Aslib Proceedings: Volume 56 Issue 2

Multi‐channel information seeking: a fuzzy conceptual model

Andrew Boyd

Information seeking is a fluid and situation dependent activity where a seeker's actions are influenced by access to information, perceived quality (or information fit) and trust…

Broadband in Britain: how does it compare with narrowband?

Barrie Gunter, Chris Russell, Richard Withey, David Nicholas

An online survey was run to investigate the broadband Internet users in Britain. A sample of 1,594 Internet users replied to questions that asked them about their different uses…

Information for the public about disease: usability issues in the development of the National Electronic Library for Communicable Diseases

Peter Williams, Gemma Madle, Julius Weinberg, Patty Kostkova, Jane Mani‐Saada

The Institute of Health Sciences at City University has been funded by the Department of Health to construct a National Electronic Library for Communicable Disease to form part of…

Analysing knowledge requirements: a case study

D.B. Schwikkard, A.S.A. du Toit

This paper presents the findings of a knowledge audit conducted to determine the knowledge requirements of a large service‐based enterprise in South Africa. The objective of the…

Meta‐ and object‐language for information retrieval research: proposal for a distinction

Julian Warner

The distinction between a meta‐ and an object‐language has become increasingly familiar in information science, through the diffusion of the concept of metadata. A significant…

Research in progress. Part 2 – some preliminary insights into the information needs of the contemporary academic researcher

Eti Herman

The second part of a two‐part paper reports the preliminary conclusions derived from the pathfinder phase of a study devoted to a reassessment of the information needs of academic…