Local current awareness services in industrial libraries

Abstract

The clientele of industrial libraries have long enjoyed the library's assistance in keeping abreast of their subject field. Effective current awareness services minimize the time users spend in keeping up‐to‐date. In recent years remaining adequately informed has become increasingly more arduous. There have been increases in the total amount of information, together with an expansion of the number of documents with which an information user needs to be conversant. Wider scattering of information on any one subject over several sources aggravates the situation further. Such trends not only make comprehensive current awareness programmes more vital, but also make them more difficult to maintain. What has been the impact of such pressures on current awareness activities in industrial libraries?

Citation

Rowley, J.E. (1979), "Local current awareness services in industrial libraries", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 31 No. 10, pp. 476-484. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb050700