The staff and members of Aslib have long been noted for taking a close interest in the topic of copyright, and have done a great deal in recent years to clarify the copyright…
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The staff and members of Aslib have long been noted for taking a close interest in the topic of copyright, and have done a great deal in recent years to clarify the copyright problems experienced by members, and to represent members' interests in national debate. If I may remind the audience of some Aslib activities in very recent times—for example, in the Supplementary Memorandum submitted by Aslib to the Price Committee in 1980, this statement was made re copyright:
Starting with an explanation of the language of law, the article outlines the characteristics of legal literature and the expectations of computer‐based systems. There follows a…
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Starting with an explanation of the language of law, the article outlines the characteristics of legal literature and the expectations of computer‐based systems. There follows a brief evaluative survey of the development of major legal text retrieval systems throughout the world with an indication of the areas of research in progress. The final section deals with systems in the United Kingdom and the problems associated with research funding and the general organization of legal information in the country. 8 refs.
In November 1981, the Joint Consultative Committee of Aslib, the Institute of Information Scientists, the Library Association, SCONUL, and the Society of Archivists, organized a…
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In November 1981, the Joint Consultative Committee of Aslib, the Institute of Information Scientists, the Library Association, SCONUL, and the Society of Archivists, organized a Seminar at the Lane End Management Centre, the purpose of which was to clarify ideas about actions which the constituent bodies wished Government to take in the development of a national information policy.
Presents a review on implementing finite element methods on supercomputers, workstations and PCs and gives main trends in hardware and software developments. An appendix included…
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Presents a review on implementing finite element methods on supercomputers, workstations and PCs and gives main trends in hardware and software developments. An appendix included at the end of the paper presents a bibliography on the subjects retrospectively to 1985 and approximately 1,100 references are listed.
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BACKGROUND Interlibrary comparisons can be defined as the voluntary exchange among members of a group of libraries of quantitative information about their workloads and costs as…
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BACKGROUND Interlibrary comparisons can be defined as the voluntary exchange among members of a group of libraries of quantitative information about their workloads and costs as regards operations common to all or most members of the group, such information being more detailed and analytical than data supplied regularly to the national or other agencies responsible for collecting statistics from libraries of similar type. Consistently with that definition, obviously at any time two or more libraries sharing common ground can trade such information. History suggests on the other hand that libraries have not often taken such initiatives, and research libraries hardly at all. In practice there are advantages in an external organisation with appropriate experience setting up and master minding the exercise. Such a body is arguably better placed than any one library to obtain consensus as to the outlines of the project, to establish definitions, provide interpretations, supply guidance throughout and arbitration on occasion, collect, tabulate and circulate returns among participants. Particularly if the organisation is one accustomed to deal with a variety of bodies other than libraries there is the possibility of a detached questioning of bibliothecal rituals. On both sides in the exercise a learning situation may be salutary.
DAVID MENHENNET and JANE WAINWRIGHT
The Library provides information, documentation and research services to Members of the House of Commons. The organization of the Library and the history of POLIS (the…
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The Library provides information, documentation and research services to Members of the House of Commons. The organization of the Library and the history of POLIS (the Parliamentary On‐Line Information System) are described. The system became operational in 1980, and was set up by and is operated by Scicon Computer Services Ltd. Data entry is performed by the Library's Indexing Unit. Details of the telecommunications, software, hardware and database are given. UNIDAS retrieval software is used, and subject indexing is based on a thesaurus compiled by the Library. Most Library staff are being trained to use the retrieval facilities. Other offices of the House of Commons and of the House of Lords also have terminals linked to the system. Approved non‐Parliamentary users may also subscribe to POLIS via the public‐switched telephone network, Euronet or PSS. Other uses of computers by the Library are described.
My last formal report to the Annual Conference was at Norwich in 1985, but I did offer both broad and detailed comments and opinions on the ‘state of the nation’ at the…
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My last formal report to the Annual Conference was at Norwich in 1985, but I did offer both broad and detailed comments and opinions on the ‘state of the nation’ at the Multipartite Conference in Bournemouth in September 1985.
Racialised misrepresentation circulated en masse can be understood as a form of symbolic and cultural violence. Such misrepresentations create a dominant cultural narrative that…
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Racialised misrepresentation circulated en masse can be understood as a form of symbolic and cultural violence. Such misrepresentations create a dominant cultural narrative that positions people of African background as violent and troubled and therefore incompatible with Australian society. Young people from various groups have been using arts-for-social-change to challenge and dismantle these imposed misrepresentation and reconstruct narratives that reflect their lived experiences. The purpose of this paper is to explore sound portraits, both the process and product, by tracing the journey of New Change, arts collective comprised of young women of African heritage, who have been pushing for social change.
Design/methodology/approach
This collaborative research mobilises arts methodologies, bringing together sound arts, audio documentary and narrative research methods. Data gathering included arts artefacts and interviews with the young women and sound recordings from news media to craft a sound portrait entitled “Battle for truth”.
Findings
Battle for Truth is a sound portrait that serve as the findings for this paper. Sound portraits privilege participants’ voices and convey the complexity of their stories through the layering of voices and other soundscapes. This sound portrait also includes a media montage of racialised misrepresentation.
Social implications
Through their restorying, sound portraits are a way to counter passive and active forgetting and wilful mishearing, creating a space in the public memory for polyphonic voices and stories that have been shutout. Sound portraits necessitate reflexivity and dialogue through deep listening, becoming important sites for reimagining possibilities for social change and developing new activist avenues.
Originality/value
This paper brings together sonic methods, liberation arts and social justice perspectives to attend to power, race, gender and voice.