Aslib Proceedings: Volume 37 Issue 1
Table of contents
The Information Society — how different?
Bruce WilliamsIt was, I suspect, Daniel Bell — the Professor of Sociology at Harvard University — who invented ‘the information society’. In 1973 he had written of ‘the coming post‐industrial…
Information resource management in public administration: a decade of progress
Forest ‘Woody’ HortonA decade ago, on 27 December 1974, the Congress of the United States passed a Law creating a commission to study why the paperwork and red‐tape burdens being imposed on citizens…
A holistic approach to the management of information
Peter Vickers1984 has turned out to be a very interesting and instructive year. I was given a special assignment, the essence of which was that I should do things to consolidate and extend…
Information management: an Australian photomontage
Nancy D. LaneOne of Australia's publishing success stories of 1982 was the coffee‐table book, A day in the life of Australia. One hundred photographers were sent to different locations…