Aslib Proceedings: Volume 62 Issue 1

Contributions from the Department of Information and Communications, Manchester Metropolitan University

Frances Johnson, Jennifer Rowley

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue on research carried out at the Department of Information and Communications at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Information sharing practice in multi‐agency working

Michelle Peel, Jennifer Rowley

This paper seeks to make a contribution to understanding of knowledge sharing in the public sector, with specific reference to a context in which multi‐agency working is…

Evolving mobile communication practices of Irish teenagers

Anthony Cawley, Deirdre Hynes

The purpose of this paper is to examine the social adoption of the mobile phone by Irish teenagers in city, town and rural settings. It aims to investigate two key areas that have…

Governing information infrastructures and services in telecommunications

Seamus Simpson

Telecommunications comprises a vital component of information infrastructures and services, with a historically strong public interest dimension. For the best part of 30 years…

Education and training for accessible web design

Jonathan Willson, Jenny Craven, Richard Eskins

The purpose of this paper is to report on the web_access project, funded through the EC Lifelong Learning Programme. The paper aims to provide a context for the proposed study…

The usability and functionality of an online catalogue

Jenny Craven, Frances Johnson, Geoff Butters

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the usability of the user interface to an online catalogue and to explore how user assessment of both system usability and…

How UK academic libraries choose metasearch systems

Bethan Ruddock, Dick Hartley

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how UK academic libraries choose metasearch systems; the choice processes they use; the main influences on their choices; and whether…

Measuring the impact of research

Rebecca Marsh