Aslib Proceedings: Volume 51 Issue 2

Who can you trust?

Alan Rusbridger

The text of a lecture given by Alan Rusbridger, Editor of The Guardian, to mark the opening of the new facilities for the Department of Journalism at the University of Central…

Dumbing down: the only way is up

Robin Hunt

Analyses the “dumbing down” syndrome highlighting main quotes from BBC online, Kirkus Reviews and an interview between Roan Hoag of Amazon.xom and Pete Hamill whose book “News is…

Electronic books

Tony Cawkell

Books include novels, dictionaries, telephone books, textbooks, anthologies, instruction manuals, proceedings of meetings and directories. The phrase “electronic books” has been…

Librarians – architects of the future?

Julie Rowbotham

This article explores the reasons why librarians should be at the heart of Internet site development. There are two distinct ways in which librarians can most effectively…