The Library provides information, documentation and research services to Members of the House of Commons. The organization of the Library and the history of POLIS (the Parliamentary On‐Line Information System) are described. The system became operational in 1980, and was set up by and is...

The conference sessions are entitled ‘Instant Information in a Changing Scene’. You will not need me to tell you that ‘current affairs information’ and ‘instant information’ are not necessarily always one and the same thing. If I am asked the exact date of the Battle of Trafalgar,...

‘Information transfer’ may be considered at different levels of sophistication. The subject goes much wider and deeper than, for example, the physical movement of library materials from one location to another. It is wise for us to remember, however, that behind all our discussions at this...