Abstract
This paper is largely concerned with analysis of a question naire which was distributed to academics and information staff involved in Development Studies. The main concern is to look into current use of, and interest in, electronic information services, and also to gauge opinion on setting up a database concerned solely with development issues.
Section 1 gives a general background to the exercise and to key issues at present under discussion. The questionnaire's objective and distribution procedures are given in Section 2. Section 3 deals with the types of user group who responded. Section 4 deals with current access and Section 5 looks at the user—specified details of a future service. Finally, the paper presents some general conclusions and a list of specifications which emerge as being considered to be of value in any new system.
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