Information management: state of the art in the United Kingdom

Abstract

As a genre, state of the art studies are vulnerable to all manner of criticism, not least on grounds of completeness, the methodology employed, the nature of the data or the quality of any findings presented. This study is no exception. Indeed, given the time available and the nebulous character of the central concept, a degree of optimism bordering on an act of faith, was required in order to complete it. While the outcome can only be described in terms of the ‘quick and dirty’, it nonetheless encompasses a wide range of experiences and locales and is the product of two questionnaires, a telephone survey and a number of structured face to face interviews.

Citation

Lewis, D.A. and Martin, W.J. (1989), "Information management: state of the art in the United Kingdom", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 41 No. 7/8, pp. 225-250. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb051144