2010 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary 05E30, Secondary 05B25, 05C50, 51E12

This article is based on a British Library Research and Development funded project entitled ‘Industrial, commercial and agricultural information in Northern Ireland: a survey of needs and provision,’ October 1985‐June 1987, by A. MacNabb, Dr G. Philip and Dr W.J. Martin, Department of...

This paper is based on the second of a two‐part report on a British Library Research and Development funded project which surveyed the information needs of, and provision for industry, commerce and agriculture in Northern Ireland. This article examines information provision for the...

As a genre, state of the art studies are vulnerable to all manner of criticism, not least on grounds of completeness, the methodology employed, the nature of the data or the quality of any findings presented. This study is no exception. Indeed, given the time available and the nebulous character...

This paper has both a theoretical and a practical dimension. It provides a brief overview of developments in the area of Value Added and Data Services, then goes on to report on a recent piece of research in the field. In theoretical terms it owes much to the so‐called ‘Information...