This report introduces archivists to the potential of expert systems for improving archives administration and alerts them to ways in which they can expect intelligent technologies to impact federal record-keeping systems and scholarly research methods. The report introduces the topic by describing expert systems used in three Fortune 500…

A survey of 92 corporate and government libraries in Victoria, Australia, reveals that 64.8% were restructured over the last 5 years. Reasons for outsourcing; services being outsourced; the impact of budgets; and the use of service fees are examined. (AEF)

This document is the summary report of the Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC) conference on federal libraries in the electronic age. The conference focused on the adjustments federal librarians must make to work with their agencies' computer, telecommunications, technical information, and records management professionals to…