Aslib Proceedings: Volume 49 Issue 2

Building intranet‐based information systems for international companies etc…

Peter Morrell

European Management Systems has for a number of years been providing EIS to international organisations. This activity has recently been extended to offering intranet solutions…

Hewlett‐Packard and the intranet — case study and alliances

Paul Helm

Hewlett‐Packard has implemented a corporate intranet to support mission‐critical systems that rivals the global Internet in scale. This paper discusses the drivers and results…

NHSweb: a health intranet

Steven Harrison

This paper looks at how a secure national network has been developed exclusively for the NHS, how within that network, intranet services are being established and the benefits…

Staff training aspects of automation in a Nigerian university library

Richard Olorunsola

Automated systems, like manual systems, will not be successful without adequate training and preparation on the part of the staff. Some problems will arise where adequate training…

Assessing information needs: a case study of journalists

David Nicholas, Helen Martin

A structure for analysing information needs is outlined. The purpose of the structure is to enable data on users to be collected in a systematic and routine manner. The form of…