The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how a radically different approach to the storage and retrieval of information can result in: (1) a reduction in the need for user sophistication in the use of information systems, ...

This paper aims to present an overview of the use of machine-readable data bases in Australia. (A summary of some commerically available services is given in the Appendix.) I will discuss the Australian scene in the ...

The Pikes Peak Library District (PPLD) has long been known for providing access to community information through online databases. PPLD's patrons, both at terminals in the library's facilities and as remote users via ...

One hundred years ago, in 1876, Melvil Dewey anonymously published the first edition of his classification system. Forest Press, publisher of the Dewey Decimal Classification since 1931, could think of no more suitable ...

The importance of chemical structure in information retrieval, and conventions for representing three-dimensional structures on a flat surface form the background for this study of methods of retrieving structures in ...

There is no doubt that human resources decisions are among the most difficult to make. Not only do they have the potential to affect significantly the productivity and morale of staff, they are fraught with legal pitfalls. ...

This study uses sense-making perspective to uncover and evaluate art-making and display processes for the purpose of developing art-as-information as an area of interest for Library and Information Science scholarship. ...