Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 32 Issue 4

Perspectives on organisational network communities: a review paper for library and information service managers

Philippa Levy

Computer‐mediated communication (CMC) is becoming firmly embedded into library work through the use of electronic mail, and it is likely that computer‐supported collaborative…

Writing abstracts for online databases: results of an investigation of database producers’ guidelines

C.J. Armstrong, A. Wheatley

The article reports on one area of research in an eLib MODELS supporting study which had three investigative areas: an examination of current database producers’ guidelines for…

A personalised current awareness service for library and information services staff: an overview of the NewsAgent for Libraries project

Lucy A. Tedd, Robin Yeates

NewsAgent for Libraries is one of the projects funded by the Electronic Libraries Programme in the UK. Following a brief historical account of the original ideas behind the…

Functional performance of automated systems: a comparative study of HORIZON, INNOPAC and VTLS

Abdus Sattar Chaudhry, Saleh Ashoor

This paper provides functional performance data drawn from an analysis of the capabilities and functionality of three major library automation systems – HORIZON, INNOPAC and VTLS…