APL in the Information Centre

Transcribed from the printed issue; not yet reviewed. Read it in the PDF of the issue, page 41

The second Association meeting in 1984 was held on Friday 16th March and consisted of two papers and a panel discussion, all centred on the theme of the “Role of APL in the Information Centre”.

Romilly Cocking of Cocking & Drury gave a talk on “Setting up a Company Information Centre” and the next article represents notes on his seminar produced by Wendy Hoare of Rowntree Mackintosh, whom I would like to thank for her pains. If Romilly Cocking disagrees with any of this transcript, there is a simple solution: send us your own text instead!

The next talk was by Fred Perkins of I.P. Sharp Associates, entitled “The Global Information Centre.” The notes are mine; the same remedy applies in the event of a complaint about misrepresentation. I have not devoted much space to this most interesting talk which was nevertheless a thinly disguised sales pitch. No doubt I.P. Sharp Associates will oblige with glossier and more detailed documentation on demand.

Finally a most interesting panel discussion ensued which I have attempted to summarise in the dialogue that ensues.