Anybody have an idea who the "researchers" are? I know that there are past
links from the company to MRC, but I can't see any link-up with a
consultancy or library service. Apparently, they have sites in Marlborough
and Northampton
Mark Lardner
IoD Business Information Service
116 Pall Mall
London SW1Y 5ED
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7451 3100
Fax: +44-(0)20 7321 0145
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From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 12 September 2000 09:26
To: [log in to unmask]; [log in to unmask]
Subject: Librarians by another name
A new company InfoFast (http://www.infofast.co.uk) has been
getting
publicity (eg yesterday's Times -
http://www.the-times.co.uk/interface/insight/story873.html)
for its paid
information service. Its trained 'human search engines' are
able to use
'2,000-3,000
business databases unavailable to web surfers'. When a
question about
proposed legislation could not be answered on the web the
researcher called
a government department and obtained the necessary facts.
Gosh, how clever of them! Librarians have been doing all
this for years, but
of course we don't get the publicity. So should the LA/IIS
mount an
awareness campaign or should libraries offering information
services to
business and the public go Web only and ensure the L word is
not used?
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Learning Resources, University of Northumbria at Newcastle
City Campus Library, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK
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