Aslib Proceedings: Volume 35 Issue 3

An aid to calculating search costs online

N.R. Smith

A simple model has been developed that enables the online searcher to calculate the total cost of a search at any point during the search. The parameters of the model are simply…

Prestel in a medical school library: the experience of the Welsh National School of Medicine

Anne Bell

An account is given of the first year's experience with Prestel in the Welsh National School of Medicine Library. Statistical information is presented for usage of Prestel over a…

Information service models: some options, some choices

Bill Blake

This article is the third to appear in Aslib Proceedings on the work of the EISSWA Research Project. (Experimental Information Services in two Social Welfare Agencies). The…

Measuring a library

P.G. Peacock

A method of estimating occupied shelf space in a library is described and the level of accuracy obtainable is discussed.

Setting up a ‘One‐Man Band’ library in a commercial environment

A.M.J. Perrott

This article describes the preliminary stages of establishing a ‘One‐Man Band’ library for a commercial marketing department, highlighting some characteristics of this type of…