Some recent developments in information activities in Japan*

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Matsumura, Tamiko

Affiliations: University of Library and Information Science, Yatabe-machi, Ibaraki-ken, 305 Japan

Note: [*] The paper is based on the presentation given at the 8th Cranfield Conference on Mechanised Information Transfer held 21–24 July 1981, Cranfield, England.

Abstract: The paper describes the developments in online information services, provision of primary documents, international cooperation in the input of Japanese literature into databases, and the local production of Japanese databases. It also discusses the language problem associated with such activities.

DOI: 10.3233/ISU-1981-1303

Journal: Information Services & Use, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 139-146, 1981