Aslib Proceedings: Volume 26 Issue 12

Compiling and presenting information for maximum impact

Turlough O'Brien

To make the maximum impact, whether the object be to secure co‐operation or conversion, information must be compiled and presented with the answers to a number of questions in…

Effective presentation of information in a dynamic situation

P.O'N. Hoey, P. Harris

The need to communicate information effectively to a diverse, technically based audience is discussed. The fange of media available is surveyed, extending from formal verbal…

Presenting search results to meet specific user needs

P.J. Bordiss

Users of information services need the technical content of documents rather than the documents themselves, and the results of a literature search should ideally be presented in…

An Information Broker as a member of a Health Service Planning Unit

Maureen Valdez

A health service strategic planning division had difficulty obtaining information needed to support health care improvement projects, despite the availability of library and data…

Some comments on the Information Broker and the Technological Gatekeeper

Anne Wilkin

Some librarians and information workers would suggest that although the name information broker is new, the services provided by the broker are no different from those they…