Aslib Proceedings

Parallel computing for passage retrieval

A. MacFarlane, S.E. Robertson, J.A. McCann

In this paper methods for both speeding up passage processing and examining more passages using parallel computers are explored. The number of passages processed are…

Political hacktivism: tool of the underdog or scourge of cyberspace?

Caroline Auty

Using the Internet as a means of registering discontent with politicians, policies and groups is a growing phenomenon. There are various ways of manifesting protest on the…

The prospects for e‐government on digital television

Barrie Gunter

The UK Government has set targets for its services to be available online by 2005. It is hoped that electronic public services will improve quality and efficiency of…

Knowledge management in three financial organisations: a case study

Martie M. Squier, Retha Snyman

The article is a report of an investigation of the current state of knowledge management implementation in three South African financial organisations. Two data collection…

Research into young people's information‐seeking: perspectives and methods

Andrew K. Shenton

Despite the fact that effective information skills are a prerequisite for young people in today's society, relatively little is known about how youngsters actually find…

Review of the Web sites for Chinese archaeology

Ka‐wai Fan, Celine Yuen Yan Lai

The ability to sift through the ever‐increasing amounts of information made available online to find quality and accurate data is becoming more important every day. Using…