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The British alternative press in the 1990s. (1998)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1997). The British alternative press in the 1990s. Counterpoise : for social responsibilities, liberty and dissent, (7-9). ISSN 1092-0714

Readers as writers in the alternative press: the making of community. (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Atton, C. (1997, May). Readers as writers in the alternative press: the making of community. Paper presented at The Third Warwick Seminar on Literary Journalism: Minority Voices and the Establishment Press, University of Warwick

Anarchy on the Internet: obstacles and opportunities for alternative electronic publishing. (1996)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1996). Anarchy on the Internet: obstacles and opportunities for alternative electronic publishing. Anarchist studies, 4, 115-132

The article summarises the constraints on alternative (print) publishing: economic, legal and social. It suggests that electronic publishing on the Internet might dispense with such constraints. After a discussion of anarchist views of the Internet,... Read More about Anarchy on the Internet: obstacles and opportunities for alternative electronic publishing..

Policing electronic information: threats to freedom of expression (1995)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1995). Policing electronic information: threats to freedom of expression. New Library World, 96(5), 5-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/03074809510147191

Considers two limits on freedom of expression in electronic media: the regulation of the Internet and electronic copyright. Examines these in two case studies, one on the status of anarchist publishing on the Internet, the other on the use of sam... Read More about Policing electronic information: threats to freedom of expression.

Using critical thinking as a basis for library user education (1994)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1994). Using critical thinking as a basis for library user education. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 20(5-6), 310-313. https://doi.org/10.1016/0099-1333%2894%2990069-8

The article focuses on the critical examination of information in rewriting an undergraduate course of bibliographic instruction. By learning to ask questions, by learning from each other, by thinking critically and by taking responsibility for their... Read More about Using critical thinking as a basis for library user education.

Beyond the mainstream: examining alternative sources for stock selection. (1994)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1994). Beyond the mainstream: examining alternative sources for stock selection. Library Review, 43(4), 57-64. https://doi.org/10.1108/00242539410063605

There are thousands of small publishers, small presses and individuals in Britain currently producing textbooks, monographs, novels, poetry, journals, newspapers and other, non-standard, publications. Their output ranges from the stocklists of suc... Read More about Beyond the mainstream: examining alternative sources for stock selection..

The SPRIG Union Catalogue of Periodicals on dBASE III (1987)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1987). The SPRIG Union Catalogue of Periodicals on dBASE III. Program, 21(4), 376-378. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046981

When the Sport & Recreation Information Group (SPRIG) was founded in 1984 one of its aims was to improve bibliographic control of the literature of sport, physical education and recreation. The co-operative exploitation of resources was also consider... Read More about The SPRIG Union Catalogue of Periodicals on dBASE III.