Overview of articles in Ariadne
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Article title |
Summary | Date published |
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| Book Review: Metadata for Information Management and Retrieval |
Marieke Guy takes a look at a recent introduction to metadata for the information professional. |
April 2005
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| Book Review: Mob Rule Learning |
Fiona MacLellan reviews a book which discusses the current unconference phenomenon and highlights the learning opportunities that these environments offer. |
July 2012
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| Book Review: My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture |
Brian Whalley reviews a look at this problem from an American anthropologist and finds there is more in it than just a consideration of plagiarism. |
January 2010
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| Book Review: Net Effects |
Grant Young reviews a compilation of articles showcasing librarians' efforts to wrest control of new technologies and reassert some traditional values. |
July 2004
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| Book Review: Patent Failure - How Judges, Bureaucrats, and Lawyers Put Innovators at Risk |
Stuart Hannabuss reviews a work which debunks some key assumptions about IPR and contends that current patent arrangements are ineffective. |
October 2008
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| Book Review: Practical Open Source Software for Libraries |
Muhammad Rafiq takes a look at a work on the open source community and open source software. |
January 2011
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| Book Review: Preparing Collections for Digitization |
Michael Day reviews a recently published book on the selection and preparation of archive and library collections for digitisation. |
July 2011
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| Book Review: Presentation Zen - Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery |
Marieke Guy gets in touch with her inner PowerPoint Zen. |
January 2009
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| Book Review: Principles of Data Management |
Pete Cliff takes a look at a new book from the British Computer Society that aims to help readers understand the importance, issues and benefits of data management across an enterprise. |
October 2007
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| Book Review: Pro Web 2.0 Mashups |
Ralph LeVan looks at a comprehensive work on how to consume and repurpose Web services. |
October 2008
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| Book Review: Programming Collective Intelligence |
Pete Cliff tries to remember A-level mathematics as he dives into the fascinating world of machine learning and statistics and how to apply these techniques to Web-accessible datasets. |
January 2008
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| Book Review: Reader Development in Practice |
Abigail Luthmann examines a varied collection of approaches to the topic of reader development. |
April 2009
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| Book Review: Sketching Tomorrow - The Social Dynamics of Information and Communication Technology |
Emma Tonkin takes a look at an ambitious work on the relationship of modern society to information and communication technologies and observes more sins of omission than commission. |
April 2009
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| Book Review: Staying Legal |
Stuart Hannabuss examines an interesting collection of essays and, with reservations, likes the second edition a lot more. |
July 2004
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| Book Review: Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography |
Nigel Goldsmith reviews a new book on digital photography by the accomplished American landscape photographer Stephen Johnson. |
January 2007
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| Book Review: Super Searchers Make It on Their Own |
Lina Coelho looks at the work and lives of independent information professionals prepared to share their secrets for starting and running a research business. |
January 2004
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| Book Review: Supporting Research Students |
Brian Whalley reviews a work which helps Library and Information Science Staff at Higher Education Institutions to support their research students. |
April 2010
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| Book Review: Teach Beyond Your Reach |
Lina Coelho looks at this Instructor's guide to developing and running successful distance learning classes, workshops, training sessions and more. |
October 2006
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| Book Review: Teaching Web Search Skills |
Verity Brack takes a look at this book for Web trainers, teachers and instructors. |
April 2007
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| Book Review: The Academic Library |
Ruth Jenkins wishes this textbook had been available when she was a library school student. |
July 2005
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