Aslib Proceedings: Volume 28 Issue 2

Information and local government

D. Kennington

The theme of this conference is information in a changing world. I think I was asked to contribute because, for the last six years or so, I have been fortunate to be placed in a…

Consumer advisory services

Michael Tilleard, Gillian Clegg

Any historical survey of the way in which consumers have organized themselves into associations for their own mutual benefit and protection should really begin with the role…

A public right to know

Charles Medawar

I believe it is, or was, the case that libraries in the Republic of South Africa do not stock copies of Black Beauty; nor children's stories about little black rabbits and little…

Information, education and entertainment

Edward Rayner

Two of the first questions I was asked to decide when preparing this paper were these: did I want to use visual aids (they asked the BBC); and what did I want to call it. A letter…

Information for industry: the research associations' role

A.R. Payne, S. Cleaver

The nation is in one of its worse crises for a long time and for this reason I intend to take a broad view of the role that research associations can play in helping industry…

Role of information in planning industrial investment

I.D. McDonald

I would like to divide my comments into two parts. The first is the information related to investment planning within the company itself; the second is the information relating to…