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Gerry Smith - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

Goretti Considine - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Response from a dying breed? Public Libraries and the Business Information Resources Survey 2005
    Business Information Review, 2020
    Co-Authors: Goretti Considine
    Abstract:

    Comments are presented, based on the experiences of the City Business Library (CBL), a major public Business library serving the City of London and other users, on selected results and conclusions of the Business Information Resources Survey 2005 (Foster and Foster, 2005), the annual survey of UK Business Libraries and information resources. These results have pointed to the declining demand for the services of public Business Libraries generally, particularly since the advent of Business information services on the Internet. The CBL appears to have escaped some of these trends, with both visitor numbers and enquiry figures increasing. The reasons for this success are discussed in terms of: library budgets; library stock; library staff; electronic resources; relations with account managers; human resource issues; and the value of Business information services. The CBL is capable of supporting most of its users’ Business needs due to the broad base of its budget sources; the budget covers both printed and ...

Laura Brick - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • non use of Business Libraries and information services a study of the library and information managers perception experience and reaction to non use
    Aslib proceedings : New information perspectives, 1999
    Co-Authors: Laura Brick
    Abstract:

    Not since 1980 has research provided any insights into how information managers perceive and cope with non‐use. In an attempt to fill the vacuum information professionals in Business companies were surveyed: 42 information managers were questioned and 12 interviewed. The study found that non‐use is widespread, and that the non‐use situation is a complicated mix of non‐use and unsatisfactory user behaviour. The most commonly perceived cause of non‐use was a lack of awareness of the services’ capabilities. There is no stereotypical non‐user. A significant majority of the managers had a positive attitude to non‐use and were worried about the extent of non‐users. Some tackled non‐use head‐on and implemented remedial treatment but less than a third could identify their non‐users. Recent advances in information system design do not seem to have improved the situation and there has been little change in the scale of non‐use, or reactions of information managers to it since 1980. The study concludes that the frui...

Bruce E Massis - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • today s Business Libraries a vital local resource in a challenging economy
    New Library World, 2014
    Co-Authors: Bruce E Massis
    Abstract:

    Purpose – The purpose of this column is to provide several examples of Libraries that have recognized the importance of freely offering a wide array of Business resources to individuals and Businesses. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes the form of a literature review and commentary on this topic that has been addressed by professionals, researchers and practitioners. Findings – In a challenging economy, it is inconceivable that any new library's planning would not include a Business center that can support those seeking employment, Businesses seeking startup opportunities, current information on markets, their trends and analyses, and first and foremost, free resources available to all seeking to build a stronger economy constructed on the importance of access to data and information. Originality/value – The value in addressing this issue is to highlight the position the library maintains as a vital local Business resource in today's challenging economy.

Alistair Black - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • information management in Business Libraries and british military intelligence towards a history of information management
    Journal of Documentation, 1999
    Co-Authors: Alistair Black
    Abstract:

    This study explores, historically, that definition of information management (IM) which centres on the ordering and channelling of non‐publicly available information within organisations. Whereas IM as a discipline is relatively new, as an activity within modern organisations it has a long history. Three types of organisation are highlighted: the Business corporation, the library and the state agency (specifically, British military intelligence). Sophisticated information systems in organisations are a core feature of modernity and can be traced back to the revolution in state administration in the nineteenth century and to the emergence of large corporations from about 1880 onwards. At about the same time, Libraries too evolved systematic, internal information flows and regimes, often of a standardised nature dictated by library management theorists. Evidence from the government sphere is also presented: considerable space is given in the study to the role played by IM in the early years of MI5, Britain‘s counter‐espionage and counter‐insurgency military intelligence agency. Documents recently released by the Public Record Office, covering the first decade of MI5’s history between 1909 and 1919, point to a growing recognition of the importance of IM. In conclusion, a case will be made for the construction of a new subject field of ‘Information Management History’ which will enrich, particularly through potentially exciting research pathways, not just the established fields of Business and administrative history but also the emergent discipline of IM itself.