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Publication date: 1 April 1995

John J. O'Flaherty

EURILIA, which is part of the Commission of the European Communities (CEC) Libraries Programme, aims to enhance the libraries' research, development and education process which…

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EURILIA, which is part of the Commission of the European Communities (CEC) Libraries Programme, aims to enhance the libraries' research, development and education process which underpins the aerospace sector by establishing a new service based on a standardised pan‐European system for information access, retrieval, image browsing and document delivery. This will, in turn, extend the access and availability of major aerospace collections. The paper outlines work undertaken on the information needs of aerospace engineers and scientists. Also the development of the EURILIA system for OPAC searching and document delivery is described.

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Program, vol. 29 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0033-0337

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Publication date: 1 March 1972

K.D.C. Vernon and Valerie Lang

In this paper we are concerned with two related topics—management literature and The London Classification of Business Studies. To understand the purposes and structure of the…

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In this paper we are concerned with two related topics—management literature and The London Classification of Business Studies. To understand the purposes and structure of the Classification it is essential first to consider the scope and content of management literature. But management literature would not exist, certainly in its present form, without the business schools, and so it is appropriate to begin by attempting a very brief answer to the question—what is management education? This fine new building in which we are meeting, with its lecture theatres, seminar rooms, computing facilities, its important library, its excellent residential accommodation, helps to provide a visual answer. But it is necessary to consider a broader perspective.

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Aslib Proceedings, vol. 24 no. 3
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ISSN: 0001-253X

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Publication date: 1 November 1973

John Blagden

Management consultants have been described as ‘the people who borrow your watch to tell you what time it is and then walk off with the watch’. But Robert Townsend's refreshing…

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Management consultants have been described as ‘the people who borrow your watch to tell you what time it is and then walk off with the watch’. But Robert Townsend's refreshing anti‐management text makes equally damaging remarks about directors, advertising, purchasing and management. The Management Consultant Association however, report that in 1972 fee income reached a record £30.3 million.

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Aslib Proceedings, vol. 25 no. 11
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ISSN: 0001-253X

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Publication date: 1 March 1971

JOHN BLAGDEN

The first point that I would like to make about the differences between a structured and unstructured vocabulary is that the question is very much related to vocabulary size and…

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The first point that I would like to make about the differences between a structured and unstructured vocabulary is that the question is very much related to vocabulary size and this has certainly in the past generated a good deal of controversy in Aslib co‐ordinate indexing circles. Mr Snel and Mr Boyd have been two of the leading advocates of a restricted vocabulary and they argue that this keeps both indexing and searching simple. They also argue that it allows for human intelligence to play a much bigger part in the search process by allowing the sifting of search output to be done by the inquirer and not the system. It is also assumed, probably correctly, that the bigger the vocabulary the more noise a system will produce. The reason that I believe that the question of structured vocabularies and vocabulary's size are related is simply that if one does employ structure, i.e. a classificatory element of some sort, then the practical result of this is a bigger vocabulary. May I interject with a quotation from Cyril Cleverdon, who, to my way of thinking, summed up the question of vocabulary size in a conference that the Co‐ordinate Indexing Group organized some considerable while ago: ‘Much of the disagreement has been due to the fact that speakers were arguing from different view points. If it was found that a particular system operated satisfactorily for a certain organization, then obviously there was no need to find fault with it. However, it was unjustifiable to make claim as speakers had done that the same system would necessarily operate satisfactorily in all other situations. There were obvious differences when one organization was more interested in having a good recall ratio and was relatively unconcerned about relevance, whilst another organization was more interested in having a good relevance ratio. Certain indexing devices were available which could bring about either of these situations but it was unlikely that any of the operating systems discussed would satisfactorily meet both requirements.’

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Aslib Proceedings, vol. 23 no. 3
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ISSN: 0001-253X

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Publication date: 1 February 1980

John Blagden

This conference session is to be devoted to the value of information as seen by the customer, but ironically all of the session's speakers are in fact intermediaries in the…

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This conference session is to be devoted to the value of information as seen by the customer, but ironically all of the session's speakers are in fact intermediaries in the information transfer process. We cannot therefore speak from first hand experience, but what we can do is to talk about our experience based on the systematic analysis of customer contacts.

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Aslib Proceedings, vol. 32 no. 2
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ISSN: 0001-253X

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Publication date: 1 August 1975

John Blagden

I recently gave a talk on audio visual aids and rather foolishly decided to have my talk accompanied by slides. I spent most of the time on the platform either making statements…

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I recently gave a talk on audio visual aids and rather foolishly decided to have my talk accompanied by slides. I spent most of the time on the platform either making statements such as you should at this juncture be looking at a shot of Ronan point collapsing rather than a blank screen or watching rather helplessly as twenty or so slides hurtled through the projector into oblivion.

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Aslib Proceedings, vol. 27 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0001-253X

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Publication date: 1 December 1996

John Blagden

Questions whether there is an overall trend towards access rather than local holdings, using a number of SCONUL statistics to support the conclusion reached. Briefly reviews an…

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Questions whether there is an overall trend towards access rather than local holdings, using a number of SCONUL statistics to support the conclusion reached. Briefly reviews an experiment conducted at Cranfield University in which all printed journal subscriptions were cancelled and enhanced access was provided via the UnCover service. An increase of 166 per cent in interlibrary loans was recorded, resulting in an increase of 30 per cent in total costs, after the savings on journals were taken into account.

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Library Management, vol. 17 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0143-5124

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Publication date: 1 September 1998

John Blagden

Explores how the national aspiration of “universal access” to information compares with what is actually happening in practice. Outlines some of the issues which emerge in the…

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Explores how the national aspiration of “universal access” to information compares with what is actually happening in practice. Outlines some of the issues which emerge in the debate over access versus holdings, and presents some data from Cranfield University to shed some light on it.

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Interlending & Document Supply, vol. 26 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-1615

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Publication date: 1 December 1997

John Blagden

Explores how the national aspiration of “universal access” to information compares with what is actually happening in practice. Outlines some of the issues which emerge in the…

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Explores how the national aspiration of “universal access” to information compares with what is actually happening in practice. Outlines some of the issues which emerge in the debate over access versus holdings, and presents some data from Cranfield University to shed some light on it.

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Interlending & Document Supply, vol. 25 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0264-1615

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Publication date: 1 February 1973

ALAN ARMSTRONG

A £350,000 duplication! This is what public librarians recently have been calling the DTI'S opening in April of ten regional information centres for small firms in industry. The…

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A £350,000 duplication! This is what public librarians recently have been calling the DTI'S opening in April of ten regional information centres for small firms in industry. The department has been told to carry out certain Bolton report recommendations, and these ten information centres are the first implementation.

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New Library World, vol. 74 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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