Aslib Proceedings: Volume 40 Issue 3

Information technology and organisational structure

Paul F. Burton

Computer‐based systems have been used in a variety of organisations for some time now, and there are many studies of their effects upon organisations. In the 1980s, concern has…

Corporate citizenship and monopolistic practices in the information industry: a study of IBM

Pauline Rafferty, Blaise Cronin, James Carson

Image is important in business. Corporate advertising is a means of raising salience, heightening consumer awareness, establishing market presence and credibility, creating an…

Chemical toxicology databanks

David Bawden

The use of three databanks of chemical toxicology (RTECS, HSDB and CIS), in various implementations, is described. General conclusions about compilation, implementation and…

School/public library co‐operation

Jamal A. Tameem

School/public library co‐operation has been a significant topic in the discussion of networking libraries and co‐operative ventures to improve the information services in the…