Aslib Proceedings: Volume 53 Issue 5

Comment The Guardian/Observer:information developments since 1998

Helen Martin

Provides an update of the British Library funded project ‘The changing information environment’, which featured an analysis of Internet use at The Guardian/Observer. Desktop…

Libraries and open society; Popper, Soros and digital information

Lyn Robinson, David Bawden

This paper examines the role of libraries and information services, in promoting the ‘open society’ espoused by Karl Popper and George Soros. After a brief discussion of the…

Information and social quality

Yitzhak Berman, David Phillips

This paper introduces the concept of ‘social quality’ as a measure of quality‐of‐life and it sets out a framework for identifying social indicators of the relationship between…

The future of the British broadsheet newspaper on the World Wide Web

Nicola Cowen

Traditional media, such as newspapers, are having to reassess their role in the Internet age. Not only are newspapers having to compete with each other, but also with foreign…