Authors - Brian Kelly
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Bring Your Own Policy: Why Accessibility Standards Need to Be Contextually Sensitive
Brian Kelly, Jonathan Hassell, David Sloan, Dominik Lukeš, E A Draffan and Sarah Lewthwaite argue that rather than having a universal standard for Web accessibility, standardisation of Web accessibility practices and policies needs to be sufficiently flexible to cater for the local context.
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'Does He Take Sugar?': The Risks of Standardising Easy-to-read Language
Brian Kelly, Dominik Lukeš and Alistair McNaught highlight the risks of attempting to standardise easy-to-read language for online resources.
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Web Focus: Must Email Die?
Brian Kelly recently gave a talk on this subject at the Internet Librarian International 2005 conference. In this article he expands on the talk and revisits the question as to whether email really should disappear. -
Towards a Pragmatic Framework for Accessible E-Learning
Lawrie Phipps, Neil Witt and Brian Kelly while recognising the importance of accessibility in e-learning resources, query the universal applicability of the Web Accessibility Initiative's guidelines and describe a pragmatic framework which provides a broader context for their use. -
Web Focus: The WWW 2005 Conference
Brian Kelly provides his impressions including reports of areas of doubt and uncertainty - but also of an exciting new development. -
Web Focus: Using Collaborative Technologies When on the Road
Brian Kelly argues that since conference delegates now expect to be able to read email on the road, there are additional technologies which might enhance our effectiveness when away from the office. -
Web Focus: Experiences of Using a Wiki for Note-taking at a Workshop
Brian Kelly describes how the Wikalong Wiki tool was used to support note-taking at a workshop. -
Web Focus: QA Focus Has Finished - Let's Start Embedding QA
Brian Kelly reviews the JISC-funded QA Focus Project and argues that developers should be using quality assurance principles. -
Web Focus: The Web on Your TV
Brian Kelly takes a look at a digital TV box which provides Web and email access in your living room. -
Web Focus: Towards Library Groupware With Personalised Link Routing
Brian Kelly takes a look at the FOAF Semantic Web application and suggests it is time to start evaluating this technology. -
Web Focus: Improving the Quality of Your HTML
Brian Kelly outlines a strategy for fixing the most important HTML resources on a Web site. -
Web Focus: Widening the Focus for the Future
Brian Kelly reviews the history of the Web Focus post and describes funding changes which gives Web Focus a much wider remit. -
Web Focus: WWW 2003 Trip Report
Brian Kelly writes on the recent WWW 2003 conference and outlines some of the latest Web developments. -
WebWatch: An Update on Search Engines Used in UK University Web Sites
Brian Kelly provides an update of his survey of search engines used in UK Universities. -
Web Focus: A Standards-Based Culture for Web Site Development
Brian Kelly outlines strategies for choosing appropriate standards for building Web sites.
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WebWatch: Surfing Historical UK University Web Sites
Brian Kelly outlines strategies for choosing appropriate standards for building Web sites. -
Web Focus: Interfaces to Web Testing Tools
Brian Kelly looks at interfaces to Web testing tools, and in particular at Bookmarklets - simple extensions to browsers which enhance functionality. -
Web Watch: A Survey of Web Server Software Used by UK University Web Sites
Brian Kelly with an update of his survey of server software used by central Web sites in UK Universities. -
Web Focus: Let's Get Serious about HTML Standards
Brian Kelly encourages authors to treat compliance with HTML standards seriously. -
Web Watch: An Accessibility Analysis of UK University Entry Points
Brian Kelly reports on the accessibility of entry points of UK University Web sites. -
Web Focus: Report On The Sixth Institutional Web Management Workshop
Brian Kelly with a report on the Sixth Institutional International Web Management Workshop held this year at the University of Strathclyde. -
Web Watch: Revisiting 404 Error Pages in UK University Web Sites
Brian Kelly revists 404 Error Pages in UK University Web Sites. -
Web Focus: Guidelines for URI Naming Policies
Brian Kelly with some guidelines For URI naming policies in his regular column. -
Web Watch: Update of a Survey of the Numbers of UK University Web Servers
Brian Kelly updates a survey of the numbers of UK university Web servers. -
Web Focus: Mobile E-Book Readers
Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus, writes about Mobile E-Book Readers in his regular column. -
Web Watch: An Update On Search Engines Used In UK Universities
Brian Kelly with an Update On Search Engines Used In UK Universities. -
Web Focus: Report on the Fifth Institutional Web Management Workshop
Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus, reports on the IWMW event in his regular column. -
Web Watch: Carrying Out Your Own Web Watch Survey
Brian Kelly describes how you can carry out your own WebWatch benchmarking survey across your own community. -
Web Focus: Hot News From WWW10
Brian Kelly reports on the Tenth International World Wide Web Conference, held in Hong Kong on 1-5 May 2001. -
Web Watch: Size of Institutional Top Level Pages
Web Watch: Brian Kelly looks at the size of institutional top level pages. -
Web Focus: HTML is Dead!
HTML is Dead: Brian Kelly explains why this is, and why it is a good thing. -
Web Watch: What's Related to My Web Site?
What's Related To My Web Site? Brian Kelly looks at Netscape's 'What's Related?' facility and reports on the service's findings for institutional Web servers. -
Web Focus: The Web On Your Phone and TV
Brian Kelly looks at the Web Beyond the PC. -
Web Watch: WebWatching eLib Project Web Sites
Brian Kelly is WebWatching the eLib Project Sites. -
Web Focus: Institutional Web Management Workshop - The Joined Up Web
Brian Kelly reports on the "Institutional Web Management Workshop: The Joined-Up Web" event, held in Bath. -
Web Watch: A Survey Of Web Server Software Used In UK University Web Sites
Brian Kelly A Survey Of Web Server Software Used In UK University Web Sites. -
Web Focus: Reflections On WWW9
Brian Kelly reports on the WWW9 conference, held in Amsterdam, in May 2000. -
Web Watch: A Survey Of Numbers of UK University Web Servers
How many web servers are there in the UK Higher Education community? Brian Kelly provides some answers. -
EEVL News Nuggets
Brian Kelly reports on the use of third-party web services. -
Railway Industry Resources on the Internet
Review: The Intellectual Foundation of Information Organization -
Web Focus: The Use of Third-Party Web Services
Brian Kelly discusses the use of third-party web services. -
Web Watch: A Survey of Links to UK University Web Sites
Brian Kelly reports on the number of links to University web sites. -
Web Focus: Using the Web to Promote Your Web Site
Brian Kelly expalins how to promote your web site. -
Web Watch: A Survey of Institutional Web Gateways
Brian Kelly surveys institutional web gateways. -
Web Focus: Report on "Institutional Web Management Next Steps" Workshop
Brian Kelly reports on the latest "Institutional Web Management Workshop," this year called: "The Next Steps." -
WebWatch: UK University Search Engines
Brian Kelly explores the search facilities used by UK university Web sites. -
Web Focus: Report on the WWW 8 Conference
Brian Kelly discusses WWW8 in Toronto, which took place in May 1999. -
Web Watch: 404s, What's Missing?
Brian Kelly discusses 404 'not found' messages, and why you don't always get the same one. -
Unix and the Web: Providing Web Access to Your Email
Brian Kelly introduces a regular column on Unix and Web issues by describing how a combination of Apache, PHP and IMP can make email folders available using a web browser. -
Web Focus: Extending Your Browser
Brian Kelly on techniques for extending the capabilities of your browser. -
WebWatch: Conclusions from the WebWatch Project
Brian Kelly sums up conclusions from the WebWatch Project. -
Web Focus: The Role of the Web Editor
Brian Kelly asks, does 'web editor' mean Unix guru or an HTML coder? -
Web Focus: Institutional Web Management
Brian Kelly reports on the Netskills Institutional Web Management Workshop held in Newcastle. -
What Are Document Management Systems?
Brian Kelly explains the concept of document management systems. -
Web Focus: Ways of Exploiting New Technologies
Brian Kelly discusses Intermediaries: Ways Of Exploiting New Technologies. -
What Are XLink and Xpointer?
Brian Kelly explains XLink and XPointer. -
Web Focus: The 7th World Wide Web Conference
Brian Kelly is interviewed about the 7th World Wide Web Conference upon his return from Brisbane. -
What Is XML?
Brian Kelly elucidates another infuriating three letter acronym: XML. -
Web Focus: Animate Your Pages
Brian Kelly gives an introduction to Dynamic HTML, explaining recent developments that enable dynamic web pages to be produced using simple scripting languages such as Javascript. -
Web Focus Corner: The World Wide Web Consortium
Brian Kelly ponders whether the academic community can have a role in shaping the web of the future. -
Web Focus: WebWatching UK Universities and Colleges
Brian Kelly describes the WebWatch project. -
Web Focus Corner: Running an Institutional Web Service
Brian Kelly reports on a workshop on running an institutional web service. -
Web Focus: Technical Aspects of Copyright and the Web
Brian Kelly reports on the TALiSMAN seminar: Copyright and the Web. -
Web Focus: Report on the WWW 6 Conference
Brian Kelly describes the sixth International World Wide Web conference which took place in California from 7 – 11 April 1997. -
Introducing Web Focus
UK Web Focus - a strange job title. What is it? What does it do? In this article Brian Kelly describes his role as UK Web Focus, his previous involvement with the Web and his work as the JISC representative on the World Wide Web Consortium. -
Netskills Corner: Beneath the Surface of Your Web Pages
Brian Kelly looks beneath the surface of HTML pages and provides advice on the design of the underlying directory structure. -
Netskills Corner: Redesigning Your Web Pages?
Brian Kelly gives some sensible advice on designing (or, as is more likely, redesigning) Web pages. -
Wire: Brian Kelly
Brian Kelly is put under the virtual spotlight to answer a few questions via email on his past, present, and thoughts on matters networking. -
Netskills Corner: Fifth WWW Conference, Paris
Brian Kelly undertakes the arduous task of attending the 5th WWW Conference in Paris (is there a 'smiley' for 'green with envy'?). -
Netskills Corner: NCSA Mosaic Web Browser
In this Netskills Corner, Brian Kelly describes a UK-Wide collaborative (combined directional Web and IRC chat-like system) meeting. -
Netskills Corner
Netskills corner - Brian Kelly, Senior Trainer at Netskills, reviews Internet Explorer, Microsoft's Browser for Windows 95.