ON The USE OF PUNCHED CARDS FOR A PERSONAL INFORMATION FILE
ALAN K. SOPERAlthough personal information files must seem small fry alongside the large information centres, the accumulated frustration and waste of time associated with them must, on…
LIVERPOOL TECHNICAL LIBRARY; A SURVEY OF The USE MADE OF ITS SERVICES
GEORGE CHANDLERJust over two years ago Liverpool City Council established a Technical Library as part of its pioneer policy of assisting the development of new industries on Merseyside. The City…
The INFORMATION WORK OF The CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION
COLIN ROBERTSONI must confess that after the learned and factual speeches delivered at this Conference I feel that what I have to offer may seem very small beer. I hope, however, that you will…