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Reviews the development of mediated professional business information provision, from the fee-based business information services of the 1980s to the present and future focus on refining, clarifying and classifying online services that are potentially directly available to end-users. Considers the range of influences that have brought about this shift including: the changing industrial structure; growth in internet use; financial and other pressures in libraries; and changes in government policy. Concludes that the library and information professional’s core skills remain valuable in the present changed economic and learning environment.

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business information service Business Links chambers of commerce co-operation economic development economic policy European Social Fund fee-based service intermediary internet licensing mediated service public expenditure public library regional development small and medium-sized enterprises university library

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Will Reid (2002) ‘Business Information Services in Public Bodies: A Brief Overview.’ Managing Information 9(10): 44-45 .

Will Reid (1999) ‘From Liverpool to the Pyrenees.’ Library Association Record 101(11): 644-645 .

Business information services since 1990

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