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EDITORIAL
RICHARD KIMBERThe first quarterly issue of The Journal of Documentation was published in June 1945. In an introductory note the first editor, Theodore Besterman, defined a document as ‘anything…
USING GREY LITERATURE IN INFORMAL INFORMATION SERVICES IN AFRICA
PAUL STURGESThere are increasing numbers of experiments (in countries as diverse as Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Benin, Senegal, Botswana and Zimbabwe) with informal community information services…
INFORMATION SCIENCE OBSERVED: NEW MEDIA AND PRODUCTIVITY IN A GROUP OF UK PRACTITIONERS
ELISABETH DAVENPORTThe paper presents the results of the author's recent study of new media and productivity in a group of UK information scientists. The journal article was the primary focus of the…
HYPER‐BOOK: A FORMAL MODEL FOR ELECTRONIC BOOKS
NADIA CATENAZZI, LORENZO SOMMARUGAThis paper presents a model for an electronic book (hyper‐book). Hyper‐books are electronic books defined on the basis of the paper book metaphor. This metaphor guarantees ease of…
DOCUMENTATION NOTE DRUG INFORMATION FOR PATIENTS: DO WE KNOW THE ANSWER?
JANE FARMER, JENNIFER VAN HENGELUnder the Patient's Charter, The National Health Service has an obligation to become more responsive to the needs of patients. These needs have been shown by research to include…
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