The paper presents the hurdles and opportunities in implementing Business Intelligence (BI) in Indian organizations. In order to address the organizational, cultural and technological challenges in implementing BI, it is important for Indian organizations to understand the issues related to...

Purpose – As business globalisation and internet usage continue to grow, the internet‐based version of data warehouse systems (DWS) is expected to improve traditional DWS. However applying the web‐based interfaces to client‐server‐based DWS structures may cause problems such as...

Purpose The objective of this work is to demonstrate how the use of a business process management (BPM) methodology reinforced with the use of lean manufacturing (LM) tools and practices enhances information and documentation flows. Design/methodology/approach For this purpose, a case study on a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the complexity of accounting for the city, on a specific example of an urban project in Rome. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on a study consisting of various accounts of the project, including a photo reportage done by...

This paper provides a high‐level overview of some of the main research themes and preoccupations that are reported in this special ciber issue of Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives. The research activities of ciber are drawn together in the quest for a better understanding of the...

Information seeking is a fluid and situation dependent activity where a seeker's actions are influenced by access to information, perceived quality (or information fit) and trust in the information source. All of these factors combined create an ever‐changing information‐seeking environment....

Purpose – To judge the quality of health information provided to the users of the NHS Direct online enquiry service. Design/methodology/approach – An examination of available online tools was necessary to enable the development of a quality framework appropriate for the study. The checklist...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to compare Anglo‐American cataloguing codes and practices for description over the past 150 years and assess the contribution that they made to International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD). Design/methodology/approach – The major...

Purpose – This article aims to address the concept of information architecture as a way of visualising and describing the various information assets and the interaction of these assets within an enterprise. Design/methodology/approach – The establishment of the information architecture is...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the practical applications of Information and Knowledge Management to society from the academic team at London Metropolitan University through an introduction to the papers in this special issue. Design/methodology/approach – A narrative...