Aslib Proceedings
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Library and Information StudiesTable Of Contents: Volume 31 Issue 5
Prestel and public libraries: an LA/ Aslib experiment
John MartynFrom time to time in the information and library world, something comes along in the way of a new idea or a new piece of technology which we feel is likely to have a…
Saudi Arabia: indigenous sources of information
Ziauddin SardarSaudi Arabia is one of the most rapidly developing members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The rapidly growing economy of Saudi Arabia has a…
An illuminative evaluation programme for assessing information services
J.H. Pritchard, D.R. Streatfield, T.D. WilsonThe account of illuminative evaluation contributed by Colin Harris to the October 1977 issue of Aslib Proceedings was timely. Too little attention is usually paid to the…
The meaning of ‘about’ in fiction indexing and retrieval
Annelise Mark PejtersenIn acknowledgement of the key position of the concept of ‘aboutness’ in the indexing process, the definition of the term ‘about’ seems to have become the crux of the…
GREMLIN: a co‐operative local government information service
Tony PrestonIn mid‐1977 the Greater Manchester Reference & Information Sub‐Group (a working party of librarians representing the ten public library authorities in the county) set out…