Experimentation in information science has suffered from lack of definition and deficiencies in experimental design and control. With the absence of such control it is often difficult to determine what has in fact been tested and under what conditions. The reproducibility of experiments, if...

The purpose of this paper is to survey and analyse the literature emanating from less developed countries (LDCs) and international agencies and dealing with their perception of the needs of LDCs for scientific and technical information (STI) in relation to social and economic development.