Vol 32, No 4, October 1998


CONTENTS


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ARTICLES

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

Writing abstracts for online databases: results of an investigation of database producers' guidelines
C.J. Armstrong and A. Wheatley

A personalised current awareness service for library and information services staff: an overview of the NewsAgent for Libraries project
Lucy A. Tedd and Robin Yeates

Functional performance of automated systems: a comparative study of HORIZON, INNOPAC and VTLS
Abdus Sattar Chaudhry and Saleh Ashoor

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

AutoDoc: an automated document delivery broker system at FIZ Karlsruhe
A. Barth, T. Bausenwein, R. Hoppe, J. Mattes and U. Westermann

ELAG 97: report of the library systems seminar on Document Publishing and Delivery
Paula Goossens

NEWS

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REVIEWS

The Internet, networking and the public library / edited by Sarah Ormes and Lorcan Dempsey.
reviewed by Frances Hendrix

The Internet for library and information service professionals / Andy Dawson.
reviewed by Andrew Cox

European information trends, 1996. Prepared for DG XIII/E of the European Commission by the Policy Studies Institute and PIRA International.
reviewed by Peter Griffiths

Costing and pricing in the digital age: a practical guide for information services / Herbert Snyder and Elisabeth Davenport.
reviewed by Judith Preston

Public libraries and the information society / edited by J. Thorhauge, et al.
reviewed by Richard Proctor

The markets for electronic information services in the European Economic Area: supply, demand and information infrastructure. – Luxembourg: European Commission DG XIII/E, 1996. – 271p.
reviewed by Hugh Look

Local area networks / Peter Hodson. 3rd ed. – London: Letts Educational, 1997. – 237p. – ISBN 1-85805-230-0: £11.95.
reviewed by Nat Lievesley

Planning for library automation: a practical handbook / John M. Cohn, Ann L. Kelsey and Keith Michael Fiels revised and adapted by Graeme Muirhead.
reviewed by Lucy A. Tedd

Other items received

Readings in information retrieval / edited by Karen Sparck Jones and Peter Willett.

Financial and cost management for libraries and information services / Stephen A. Roberts.

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