Aslib Proceedings: Volume 45 Issue 6

The great electronic information bazaar — a rough guide to exploring the Internet

Ian Watson

The Internet is a decentralized network of computers located throughout the world. Many of these machines (or servers) contain information which is freely available while others…

Electronic document delivery: a reality at last?

J. Andrew Braid

Document delivery is in the process of undergoing many changes from a manual to an electronic system. Two main reasons for this change are presented — the financial pressures on…

Virtual reality: toys or tools of the trade?

Robert J. Stone

Virtual Reality (VR) refers to the computer generation of realistic three‐dimensional artificial worlds in which humans, typically equipped with head‐mounted 3D displays…

The office you wish you had

Peter Cochrane, Kim Fisher, Rob Taylor‐Hendry

In many respects the office has changed little over the past 200 years. The introduction of the telephone, copier, fax and computer have only served to speed up and proliferate…