Overview of articles in Ariadne
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Summary | Date published |
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| Book Review: The Thriving Library |
Lina Coelho takes a look at this collection of winning strategies for success in public libraries during challenging times. |
April 2008
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| Book Review: The University of Google |
Judy Reading reviews a work that may engender considerable debate in months to come. |
January 2008
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| Book Review: The Virtual Reference Desk |
Lina Coelho feels that digital reference has come of age and that this work is one of its adornments where reference information professionals are concerned. |
April 2006
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| Book Review: The Web Library |
Lina Coelho looks at a book she feels is destined to repay its purchase price even if you never manage to read it all. |
October 2004
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| Book Review: Transformative Learning Support Models in Higher Education |
Sarah Ward considers a work which brings together perspectives on learner support from academics, librarians and student support professionals. |
January 2009
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| Book Review: Understanding and Communicating Social Informatics |
Sheila Corrall reviews a new landmark book which explains and promotes a distinctive approach to information-related research spanning traditional disciplinary and professional boundaries. |
April 2006
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| Book Review: Understanding Information and Computation |
Martin White reviews a very individual perspective on the extent to which the growth and structure of the World Wide Web is governed by the fundamental laws of physics and mathematics. |
November 2012
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| Book Review: Understanding Open Source and Free Software Licensing |
Mike Fraser asks whether a recent book on open source software licences will help him answer a few questions. |
January 2005
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| Book Review: University Libraries and Digital Learning Environments |
Sylvie Lafortune reviews a collection of essays that examine the transformation of academic libraries as they become part of digital learning environments. |
March 2012
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| Book Review: User Studies for Digital Library Development |
Selenay Aytac reviews a collection of essays on user studies and digital library development that provides a concise overview of a variety of digital library projects and examines major research trends relating to digital libraries. |
November 2012
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| Book Review: Using Games to Enhance Learning and Teaching |
Wajeehah Aayeshah reviews a comprehensive book on educational games that highlights the attributes of effective games usage but which also identifies the potential problems when using them in a pedagogical context. |
July 2012
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| Book Review: Using Mobile Technology to Deliver Library Services |
Fiona MacLellan reviews a practical guide to mobile technology and its use in delivering library services. |
November 2012
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| Book Review: Visualizing Data |
Pete Cliff considers a new book on data visualisation and hopes one day to implement some of the interesting ideas presented in this work. |
July 2008
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| Book Review: Web Accessibility |
Martin White reviews a book that provides advice for managers on how to ensure that Web sites, intranets and library services are fully compliant with guidelines and legislation on accessibility. |
July 2008
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| Book Review: Website Optimization |
Pete Cliff used to think 'Website Optimisation' simply meant compressing images and avoiding nested tables, but in this he book finds out how much more there is to it, even in the Age of Broadband. |
October 2008
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| Book Review: What's the Alternative? |
Lina Coelho takes an enthusiastic view of the opportunities open to library and information professionals presented in this career-enhancing book. |
July 2008
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| Book Reviews: Digital Information and Knowledge Management, and Print Vs. Digital |
Sylvie Lafortune looks at two books edited by Sul H. Lee dealing with the impact of digital information on libraries, librarianship, information providers and library users. |
January 2008
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| Bringing Coherence to Networked Information for the New Century |
Gillian Austen reports on the JISC-CNI conference at Stratford, UK, 14-16 June 2000. |
June 2000
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| British Academy Symposium: Information Technology and Scholarly Disciplines |
Seamus Ross provides the programme for a symposium which seeks to explore how information technology has affected research in the humanities and social sciences. |
September 1996
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| British Library Corner: Setting Priorities for Digital Library Research, The Beginnings of a Process? |
Graham Jefcoate describes the background behind the recently announced British Library Research and Innovation Centre call for proposals in the field of digital library research. |
November 1996
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