Mining the Archive: The Development of Electronic Journals |
Martin White looks through the Ariadne archive to trace the development of e-journals as a particular aspect of electronic service delivery and highlights material he considers as significant.
issue70 November 2012 |
accessibility, andrew w mellon foundation, archives, big data, blog, british library, content management, copyright, database, ebook, ejournal, hefce, higher education, imperial college london, institute of physics, intellectual property, intranet focus ltd, jisc, jisc information environment, jstor, licence, mimas, mobile, open access, portico, research, resource management, search technology, standards, stm, ukoln, university of glasgow, university of manchester, university of sheffield, university of southampton |
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.
issue70 November 2012 |
bibliographic data, content management, data, ibm, information retrieval, intranet, intranet focus ltd, oxford university press, research, search technology, university of oxford, university of sheffield |
Book Review: Getting Started with Cloud Computing |
Martin White reviews a collection of essays on cloud computing that attempts to clarify the technology and its applications for librarians and information professionals.
issue69 July 2012 |
american library association, apple, cloud computing, content management, data, eduserv, google, information retrieval, infrastructure as a service, intranet, intranet focus ltd, ipad, jisc, microsoft office, mobile, oclc, privacy, search technology, sharepoint, software, university of cambridge, university of sheffield |
Book Review: Innovations in Information Retrieval |
Martin White reviews a collection of essays on a wide range of current topics and challenges in information retrieval.
issue68 March 2012 |
aida, big data, data, document management, higher education, information retrieval, internet explorer, intranet, intranet focus ltd, research, search technology, tagging, university of sheffield, video |
Conference Review: M-Libraries 2, A Virtual Library in Everyone's Pocket |
Martin White reviews the proceedings of a 2009 M-Libraries conference on mobile applications in libraries.
issue65 October 2010 |
apple, cilip, flash, html5, intranet, intranet focus ltd, iphone, mobile, research, smartphone, sms, stm, wireless |
Intranet Management: Divine Comedy or Strategic Imperative? |
Martin White suggests that a failure to recognise the value of intranets is a symptom of a failure to recognise information as a strategic asset.
issue62 January 2010 |
adobe, blog, content management, creative commons, data, database, dissemination, document management, drupal, eduserv, foi, google, harvard university, higher education, html, ibm, ict, information architecture, intellectual property, intranet, intranet focus ltd, jisc, knowledge management, licence, metadata, microsoft, mobile, open source, open university, passwords, portal, privacy, provenance, repositories, research, rss, schema, search technology, sharepoint, standards, taxonomy, university of sheffield, usability, web 2.0, web browser, wiki |
Book Review: GLUT - Mastering Information through the Ages |
Martin White enjoys a random walk through a historical survey of humanity's quest to classify and categorise information.
issue60 July 2009 |
google, intranet, intranet focus ltd, research, software |
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.
issue56 July 2008 |
accessibility, bibliographic data, cerlim, content management, cookie, digital media, html, intranet, intranet focus ltd, jisc, jisc techdis, manchester metropolitan university, microsoft, microsoft office, research, rnib, search technology, sharepoint, software, standards, ukoln, university of bath, university of dundee, university of southampton, web accessibility initiative, web resources |
Book Review: Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management |
Martin White reviews a book that sets out to provide very practical guidance on managing software projects.
issue55 April 2008 |
content management, intranet, intranet focus ltd, library management systems, prince2, software |
Book Review: Content and Workflow Management for Library Web Sites |
Martin White welcomes the detail but is concerned at the impact that the publishing process has had on the currency and utility of the content.
issue44 July 2005 |
accessibility, blog, content management, ejournal, indiana university, intranet, intranet focus ltd, jisc, portal, search technology, software, web application, web resources, western michigan university, wiki, xml |
Book Review: Knowledge Management Lessons Learned |
Martin White praises the work of the editors on the 32 essays covering how KM initiatives can deliver tangible outcomes and takes a practical and balanced view of their overall value.
issue41 October 2004 |
bibliographic data, content management, data, infrastructure, intranet, intranet focus ltd, knowledge management, taxonomy, xml |
