Aslib Proceedings: Volume 38 Issue 10

Electronic publishing and the information profession

John Gurnsey

This paper is not so much about electronic publishing — as about change. More importantly it is about our professional institutions and their response to change. In many ways it…

Expert systems for information retrieval?

Chris Paice

This paper examines the relevance of the expert systems approach to information retrieval. First, the purpose and nature of expert systems are outlined, and it is argued that only…

Where research is going

Brian Perry

Library and information services worldwide are still having to face a period of great change, both in the environments within which they have to operate and in the types of…

Education for excellence: information, innovation and education

Christopher Turner

Education in information studies is, like most other technology‐orientated disciplines, going through a process of exciting creative development. This development is being…

Electronic and print publishing — a media marriage

Richard Hooper

This occasion turns out to be rather special for a reason not known at the time that Dr Lewis invited me to give this lecture because since then I have begun my new life running…