Aslib Proceedings: Volume 55 Issue 3

Knowledge sharing: a game people play

Alton Chua

Examines the dynamics of knowledge sharing using the multi‐person game‐theoretic framework. Proposes that an individual’s knowledge sharing tendency is driven by a set of…

Accountability and demonstration of the value of information services in South African law firms

Olwyn Garratt, Adeline du Toit

The value of library and information services in the incorporated South African law firm was investigated with regard to accountability to corporate management. A cost accounting…

First steps towards providing the UK with health care information and advice via their television sets: an evaluation of four Department of Health sponsored pilot services

David Nicholas, Paul Huntington, Peter Williams, Barrie Gunter

Provides a summary of a Department of Health funded research study investigating performance and impact of four pilot digital interactive television services in the consumer…

Library portal solutions

Andrew Cox, Robin Yeates

This article reviews a significant range of new products developed by library management system (LMS) suppliers, which will be referred to for convenience as library portal…

E‐mail overload in the UK workplace

Jenni Ingham

Establishes whether e‐mail overload exists in the UK workplace through a series of in‐depth interviews. Evaluates the use of e‐mail and attitudes towards its use in a business…

After the disaster: drawing up the insurance claim

Robert Howes

Reports on the results of a major flood at the University of Sussex Library’s repository at Lewes in October 2000, which severely damaged a collection of 42,000 books, 14,000…