Examines the justification for applying concepts of economics to decisions about information services. (Author/LS)

This study sought to gain a better understanding of the variety of tasks that involve lawyers as a group of information workers, how they use information, and the role mediators play in their process of information seeking and use. Explains the influence of the model of the Information Search Process (Kuhlthau). (Author/LRW)

The technological university library (TUL) is not in any strict sense an information center for industry, but it has specific important functions in a network of Scientific and Technical Information Systems and Services (STI/SS) which coexist in a kind of symbiotic or feedback structure. (Author/PF)

Discusses four major changes in patent law--the British Patents Act, European Patent Convention, Community Patent Convention, and Patent Co-Operation Treaty--and comments on their likely effect on information scientists and commercial information services. Some predictions are made of likely usage of the European Patent Convention by British…

Discusses current status of professional efforts, preparedness, and use of recent findings from research to suggest management strategies and tactics for provision of information services in social sciences. Awareness of problem, characteristics of users and information needs, design aspects, models for development, and management aspects are…

The literature of librarianship and documentation is evaluated concentrating on the periodicals looking toward a worldwide system for bibliographical control. (20 references) (Author/NH)

Reviews the production frequency of technical reports and papers by physicists, as well as the physicists' use of library materials and information services. (LS)

The use of "Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders: Citations from the Literature" and "Biogenic Amines and Transmitters in the Nervous System" are compared. (PF)

This outline of the third phase of Project INISS, in which innovations in information provision were applied experimentally in seven social services departments, describes the intention of "action research" and innovations introduced, traces main features of negotiations with department management and staff, and presents results.…

Describes the results of an exploratory survey by questionnaire distributed through a variety of information agencies, designed to investigate United Kingdom women's information needs and patterns of information-seeking behavior in relation to the European Union. Results explore women's attitudes to information and its value in a variety of life…

Reviews the goals and methods of research and development in documentation, stressing research which aims to improve the communication between the information user and source. Research is discussed within the context of the documentation system rather than by specific results. (JVP)

Reports an empirical investigation of the consistency of retrieval through Internet search engines. Evaluates 13 engines: AltaVista, EuroFerret, Excite, HotBot, InfoSeek, Lycos, MSN, NorthernLight, Snap, WebCrawler, and three national Dutch engines: Ilse, Search.nl and Vindex. The focus is on a characteristic related to size: the degree of…

Project HERMES is characterized by participation of publishers, industrial and public libraries, and national government, and by use of Teletex for both document ordering and delivery. Provision of three facilities (electronic document ordering and delivery, automatic document delivery, electronic mail) to pilot group of 60 organizations is…

Describes the characteristics and roles of traditional libraries and information services, and examines predictions about their future. Analyzes recent models of the electronic or digital library, and describes the concept of the hybrid library. On this basis, develops a generic model of the library, using that term in its broadest sense.…

Describes the development of computer-based information services in New Zealand for education and the social sciences. Highlights include national systems; the influence of personal computer technology on the development of information services; the lack of a national information policy; and the lack of standardized software. (13 references) (LRW)