Aslib Proceedings: Volume 26 Issue 6

Instant and accurate: organization of the BBC's information flow

R.D. Hewlett

On this Wednesday evening it will come as no surprise to you when I say that the BBC is on the air. Indeed, it would come as something of a shock, if I were to tell you that it is…

Rationalization of serial holdings in special libraries

B. Houghton, C. Prosser

This paper describes progress which has been made towards the development of a procedural model intended as a code of good practice to enable special librarians to effect…

The subject specialist librarian in an academic library: his role and place

Charles A. Crossley

The librarian's basic duty has always been to acquire, to organize and to exploit a collection of books and other sources of information. Concerning his ability to perform the…

Communication about books to undergraduates

Peter H. Mann

The research reported in this paper is part of a general study of books which was begun in 1967 and which has been reported elsewhere, in two books and several papers. The present…