The Second Life of UK Academics |
John Kirriemuir introduces a series of studies investigating how the Second Life environment is being used in UK Higher and Further Education.
issue53 October 2007 |
anglia ruskin university, avatar, becta, browser, coventry university, digital media, e-learning, eduserv, further education, hefce, ict, imperial college london, infrastructure, interoperability, jisc, leeds metropolitan university, linden lab, nesta, research, search technology, second life, university of aberdeen, university of derby, university of hertfordshire, university of huddersfield, university of hull, university of liverpool, university of oxford, university of strathclyde, university of the west of england, university of the west of scotland, url, visualisation, web browser, wikipedia |
Editorial Introduction to Issue 46: Ten Years of Pathfinding |
John MacColl, Lorcan Dempsey and John Kirriemuir reflect in turn on the rationale and history of the founding of Ariadne.
issue46 February 2006 |
blog, cataloguing, dcc, digital curation, digital library, digitisation, ejournal, elib, framework, google, higher education, information retrieval, jisc, oclc, programmable web, rae, research, resource discovery, search technology, shared resource, software, theseus, ukoln, university of abertay dundee, university of edinburgh, university of sheffield, url, video |
Establishing a Digital Library Centre |
John Kirriemuir outlines some of the issues for the establishment of digital library centres in UK Higher Education institutions.
issue29 October 2001 |
archives, birmingham city university, british library, cataloguing, cerlim, copyright, data, database, digital library, digitisation, dissemination, dner, e-learning, edina, eevl, elib, further education, higher education, ict, ilrt, infrastructure, jisc, manchester metropolitan university, metadata, rae, research, resource discovery, rslp, sosig, south bank university, standards, subject gateway, ukoln, university of bath, university of bristol, university of strathclyde, url |
Virtual Training Suite Launch |
John Kirriemuir reports on the Edinburgh stage of the launch of the RDN's Virtual Training Suite.
issue28 June 2001 |
data, edina, eevl, heriot-watt university, higher education, jisc, kings college london, newcastle university, research, university of edinburgh, url, video |
Convergence of Electronic Entertainment and Information Systems |
John Kirriemuir explores the technology and impact of expanding internet access.
issue23 March 2000 |
acorn, authentication, bbc, bibliographic data, browser, copyright, database, digital library, dvd, geospatial data, gis, graphics, higher education, internet explorer, jisc, microsoft, mobile, mp3, mpeg, multimedia, open university, operating system, privacy, research, search technology, software, standardisation, standards, university of strathclyde, url, video, visualisation, web browser, windows, wireless, wireless application profile, zip |
OMNI: Accessing the Internet |
John Kirriemuir writes about an informal survey of Internet Access in the NHS.
issue20 June 1999 |
cataloguing, copyright, data, multimedia, nhs, resource discovery, search technology, standards, university of nottingham, url |
OMNI Corner: Information or Hysteria, "Talking sensibly" in the Biomedical Field |
John Kirriemuir outlines current areas of concern in: Information or Hysteria? "Talking sensibly" in the biomedical field.
issue19 March 1999 |
archives, cataloguing, data, database, eevl, elib, java, metadata, research, resource description, resource discovery, search technology, software, sosig, subject gateway |
eLib: How Was It for You? |
John Kirriemuir reviews the eLib programme
issue18 December 1998 |
cache, copyright, eevl, elib, jisc, mailbase, research, sosig, url |
Clifford Lynch in Interview |
Clifford Lynch, the Executive Director of CNI, was interviewed by John Kirriemuir at the Metadata: What Is It? workshop on 18 June 1997. Clifford shares some views on mirroring, caching, metadata, Z39.50 and how he sees his role in CNI.
issue10 July 1997 |
arl, authentication, bibliographic data, bibliographic database, british library, browser, cache, cd-rom, cni, coalition for networked information, copyright, data, database, dublin core, framework, ftp, information retrieval, infrastructure, library management systems, metadata, oclc, pics, research, search technology, software, ukoln, web browser, z39.50 |
Web Editorial: Goodbyeee |
The Web editor, John Kirriemuir bows out after ten Ariadne issues.
issue10 July 1997 |
acorn, digital library, dublin core, eevl, elib, groovy, higher education, ilrt, jisc, metadata, niss, research, search technology, sosig, ukoln |
Web Editorial: Introduction to Issue 8 |
John Kirriemuir with the editorial for the Web version of Ariadne issue 8.
issue8 March 1997 |
d-lib magazine, digital library, dissemination, elib, higher education, ifla, infrastructure, research, ukoln, university of bath |
Down Your Way: The Natural History Museum |
John Kirriemuir takes in megabytes of trilobites at the Natural History Museum.
issue8 March 1997 |
cd-rom, content provider, copyright, database, digitisation, dissemination, elib, imperial college london, infrastructure, london business school, metadata, multimedia, preservation, research, search technology, ukoln, university of bath |
Editorial Introduction to Issue 5: Changes to Ariadne and How to Read the Web Version |
The editor explains changes in Ariadne format.
issue5 September 1996 |
browser, cache, elib, graphics, research, web browser |
Editorial Introduction to Issue 5 |
The editor introduces Ariadne issue 5.
issue5 September 1996 |
british library, browser, copyright, d-lib magazine, data, dublin core, elib, jisc, metadata, provenance, research, search technology, ukerna, ukoln, web browser |
Libtech 96 |
John Kirriemuir and Isobel Stark with some notes and pictures from the main annual UK library exhibition: Libtech 96.
issue5 September 1996 |
acorn, copyright, digital library, digitisation, elib, ibm, intranet, library association, only connect, research, software, university of hertfordshire, university of oxford, university of surrey, university of the west of england, university of ulster |
Sideline: Seagulls and Boomerangs |
In Sideline, people give an alternative view of conference attendance. John Kirriemuir is the Information Officer for UKOLN and the editor of the Web version of Ariadne.
issue5 September 1996 |
mobile, ukoln |
Journals Overview |
The editor introduces descriptions of some journals, freely available over the Web, that may be of interest to librarians and information specialists.
issue5 September 1996 |
d-lib magazine, provenance, research |
Editorial Introduction to Issue 4: Changes to Ariadne and How to Read the Web Version |
The editor explains changes in Ariadne format.
issue4 July 1996 |
cache, data, digital library, dublin core, e-learning, elib, jisc, metadata, niss, preservation, research, search technology |
Libtech '96: eLib goes to Libtech '96 |
John Kirriemuir gives a brief overview of the eLib presence at the Libtech '96 event.
issue4 July 1996 |
alt, british library, copyright, data, de montfort university, digitisation, e-learning, ejournal, elib, loughborough university, research, search technology, university of hertfordshire |
Best eLib Project Web Pages |
In the spring, we held a competition for those eLib projects that had, to date, produced and mounted their own set of Web pages. Here, we announce the winner...
issue4 July 1996 |
browser, elib, jisc |
Research Elsewhere |
John Kirriemuir gives calls attention to articles describing research of interest elsewhere.
issue4 July 1996 |
database, digital library, e-learning, elib, framework, higher education, information retrieval, nhs, research |
Mailing Lists: Keeping Up With eLib |
We point out the advantages of being on the lis-elib mailing list, and briefly describe the other public eLib mailing lists currently in use.
issue3 May 1996 |
archives, copyright, elib, higher education, mailbase, omni project, research, search technology, sosig, url |
Editorial Introduction to Issue 3 |
John Kirriemuir, Editor, introduces the Web version of Ariadne.
issue3 May 1996 |
archives, cache, dom, dublin core, metadata, research, search technology, software |
Downtime |
Ariadne offers its readers a cartoon, poem, and caption competition.
issue3 May 1996 |
jisc, search technology, ukoln, university of bath |
Editorial Introduction to Issue 2 |
John Kirriemuir introduces Ariadne issue 2.
issue2 March 1996 |
copyright, search technology |
Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib) Update |
Recently, a wave of new projects under the umbrella of the Electronic Libraries Programme was announced. A consequence of this is that a large majority of the HE institutions in the UK are involved in at least one eLib project (is yours?), as well as many non HE organisations and institutions. Here, we give brief details of some of these new projects.
issue2 March 1996 |
acorn, archives, bangor university, bldsc, copyright, data, database, de montfort university, digimap, digitisation, elib, loughborough university, mailbase, midrib, multimedia, ordnance survey, research, seren, software, sosig, south bank university, thesaurus, university of edinburgh, university of leeds, university of southampton, university of surrey, university of the west of england, university of ulster |
Netskills: A Major Training Programme |
The Netskills Team explain how the need for training has never been greater.
issue2 March 1996 |
archives, data, elib, higher education, java, jisc, jisc information environment, mailbase, newcastle university, niss, research, search technology, sosig, university of hull, url, video, web browser |
Down Your Very Long Way Away |
We take a look at the library and networking facilities in more remote places around the world; in this issue, we feature the Faroe Islands.
issue2 March 1996 |
bbc, data, faroes, higher education, national library, research, search technology |
Netskills eLib Project Launch |
John Kirriemuir on the Netskills eLib project launch.
issue2 March 1996 |
cataloguing, copyright, elib, java, mailbase, newcastle university, search technology, sosig, university of leeds, url, video |
Checkout Reviews |
Summary of reviews available from this and other issues of Ariadne.
issue2 March 1996 |
archives, cd-rom, copyright, glasgow school of art, html, internet public library, library association, library of congress, research |
eLib Starts to Deliver |
Ariadne explains how the Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib), a key IT programme for academic libraries, is shaping up.
issue1 January 1996 |
database, digitisation, elib, higher education, infrastructure, jisc, research |
The 4th WWW Conference in Boston |
Debra Hiom and John Kirriemuir provide an informal report from the "cutting edge" of Web development.
issue1 January 1996 |
archives, ascii, browser, cache, data, html, identifier, java, licence, linux, massachusetts institute of technology, metadata, oasis, oclc, preservation, research, resource discovery, software, sosig, sun microsystems, telnet, ukoln, university of kent, university of manchester, uri, url, w3c, web development |
Resources |
Resources of use to UK Library/Information Science people.
issue1 January 1996 |
copyright, d-lib magazine, database, elib, hefce, higher education, jisc, mailbase, niss, research, search technology, ukoln |
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