Aslib Proceedings: Volume 40 Issue 7/8
Table of contents
Information services for industry and commerce in Northern Ireland
A. MacNabb, G. Philip, W.J. MartinThis article is based on a British Library Research and Development funded project entitled ‘Industrial, commercial and agricultural information in Northern Ireland: a survey of…
Keynote paper: the age of competition
Robert HellerThere's no doubt that the information industry is the world's fastest growing: not only micros, software, workstations and databases but magazines, news‐letter books, every form…
Doomsday or resurrection — professional information management and the management of information professionals
John WalesIt is now nearly a decade since the current Director of Aslib rocked the somewhat complacent debating chambers of the information profession with his paper ‘There won't be an…
Value chains, pogo sticks and competitive edge
Blaise CroninA pogo stick puts spring in your heels. It takes you hip‐hop‐hopping past the foot trekkers. Information technology (IT) is the executive's pogo stick: with it you skip ahead of…