Aslib Proceedings: Volume 11 Issue 4
Table of contents
EDITING AND RUNNING A HOUSE JOURNAL
ERIC N. SIMONSWhy ever the subject on which I have been asked to speak was chosen for after‐dinner I do not understand. After‐dinner speakers are by tradition required to be jocular, brief and…
METHODS OF RECORDING LOANS
B. WARBURTONMy talk about methods of recording loans is going to be limited to those used in special libraries, although the purpose for which a loan record is made is the same in both public…
The USE OF TRADE LITERATURE
C.C. LINSTEADIn a paper by a then prominent member of the Northern Branch of Aslib, who is not unknown to many of us here, given to the Scottish Branch in 1953, the author deplored the use of…
INDIVIDUAL ABSTRACTS VERSUS BULLETINS
W.R. MOSSI do not intend, in this paper, to confine my remarks to the narrow ground of abstracts versus bulletins. The two are complementary rather than in rivalry. It is almost impossible…
Is The CIRCULATION OF PERIODICALS DESIRABLE?
H. THORNTONIs it desirable to circulate periodicals? An emphatic ‘yes’ is calculated to antagonise half of you from the outset. An emphatic ‘no’ is obviously going to do likewise. It seems…
Why MAKE YOUR OWN INDEXES?
F. NEWBYUntil a few weeks ago, when I heard of a managing director of a large firm who asked his technical librarian ‘Why do you go to all this trouble to make your own indexes?’, I…