Buzz - Resource Discovery
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Internet Librarian International Conference 2014
Zoë Hurley and Garth Bradshaw report on the Internet Librarian Conference, held at the Olympia Conference Centre in London over 20-22 October 2014.
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Mining the Archives: Metadata Development and Implementation
Martin White looks through the Ariadne archive to track the development and implementation of metadata in a variety of settings.
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SUNCAT: Ten Years and Beyond
Celia Jenkins charts the beginnings of SUNCAT, its development over the last ten years and what the future holds for the service.
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Book Review: Marketing Your Library’s Electronic Resources
Lizz Jennings reviews a concise and practical guide to marketing library e-resources which offers the busy professional a structured approach to planning a successful campaign.
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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.
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International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL) 2012
Anna Mastora and Sarantos Kapidakis report on TPDL 2012 held at Paphos, Cyprus, over 23-27 September 2012.
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Book Review: Implementing Technology in Libraries
Elizabeth McHugh reviews a first published work that she feels is a straightforward, jargon-free guide on how to implement technology solutions in libraries.
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Launching a New Community-owned Content Service
Caren Milloy describes some of the challenges overcome and lessons learned by JISC Collections during the development of JISC eCollections.
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Walk-in Access to e-Resources at the University of Bath
Kate Robinson, Lizz Jennings and Laurence Lockton outline a low-cost solution to walk-in (visitor) access to licensed e-journals, drawing on their practice at the University of Bath with a wiki ERM and OPAC terminals.
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Adapting VuFind as a Front-end to a Commercial Discovery System
Graham Seaman describes the adaptation of an open source discovery tool, VuFind, to local needs, discusses the decisions which needed to be made in the process, and considers the implications of this process for future library discovery systems.
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Delivering Open Educational Resources for Engineering Design
Mansur Darlington describes two methods for presenting online OERs for engineering design that were developed and explored as part of the Higher Education Academy/JISC-funded DelOREs (Delivering Open Educational Resources for Engineering Design) Project.
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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.
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 68
The editor introduces readers to the content of Ariadne issue 68.
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Institutional Challenges in the Data Decade
Marion Tattersall, Carmen O'Dell and John Lewis report on Institutional Challenges in the Data Decade, organised by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) in partnership with the White Rose University Consortium and held 1-3 March 2011 at the University of Sheffield. -
10 Years of Zetoc
Jane Ronson looks at how Zetoc has developed and what the future holds for the service. -
Saving the Sounds of the UK in the UK SoundMap
Maureen Pennock and Chris Clark introduce an innovative initiative from the British Library to map a 12-month soundscape of the UK. -
Turning Off Tap Into Bath
Ann Chapman describes the lifecycle of a demonstrator database and the development of a preservation policy for its content and software. -
CIG Conference 2010: Changes in Cataloguing in 'Interesting Times'
Rhiannon McLoughlin reports on a three-day conference on cataloguing in a time of financial stringency, held by the CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group at Exeter University, from 13-15 September 2010. -
Survive or Thrive
Ed Fay reports on a two-day conference organised by UKOLN on behalf of JISC to consider growth and use of digital content on the Web, which was held in Manchester in June 2010. -
Book Review: Digital Information - Order Or Anarchy?
Muhammad Rafiq offers us a review of a work which examines the future of digital information and emerging patterns of scholarly communication. -
International UPA 2010 Conference User Experience Design for the World
Liza Zamboglou and Lorraine Paterson report on the Usability Professionals' Association's International Conference held in Munich, Germany in May 2010. -
Intute Reflections at the End of an Era
Angela Joyce, Linda Kerr, Tim Machin, Paul Meehan and Caroline Williams look back at the history and achievements of Intute, and reflect on lessons learned as the service enters its final year. -
Moving Towards Interoperability: Experiences of the Archives Hub
Jane Stevenson and Bethan Ruddock describe the work that the Archives Hub team has been doing to promote the sharing of content. -
Usability Inspection of Digital Libraries
Lorraine Paterson and Boon Low highlight findings from the usability inspection report conducted for the UX2.0 research project. -
Subject Repositories: European Collaboration in the International Context
Dave Puplett reports on the conference Subject Repositories: European Collaboration in the International Context held at the British Library in January 2010. The conference launched Economists Online (EO), an innovative economics subject repository. -
Archives 2.0: If We Build It, Will They Come?
Joy Palmer discusses some of the opportunities and tensions emerging around Archives 2.0, crowd-sourcing, and archival authority. -
Book Review: Digital Consumers - Reshaping the Information Professions
Muhammad Rafiq offers us a detailed review of a work which examines digital consumers from both an historical and future perspective. -
Book Review: Managing Electronic Government Information in Libraries
Sylvie Lafortune reviews a book which addresses the following question: From e-government to t-government. How will libraries keep up? -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
Book Review: Against the Machine
Mahendra Mahey reviews a book which examines popular Internet culture and how it may be having negative effects on many of us. -
Book Review: Managing the Crowd - Rethinking Records Management for the Web 2.0 World
Marieke Guy reviews a text that could offer the blueprint for moving records management into the 21st century. -
Digital Preservation Planning: Principles, Examples and the Future With Planets
Frances Boyle and Jane Humphreys report on the one-day workshop on digital preservation planning jointly organised by the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) and Planets held at the British Library, on Tuesday 29 July 2008. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 56: More Light Than Heat
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 56. -
Lost in the JISC Information Environment
Tony Ross gives a personal reflection on his intellectual struggle to comprehend the JISC Information Environment. -
Sun Preservation and Archive Special Interest Group: May 2008 Meeting
Vicky Mays and Ian Dolphin review the Sun Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) meeting held in San Francisco in May 2008. -
Implementing Ex Libris's PRIMO at the University of East Anglia
Nick Lewis outlines the University of East Anglia's experience of implementing Ex Libris's Primo, a new search and retrieval interface for presenting the library catalogue and institutional databases and e-resources. -
Intute Integration
Angela Joyce, Jackie Wickham, Phil Cross and Chris Stephens describe Intute's ongoing Integration Project, which is promoting and developing integration of Intute content in the UK academic library community. -
Googlepository and the University Library
Sue Manuel and Charles Oppenheim discuss the concept of Google as a repository within the wider context of resource management and provision in Further and Higher Education. -
Knowledge by Networking: Digitising Culture in Germany and Europe
Alastair Dunning reports on an international conference exploring the current state of digitisation in the worlds of culture and scholarship, held in Berlin over 21-22 June 2007. -
JASIG June 2007 Conference
Ian Dolphin and Robert Sherratt report on the JASIG Conference, which took place in Denver, Colorado over 24-27 June 2007. -
The SPP Alerting Portlet: Delivering Personalised Updates
Virginia Knight describes the open-source alerting portlet which has been developed as part of the SPP Subject Portals Project (SPP) and the results of user feedback. -
Book Review: Teaching Web Search Skills
Verity Brack takes a look at this book for Web trainers, teachers and instructors. -
Developing a Virtual Research Environment in a Portal Framework: The EVIE Project
Tracey Stanley provides an overview of the EVIE Project at the University of Leeds which was funded under the JISC Virtual Research Environments Programme. -
Immaculate Catalogues, Indexes and Monsters Too...
David E. Bennett reports on the three day residential CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group Annual Conference, University of East Anglia, during September 2006. -
Workshop on E-Research, Digital Repositories and Portals
Rob Allan, Rob Crouchley and Caroline Ingram report on a two-day workshop held at University of Lancaster over 6-7 September 2006 -
e-Collaboration Workshop: Access Grid, Portals and Other VREs for the Social Sciences
Rob Allan, Rob Crouchley and Michael Daw cover a one-day workshop reporting on the latest developments in e-Collaboration technology and applications. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 48: Extended Family Net Works
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne 48. -
Intute: The New Best of the Web
Caroline Williams describes Intute in the context of the online information environment and outlines aspirations for the future. -
JISC/CNI Conference, York 2006
Najla Semple and Robin Rice were at the JISC / CNI conference 'Envisioning future challenges in networked information'. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 47: Keeping What We Know
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne 47. -
Folksonomies: The Fall and Rise of Plain-text Tagging
Emma Tonkin suggests that rising new ideas are often on their second circuit - and none the worse for that. -
RDN Timeline
Debra Hiom provides a timeline of the RDN's development, which accompanies her main article. -
Retrospective on the RDN
Debra Hiom, in the first of a two-part series on the Resource Discovery Network, looks back at the development of the RDN and its activities to date. -
The Rustle of Digital Curation: The JISC Annual Conference
Julie Allinson, Marieke Guy and Maureen Pennock find themselves contemplating e-frameworks, digital curation and repositories at the JISC Annual Conference. -
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. -
Projects Into Services: The UK Experience
Peter Brophy reviews the experience of the UK academic sector in turning digital library projects into sustainable services. -
Research Libraries Engage the Digital World: A US-UK Comparative Examination of Recent History and Future Prospects
Clifford Lynch looks at how the emergence of e-research has changed our thinking about the future of research libraries on both sides of the Atlantic. -
The (Digital) Library Environment: Ten Years After
Lorcan Dempsey considers how the digital library environment has changed in the ten years since Ariadne was first published. -
What Users Want: An Academic 'Hybrid' Library Perspective
Reg Carr reflects on the development of a user-centred approach in academic libraries over recent decades and into the era of the hybrid library. -
DC 2005
Robina Clayphan reports on the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications: Vocabularies in Practice held at the University of Carlos III, Madrid in September 2005. -
Looking for More Than Text?
Balviar Notay and Catherine Grout give an overview of developments in digitisation programmes, on-line delivery services and specialised search engines which cater for searching and locating still images and time-based media and consider the issues that surround their use, focusing particularly on JISC developments. -
News from BIOME
Jenny Hall reports on recent news from BIOME, the Health and Life Sciences hub of the Resource Discovery Network . -
EEVL Xtra: The Hidden Web at Your Fingertips
Roddy MacLeod looks at the latest service from EEVL. -
Integration and Impact: The JISC Annual Conference
Marieke Guy has collated reports on sessions from the JISC Annual Conference held in Birmingham. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
EEVL: New Hot Topic In-depth Reports Now Available
Roddy MacLeod looks at some recent developments to the EEVL service. -
National Library Goes Local
Stephanie Kenna and Sue Cook tell the story behind the British Library's online training package for public library staff. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
What Are Your Terms?
Pete Johnston introduces the JISC Information Environment Metadata Schema Registry (IEMSR) Project and examines some of the challenges it is facing. -
Book Review: How to Find Information
Verity Brack reviews a new practical guide for researchers wanting to improve their information skills and finds it a very useful addition. -
EEVL: Four Search Engines and a Plaque
Roddy MacLeod looks at some recent developments to the EEVL service. -
Hyper Clumps, Mini Clumps and National Catalogues: Resource Discovery for the 21st Century
John Gilby reports on a one-day conference about resource discovery, held at the British Library Conference Centre, London in November. -
News from BIOME
Jenny Hall reports on recent news form BIOME, the Health and Life Sciences hub of the Resource Discovery Network. -
Book Review: Libraries Without Walls 5
David Parkes reviews the fifth compilation of the biennial Library Without Walls Conference. He finds how far we have come and how far we have to go in delivering services to distributed learners. -
How the Use of Standards Is Transforming Australian Digital Libraries
Debbie Campbell explains how the exploitation of recent standards has allowed the National Library of Australia to digitise its collections and host federated search services and provide an improved service. -
ISBN-13: New Number on the Block
Ann Chapman outlines the planned changes to the ISBN standard and its impact on the information community and the book trade. -
Improving Communications Within JISC through News Aggregation
Paul Davey explains what JISC is doing to improve communications through more effective news promotion. Roddy MacLeod and Malcolm Moffat examine the technology EEVL has developed in this area. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
Planet-SOSIG
Angela Joyce shares her personal impressions from the recent European Digital Libraries Conference in Bath; Emma Place introduces a new seminar series to support online information seeking in the social sciences. -
What Do Application Profiles Reveal about the Learning Object Metadata Standard?
Jean Godby assesses the customised subsets of metadata elements that have been defined by 35 projects using the LOM standard to describe e-learning resources. -
ERPANET Seminar on Persistent Identifiers
Monica Duke reports on a two-day training seminar on persistent identifiers held by ERPANET in Cork, Ireland over 17-18 June 2004. -
Tap Into Bath
Alison Baud and Ann Chapman describe the development of a database of archive, library and museum collections in Bath. -
At the Event: The EPrints UK Workshop
Phil Cross, Debra Hiom and Emma Place report on this workshop which was held at the University of Bath in February 2004. -
EEVL News: EEVL, VLEs, Institutional and Library Portals
Malcolm Moffat discusses the use of EEVL functionality in VLEs and Portals. -
Editorial Introduction to Ariadne Issue 39: Humanity V Technology, Which Is in the Driving Seat?
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 39. -
RDN/LTSN Partnerships: Learning Resource Discovery Based on the LOM and the OAI-PMH
Andy Powell and Phil Barker explore the technical collaboration currently underway between the RDN and the LTSN and describe the RDN/LTSN LOM Application Profile and its use to support resource discovery. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 38: The Quality of Metadata Is Not Strained
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 38. -
Further Education and BIOME
Donald Mackay gives an overview of BIOME, the hub for the health and life sciences in the context of its services for Further Education. -
OSS Inaugural Conference: Open Source Deployment and Development
Sebastian Rahtz and Randy Metcalfe give an overview of the first conference of the Open Source Advisory Service. -
The JISC 5/99 Programme: What's in a Number?
Rachel Bruce and Balviar Notay give an overview of the outputs and influences of the JISC 5/99 Learning and Teaching and Infrastructure Programme. -
The Portole Project: Supporting E-learning
Tracey Stanley, Mina Sotiriou and Matthew Dovey provide an overview of a project to produce tools to discover information resources and deploy them within a university VLE. -
What the Resource Discovery Network Is Doing for Further Education
Mark Williams highlights some of the services that the RDN provides for the benefit of FE users. -
What's in Artifact for Further Education?
Jayne Everard writes about the areas covered by the new subject service Artifact and takes us through the facilities on offer to FE practitioners. -
What's in EEVL for Further Education
Roddy MacLeod gives an overview of the services and plans EEVL has for students and practitioners in the Further Education sector. -
What's in Humbul for Further Education?
Randy Metcalfe provides an overview of the materials and services of use to humanities practitioners in the FE sector. -
What's in SOSIG for Further Education?
Emma Place gives an insight into the pitfalls that await new users of the Internet in their search for relevant and quality materials and explains how SOSIG has catered for the needs of both FE students and practitioners. -
Delivering OAI Records As RSS: An IMesh Toolkit Module for Facilitating Resource Sharing
Monica Duke provides an overview of a means of providing records in RSS through the use of an IMesh Toolkit module that supports resource sharing. The content of this article was presented at the 4th Open Archives Forum Workshop -
EEVL News
Roddy MacLeod describes how EEVL is putting RSS to work. -
OAI: The Fourth Open Archives Forum Workshop
Manjula Patel provides us with an overview of the 4th Open Archives Forum Workshop. -
Planet SOSIG
Anne Dimond and Angela Joyce send further news from the planet of social sciences. -
Towards a Typology for Portals
Paul Miller looks at some of the services we call portals, and argues for better words to describe them. -
Updated JISC Guides Are Now Available
Emma Beer describes the new JISC Resource Guides. -
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. -
Book Review: Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, Volume 36
Michael Day takes a detailed look at the structure and content of this hardy annual. -
EEVL News and Enhancements
Roddy MacLeod and Lesa Ng provide us with the news and developments from EEVL. -
Just a Distraction?: External Content in Institutional Portals
Ruth Martin and Liz Pearce reflect on stakeholders' views of external resources within institutional portals and highlight the findings of recent PORTAL Project research.
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Mapping the JISC IE Service Landscape
Andy Powell provides a graphical representation of how some well-known services, projects and software applications fit within the JISC Information Environment technical architecture. -
The Bath Profile Four Years On: What's Being Done in the UK?
Fraser Nicolaides gives us his take on the conference to review the implementation of the Bath Profile in the UK, July 2003. -
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. -
Access Management: The Key to a Portal - The Experience of the Subject Portals Project
Francisco Pinto and Michael Fraser report on the experience of the Subject Portals Project. -
Collection Description Focus Showcase: Mapping the Information Landscape
Verity Brack reports on this one-day showcase of Collection Description projects and services held at the British Library, London, 25 March 2003. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 35: The Art and Craft of Portalage
Philip Hunter provides an editorial introduction to Ariadne 35. -
Free Full-text E-journals and EEVL's Engineering E-journal Search Engine
Nicola Harrison and Roddy MacLeod describe what EEVL has to offer in the area of e-journals. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
Syndicated Content: It's More Than Just Some File Formats?
Paul Miller takes a look at issues arising from the current enthusiasm for syndicating content to portals or other web sites, and offers some guidelines for good practice. -
What Features in a Portal?
Geoff Butters analyses the features found in various types of portal, and includes a comparison with the planned features for the JISC Subject Portals. -
ePrints UK: Developing a National E-prints Archive
Ruth Martin describes the technical work of the ePrints UK project, and outlines the non-technical issues that must also be addressed if the project is to deliver a national e-prints service -
EEVL: Search Me!
Roddy MacLeod supplies guidance on the large range of available EEVL search options. -
Exposing Information Resources for E-learning
Steve Richardson and Andy Powell on Harvesting and searching IMS metadata using both the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting, and the Z39.50 Protocol. -
Newsline: News You Can Use
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
Public Libraries: Creating Websites for E-citizens -The Public Library Web Managers Workshop 2002
Penny Garrod reports on the Public Library Web Managers workshop, November 2002, held in Bath. -
Review: The Digital Factor in Information and Library Services
Book review by Bruce Royan. -
Sharing History of Science and Medicine Gateway Metadata Using OAI-PMH
David Little outlines the resource sharing arrangements between the MedHist gateway and the Humbul hub, using the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting, and some of the issues it has raised. -
5 Step Guide to Becoming a Content Provider in the JISC Information Environment
Andy Powell describes steps which content providers can take to integrate their resources into the JISC IE. -
Digital Libraries in China
Liz Lyon reports on the International Digital Library Conference held in Beijing in July 2002. -
EEVL: Resident EEVL
Roddy MacLeod provides an update on the EEVL project. Among other things he explains how the EEVL cross-search facility can be run from user pages. -
Newsline: News You Can Use
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
OCLC-SCURL: Collaboration, Integration and Recombinant Potential
Pete Johnston reports on the New Directions in Metadata conference, 15-16 August, in Edinburgh -
Portals, Portals Everywhere
Ian Dolphin, Paul Miller and Robert Sherratt report on two conferences over the summer which explored the progress being made in deploying institutional portals of various forms. -
Collection Description in Focus
Clare McVeigh and Dierdre Wildy: A Report on the Collection Description Focus Workshops, Nov 2001-Mar 2002 -
EEVL
Roddy Macleod on EEVL's engagement with RSS channels. -
First Impressions of Ex Libris's Metalib: Talking about a Revolution?
Nick Lewis outlines key issues in the implementation of a cross-searching portal using Metalib. -
Planet SOSIG
Debra Hiom with a report which covers: the launch of Citizenship Past; a new VTS Tutorial for European Studies; and an update on the SOSIG Portals Project. -
The Information Grid
Ariadne reports on a one-day workshop on 'an interoperable environment to support research, learning and teaching' held at the e-Science Institute in Edinburgh, April 30, 2002. -
Collection Description Focus: Spreading the Gospel
Bridget Robinson and Pete Johnston with an overview of CLD activities in the first year. -
EEVL-ution to a Portal
Roddy Macleod on the hub's 'EEVL-ution' to a portal. -
News from the Resource Discovery Network
Simon Jennings and Philip Pothen on the new RDN workbook and extensions to the RDN Virtual Training Suite. -
EEVL: Brand new EEVL service
Roddy Macleod introduces a new service. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 30: Centering the Periphery - A New Equity in Information Access?
Philip Hunter introduces Ariadne issue 30. -
Managed Learning?
Nicole Harris on current developments towards Managed Learning Environments in the ANGEL project. -
My Humbul: Humbul Gets Personal
Randy Metcalfe describes new functionality available for users of the Humbul Humanities Hub. -
News from the Resource Discovery Network
Simon Jennings and Philip Pothen with the latest on developments at the RDN. -
Newsline: News You Can Use
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
The Concept of the Portal
Paul Miller gives his personal view of the portal and its varieties, both in the wild and on the drawing board. -
ACM / IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries
John MacColl reports on a selection of the papers given at this conference in Roanoake, Virginia, June 24-28 2001. -
An Introduction to Web Services
Tracy Gardner introduces web services: self-describing applications, which can be discovered and accessed over the web by other applications. -
Architects of the Information Age
Paul Miller reports on a recent UKOLN-organised event at the Office of the e-Envoy, and explores the need for an architecture to scope what we build online. -
Establishing a Digital Library Centre
John Kirriemuir outlines some of the issues for the establishment of digital library centres in UK Higher Education institutions. -
Managing Electronic Library Services: Current Issues in UK Higher Education Institutions
Stephen Pinfield surveys some of the key issues associated with delivering electronic library services. -
Subject Portals
Judith Clark describes a three-year project to develop a set of subject portals as part of the Distributed National Electronic Resource (DNER) development programme. -
BIOME: Progressing through Partnerships
Paula Manning reports on recent collaborations. -
EEVL Update
Roddy MacLeod and Linda Kerr provide news about the EEVL service -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 28: Ariadne's Thread
Marieke Napier reviews recent developments on the cultural front and the contents of issue 28. -
Information Skills and the DNER: The INHALE Project
Margaret Weaver describes the work of the Information for Nursing and Health in a Learning Environment (INHALE) Project team. -
Personalization of Web Services: Opportunities and Challenges
Monica Bonett gives an overview of personalization on the World Wide Web and discusses ideas for development within resource discovery systems. -
Project GOLD: Supporting Distance Learning Students
Derek Morisson describes an e-learning project which was the antithesis of the current trend towards multifunction, and invariably expensive, Virtual Learning Environments and sophisticated Managed Learning Environments. -
Supporting Material for Database Training, or 'Here’s One I Prepared Earlier'
Alison McNab looks at the wealth of resources available for trainers provided by the information service and content providers within JISC-supported services. -
The JOIN-UP Programme: Seminar on Linking Technologies
Sandy Shaw reports on a seminar bringing together experts in the field of linking technology for JISC's JOIN-UP Programme. -
After the Big Bang: The Forces of Change and E-Learning
Pete Johnston examines what recent developments in the area of "e-learning" might mean for the custodians of the information resources required to support teaching and learning. -
BIOME
Paula Manning reports on feedback received on the BIOME Service and how the service will develop in response. -
EEVL
Roddy MacLeod and Lesa Ng with some useful tips on Shoestring Marketing for projects. -
Metadata (1): Encoding OpenURLs in DC Metadata
Andy Powell and Ann Apps propose a mechanism for embedding machine parsable citations into Dublin Core (DC) metadata records. -
The Future Is Hybrid: Edinburgh
John MacColl and Philip Hunter report on 'The Future is Hybrid' project day in Edinburgh. -
AGORA: The Hybrid Library from a User's Perspective
Bridget Robinson and David Palmer look at the Agora user studies. -
After eLib
Chris Rusbridge, the former Director of the UK Electronic Libraries Programme, with an assessment of its achievements and legacy. -
BIOME News
Paula Manning with a brief report on the official launch of BIOME at the Royal Society on the 2nd of November 2000. -
Clumps Come Up Trumps
Helena Gillis, Verity Brack, John Gilby and Marian Hogg review the four eLib CLUMP projects now at the end of their funding periods. -
EEVL
Roddy Macleod manager of the EEVL project explains the new profile, new office: and coming soon: a new service. -
The Distributed National Electronic Resource and the Hybrid Library
Stephen Pinfield and Lorcan Dempsey with an overview of the DNER. -
Web Watch: WebWatching eLib Project Web Sites
Brian Kelly is WebWatching the eLib Project Sites. -
A Policy Context: eLib and the Emergence of the Subject Gateways
Derek Law and Lorcan Dempsey outline some of the features of the policy environment which led to the setting up of the influential 'subject gateways' as part of the UK Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib). -
Application Profiles: Mixing and Matching Metadata Schemas
Rachel Heery and Manjula Patel introduce a means of establishing a common approach to sharing information between implementers and standards makers. -
BIOME News
Paula Manning announces that the BIOME Site is now live, and reports on the new Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Gateway. -
EEVL Backs a Winner
Roddy MacLeod and the team celebrate their 5th birthday with a day at the races, and supply some EEVL News Nuggets. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 25: Beyond the Web Site
Philip Hunter on the contents of Ariadne issue 25 and recent developments in the world of Digital Library initiatives. -
Knowledge Management in the Perseus Digital Library
Jeffrey Rydberg-Cox on the Perseus Project's new knowledge management and digital delivery tools. -
Planet SOSIG: Internet Training for the Social Sciences
Debra Hiom and Emma Place announce the RDN virtual training suite. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 24: Plumbing the Digital Library
Philip Hunter introduces Ariadne 24. -
In Vision: The Internet As a Resource for Visually Impaired People
Ann Chapman on the Internet as a resource for visually impaired people: a survey of accessible sites, resources, current research and software. -
Interoperability: What Is It and Why Should I Want It?
Paul Miller explains what interoperability is and why you should want it. -
Library Resource Sharing and Discovery: Catalogues for the 21st Century
Ariadne reports on the highlights of the recent Glasgow CLUMPS one day conference -
Review: Building Community Information Networks
Pete Cliff reviews 'Building community information networks: strategies and experiences,' edited by Sheila Pantry. -
Web Focus: Reflections On WWW9
Brian Kelly reports on the WWW9 conference, held in Amsterdam, in May 2000. -
EEVL News Nuggets
Brian Kelly reports on the use of third-party web services. -
EEVL: EMC Update
Sheridan Dunkley on the partnership between Islington Libraries, London, and CyberSkills. -
Planet SOSIG
Justine Kitchen of the Resource Discovery Network Centre reports on the recent SOSIG relaunch, and Debra Hiom explores New Learning and Teaching Support Networks in the Social Sciences -
Review: Online Searching (Library Association)
Pete Cliff reviews the Library Association's guide: Online Searching. -
What Have the CLUMPs Ever Done for Us?
Peter Stubley puts the CLUMPs in perspective. -
A Free ISP from the British Library
Brian Kefford outlines the services available from the British Library. -
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BIOME: Incorporating the OMNI Service
Lisa Gray reports on recent developments with the BIOME hub. -
Clumps As Catalogues
Peter Stubley asks whether CLUMPS as catalogues are 'virtual success or failure?' -
Delivering the Electronic Library: The ARIADNE Reader
John MacColl on the new ARIADNE Reader. -
Metadata for Digital Preservation: An Update
Michael Day discusses 'Metadata for Digital Preservation'. -
RDN: Resource Discovery Network
Alistair Dunning reviews the launch of the RDN (Resource Discovery Network) -
Scientific, Industrial, and Cultural Heritage: A Shared Approach
Lorcan Dempsey presents a research framework for libraries, archives and museums prepared for the European Commission. -
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. -
An Overview of Subject Gateway Activities in Australia
Debbie Campbell looks at how the original criteria proposed for an IMesh map against these Australian initiatives. -
Biz/ed Bulletin on Business and Economics
Libby Miller looks at recent changes to Biz/ed and describes some new sites. -
Developing the Bath Profile
Paul Miller with details of the "Bath Profile" - a Z39.50 specification for Library Applications and Resource Discovery. -
EEVL: 'Not a Success'
Roddy Macleod embarks on a tendentious argument. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 21: Ariadne's Thread
Introduction to Ariadne issue 21 by Philip Hunter. -
Planet SOSIG: Welfare Reform Digest
Jennie Grimshaw gives a personal account of the creation of the Welfare reform digest. -
The Scholarly Journal in Transition and the PubMed Central Proposal
Michael Day discusses the scholarly journal in transition and the PubMed Central proposal. -
Z39.50 for All
Paul Miller looks at the Z39.50 standard and attempts to extract some meaning from the mass of associated literature. -
EEVL Eye on Engineering
The EEVL Team explore patent information web sites, the latest EEVL news, etc. -
IMS Workshop
Tracy Gardner reports on a meeting held in March in the Francis Hotel, Bath. -
Metadata: Workshop in Luxembourg
Michael Day and Andy Stone report on the Third Metadata Workshop in Luxembourg. -
OMNI: Accessing the Internet
John Kirriemuir writes about an informal survey of Internet Access in the NHS. -
Web Focus: Report on the WWW 8 Conference
Brian Kelly discusses WWW8 in Toronto, which took place in May 1999. -
Web Mirror: The National Mirror Service
Sally Hadland on the New National Mirror Service. -
EEVL Eye on Engineering
The EEVL Team explore Internet Resources in Petroleum Engineering and Electronics, take a glance at engineering resources in Australia and South East Asia and give the latest news from the EEVL service. -
Information Ecologies: Report of the eLib Conference
Philip Hunter reports on the eLib conference in York in December 1998, which explored a number of hybrid library, subject Gateway and copyright control issues. -
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. -
Exploring Planet SOSIG: Sociology
In this edition, Stuart Macwilliam, the section editor for Sociology, gives an overview of the resources likely to be found in his section. This is preceded by news of some 'mutual mirroring' across the Atlantic, involving SOSIG and the Internet Scout Project. -
Hybrid Libraries
Stephen Pinfield describes the role of Hybrid Libraries and Clumps -
Metadata: Cataloguing Theory and Internet Subject-based Information Gateways
Ann Chapman, Michael Day, and Debra Hiom compare library cataloguing concepts and ROADS Template creation. -
Metadiversity
Michael Day on a Biodiversity conference in the States interested in Metadata. -
Subject-Based Information Gateways
Linda Kerr and Roddy MacLeod attended the recent CEI meeting at the Policy Studies Institute, London. -
Electronic Access: Archives in the New Millennium
Michael Day reports from Kew on the Public Record Office view of the Brave New World of online archives. -
Metadata Corner
Michael Day reports from Tomar, Portugal, on the DELOS6 Workshop. -
Public Libraries Corner
Sally Criddle reports on Resurrection: a new life for powerful public libraries. -
ROUTES Project
Una O'Sullivan describes the Open University ROUTES project. -
Dublin Comes to Europe
Paul Miller discusses issues raised at a recent European Commission meeting on metadata for resource discovery. -
What Is RDF?
Rachel Heery explains RDF (Resource Description Framework) -
M25 Link
Jean Sykes discusses M25 Link, a virtual clump for London. -
Are Print Journals Dinosaurs?
Tony Kidd wonders if he and and his kind are palæontologists. -
Planet SOSIG: DESIRE Training for the Distributed Internet Cataloguing Model
Lesly Huxley looks at the work of the project DESIRE: Training for the Distributed Internet Cataloguing Model. -
The History of History
Stephen Smith explains the background to the relaunch of IHR-Info as HISTORY. -
Metadata Corner: Naming Names - Metadata Registries
Rachel Heery examines metadata issues. -
Public Libraries Corner: A Public Library Metadata Initiative
Sally Criddle introduces an initiative to extend current developments in the use of metadata to the public library community. -
Dublin Core Management
Andy Powell presents three models for the way in which metadata can be managed across a Web site and describes some of the tools that are beginning to be used at UKOLN to embed Dublin Core metadata into Web pages. -
Extending Metadata for Digital Preservation
Michael Day suggests how the concept of metadata could be extended to provide information in the specific field of digital preservation. -
Public Libraries Corner: MODELS 5 Workshop Report and Futures
Sarah Ormes gives a report on the recent MODELS 5 workshop and its outcomes. -
Wire: Interview Via Email With Jon Knight and Martin Hamilton
In this interview we question Knight and Martin Hamilton and present their replies. -
CEI Looks for Bold Response
John MacColl describes the new call for proposals for further eLib programme work. -
Down Under With the Dublin Core
Paul Miller and Tony Gill offer a view of the recent Dublin Core metadata workshop in the Australian capital, Canberra. -
MODELS: MOving to Distributed Environments for Library Services
Rosemary Russell shows how MODELS are built from clumps. -
Print Editorial: Introduction to Issue 8
John MacColl with the editorial for the Print version of Ariadne issue 8. -
The Resource Discovery Project
As Renato Iannella shows, the Resource Discovery project at the DSTC in Australia is investigating issues to do with information discovery and access across large heterogeneous networks. -
Unique Identifiers in a Digital World
Andy Powell reports on a seminar organised jointly by Book Industry Communication and the UKOLN on the use of unique identifiers in electronic publishing. -
Controlling Access in the Electronic Library
Andy Powell and Mark Gillet discuss methods of electronic authentication. -
Networking Moving Images
Anne Mumford summarises the meeting organised by the British Universities Film and Video Council at the National Film Theatre on 18 December 1996, which looked into the problems and issues surrounding using academic networks for multimedia applications. -
10th Annual Anglo-Nordic Seminar
Kelly Russell from the eLib programme describes this seminar, which heavily featured speakers and current issues relevant to the UK digital libraries movement. -
ADAM: Bits and Pieces
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ILRT: The Institute for Learning and Research Technology
Gillian Austen, External Relations Manager at the recently founded Institute for Learning and Research Technology at the University of Bristol, gives an overview of its structure and objectives. -
Ticer Summer School on the Digital Library at Tilburg University, The Netherlands
Robert van der Zwan describes a two week summer school in digital library developments at one of Europe's main research centres in this field. -
Metadata for the Masses
Paul Miller describes Dublin Core and several ideas for how it can be implemented. -
PICK: Library and Information Science Resources on the Internet
In 1995, the Thomas Parry Library, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, won funding for PICK, a project to build a gateway to quality resources in the LIS field. Here, Andrew Cox describes this gateway, and reviews the project's achievements at the end of the first year. -
Meta Detectors
Lorcan Dempsey talks about metadata and the development of resource discovery services in the UK. -
ROADS: Resource Organisation and Discovery in Subject-Based Services
Rachel Heery, the ROADS Research Officer, describes this project from the Access to Network Resources area of the Electronic Libraries Programme. The deliverables of this project will constitute a large portion of the underlying software for most of the other projects in the same programme area, as well as other eLib and non-eLib projects, and therefore is one of the more crucial facets of the overall programme. -
Wire: Dave Beckett, Interviewed
Dave Beckett is subjected to an interview via email. -
The 4th WWW Conference in Boston
Debra Hiom and John Kirriemuir provide an informal report from the "cutting edge" of Web development. -
What's Good and Bad about BUBL
Traugott Koch reviews the Bulletin Board for Libraries (BUBL). -
Wire: Email Interview with Traugott Koch
Traugott Koch submits to an interview by email.