Aslib Proceedings: Volume 29 Issue 2

An on‐line system for handling personal data bases on a PDP 11/20 minicomputer

P. Leggate, B.M. Eaglestone, R.M. Jarman, M.M. Norgett, A.P. Williams

Information retrieval is a sequence of selection and discrimination steps, aimed at the production of progressively smaller subsets. A great multitude of documents are prepared…

The centre for research on user studies: aims and functions

K. Wilson‐Davis

The Centre for Research on User Studies is in its simplest terms a group of people charged with the responsibility of becoming the UK national centre of expertise on user studies…

The information function in relation to user departments: an excursion into the future

Margaret Saunderson

The majority of endeavours of merit are subject to continuing evolution and development. Although one may not always favour the results of such developments, nevertheless…

The use of national resources to encourage the more effective use of information by industry

G.P. Sweeney

In being presented with the title of this paper by Aslib, it seemed to me that I was in effect being posed two questions:

The London classification of business studies: further progress towards a revised edition

K.G.B. Bakewell, Valerie Lang, K.D.C. Vernon

Previously in Aslib Proceedings, there appeared a short report of the proceedings of the first seminar for users of the London Classification of Business Studies (LCBS) and the…