Aslib Proceedings: Volume 51 Issue 6

A Siberian reality check on open source information

Athol Yates, Nicholas Zvegintzovi

Open Source Information (OSI) and Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) are attracting enormous interest from the business, military and political intelligence communities. OSI and…

Survival strategies in the Learning Age – hybrid staff and hybrid libraries

Penny Garrod

In the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin sets out his observations on the evolution of species, and survival through adaptation to changing environments. Darwin‘s theories are…

Non‐use of business libraries and information services: a study of the library and information managers’ perception, experience and reaction to non‐use

Laura Brick

Not since 1980 has research provided any insights into how information managers perceive and cope with non‐use. In an attempt to fill the vacuum information professionals in…

Constructing ‘users’ in library and information science

Heidi Julien

This article issues a challenge to information service providers and to researchers in information management to reflect on the ways the concept of ‘users’ has been constructed…