Aslib Proceedings: Volume 58 Issue 1/2

Towards 100 years of educating the information professions at UCL SLAIS

The purpose of this article is to introduce the theme of this special issue which contains a selection of papers written by the staff of UCL SLAIS.

Developing a new academic discipline: UCL's contribution to the research and teaching of archives and records management

The purpose of this article is to examine the historical development of archives and records management education in universities in England and review the state of research and…

The study of books

This paper aims to show how the concept of “Bibliography” has changed since the late nineteenth century. It proposes discussing what “Bibliography” did and did not include in the…

The development of description in cataloguing prior to ISBD

The purpose of this article is to compare Anglo‐American cataloguing codes and practices for description over the past 150 years and assess the contribution that they made to…

The need for a faceted classification as the basis of all methods of information retrieval

The aim of this article is to estimate the impact of faceted classification and the faceted analytical method on the development of various information retrieval tools over the…

Evaluating evaluation: Introducing a research project on the impact of Improve Your Library: A Self‐Evaluation Process for School Libraries

The aim of this article is to investigate the nature of use and impact of the Improve Your Library self‐evaluation process on school libraries and their integration into…

The rendering of humanities information in a digital context: Current trends and future developments

The purpose of this paper is to consider how digital resources might best be created and how the digital medium might best be exploited to serve the needs of research and teaching…

Interpreting the image: using advanced computational techniques to read the Vindolanda texts

This paper aims to provide an overview of the development of a computer system designed to aid historians in the reading of the stylus tablets from the Roman fort of Vindolanda…

Improving the relevance of web menus using search logs: a BBCi case study

The paper seeks to propose a method for selecting menu items based on an analysis of user‐entered search terms. Menu pages inform users what is coming next and what questions are…

Triangulating qualitative research and computer transaction logs in health information studies

The aim of this paper is to outline a triangulated methodology for studying usage of electronic health information systems which combines the quantitative data accrued from…

Three problems in logic‐based knowledge representation

The purpose of this article is to give a non‐technical overview of some of the technical progress made recently on tackling three fundamental problems in the area of formal…

British library and information schools