Buzz - Web Development
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Developing a Prototype Library WebApp for Mobile Devices
Jason Cooper and Gary Brewerton describe the development of a prototype WebApp to improve access to Library systems at Loughborough University for mobile devices.
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The Institutional Web Management Workshop (IWMW) 2012
Kirsty Pitkin reports on the 16th Institutional Web Management Workshop held at the University of Edinburgh's Appleton Tower between 18 - 20 July 2012.
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10 Cheap and Easy Ways to Amplify Your Event
Marieke Guy describes new tools and services that can help you get your event heard. -
Academic Liaison Librarianship: Curatorial Pedagogy or Pedagogical Curation?
Allan Parsons presents a strategic view of the need to develop the academic liaison librarianship role. -
Institutional Web Management Workshop 2010
Keith Doyle provides a personal perspective on a conference organised by UKOLN for those involved in the provision of institutional Web services. -
Mobilising the Internet Detective
Diana Massam, Andrew Priest and Caroline Williams describe a recent project to adapt the online Internet Detective tutorial, to deliver a user-friendly mobile site which reflects their market research into user preferences for mobile content. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
Get Tooled Up: Xerxes at Royal Holloway, University of London
Anna Grigson, Peter Kiely, Graham Seaman and Tim Wales describe the implementation of an open source front end to the MetaLib federated search tool. -
Live Blogging @ IWMW 2009
Kirsty McGill provides a live blogger perspective on the three-day Institutional Web Managers Workshop, held by UKOLN at the University of Essex, Colchester, in July 2009. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
Collecting Evidence in a Web 2.0 Context
Ann Chapman and Rosemary Russell describe the challenge of collecting evidence for a study of how Web 2.0 is being used in the UK HE sector. -
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. -
Embedding Web Preservation Strategies Within Your Institution
Christopher Eddie reports on the third one-day workshop of the JISC-PoWR (Preservation of Web Resources) Project held at the University of Manchester on 12 September 2008. -
Get Tooled Up: Staying Connected: Technologies Supporting Remote Workers
Having considered organisational issues in her previous article, Marieke Guy takes a look at the many technologies that support remote working, from broadband to Web 2.0 social networking tools. -
Institutional Web Management Workshop 2008: The Great Debate
Adrian Tribe reports on a three-day conference designed for professionals involved in the provision of institutional Web services, organised by UKOLN and held at King's College, University of Aberdeen in July 2008. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
Preservation of Web Resources: Making a Start
Stephen Emmott reports on a one-day workshop aimed at all those interested in issues relating to institutional Web resource preservation. The event was held by the JISC-PoWR team at the University of London in June 2008. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
IWMW 2007: Next Steps for the Web Management Community
Shirley Keane reports on the wide range of presentations given at this year's Institutional Web Management Workshop. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
The JISC Annual Conference 2007
Philip Pothen and colleagues provide an overview of the proceedings of this Spring's JISC Annual Conference. -
Models of Early Adoption of ICT Innovations in Higher Education
Melanie Bates, Sue Manuel and Charles Oppenheim provide an overview of some considerations for change agents attempting to introduce an innovative new information communication technology service into Higher Education institutions. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
Wikido: Exploiting the Potential of Wikis
Marieke Guy reports on a one-day workshop, held in Birmingham in November 2006, which took a closer look at the potential of Wikis for educational institutions. -
Video Streaming of Events
Greg Tourte and Emma Tonkin describe the set-up and use of video streaming technology at the IWMW 2006 event. -
Wiki Or Won't He? A Tale of Public Sector Wikis
Marieke Guy revisits a topic receiving considerable attention these days and reflects on wiki use by public organisations. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 48: Extended Family Net Works
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne 48. -
IWMW 2006: Quality Matters
Adrian Stevenson reports on the 10th Institutional Web Management Workshop held at the University of Bath over 14-16 June 2006. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
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. -
Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility With Firefox
Patrick Lauke outlines how Mozilla Firefox can be used in conjunction with the Web Developer Toolbar to carry out a preliminary accessibility review. -
IWMW 2005
Miles Banbery reports on the 9th Institutional Web Management Workshop held at the University of Manchester, UK, over 6-8 July 2005. -
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 Accessibility Revealed: The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council Audit
Marcus Weisen, Helen Petrie, Neil King and Fraser Hamilton describe a comprehensive Web accessibility audit involving extensive user testing as well as automatic testing of Web sites. -
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. -
A Librarian's Experience of E-Government
Jane Inman describes the route she has taken as a librarian through the expanding landscape of e-government and highlights the skills librarians can bring to this arena. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 42: Less Could Mean More
Richard Waller provides an editorial introduction to Ariadne issue 42. -
Making the Case for a Wiki
Emma Tonkin examines wikis and considers the feasibility of their deployment - and the danger of the 'tumbleweed' syndrome. -
Mozilla Firefox for Rapid Web Development and Testing
Patrick Lauke takes a quick look at Firefox, the new browser released by the Mozilla Foundation, and points out useful features and extensions for Web developers. -
The Institutional Web Management Workshop 2004
Tracey Stanley reports on the 8th Institutional Web Management Workshop at the University of Birmingham over 27-29 July. The theme of this year's workshop was Transforming the Organisation. -
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. -
Book Review: Managing Your Internet & Intranet Services
David Hook sees this edition as a useful overview but finds unfortunate omissions as well as beneficial inclusions. -
Public Libraries: Weblogs: Do They Belong in Libraries?
Penny Garrod takes a look at weblogs and weblogging activities in libraries and considers some of the ways they can be used to support public library users. -
World Wide Web Conference 2004
Dave Beckett reports on the international WWW2004 conference held in New York, 19-21 May 2004. -
Book Review: The Accidental Webmaster
Andy Prue examines a guide aimed at inexperienced Webmasters. While the book covers some interesting and salient points, Andy raises questions as to the ideal audience. -
Through the Web Authoring Tools
Paul Browning offers a technical review of new approaches to Web publishing. -
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. -
Developing and Publicising a Workable Accessibility Strategy
Lawrie Phipps, Sue Harrison, David Sloan and Betty Willder look at the increasing need for developers of institutional and educational Web sites to develop and follow a strategy for ensuring optimal accessibility of online content. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
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. -
The 7th Institutional Web Management Workshop
Catherine Ewart gives us her view of IWMW 2003, University of Kent, June 2003. -
Web Focus: WWW 2003 Trip Report
Brian Kelly writes on the recent WWW 2003 conference and outlines some of the latest Web developments. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
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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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. -
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. -
Web Focus: Let's Get Serious about HTML Standards
Brian Kelly encourages authors to treat compliance with HTML standards seriously. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 32: The Grid -The Web Twenty Years On?
Philip Hunter with the editorial for Ariadne issue 32. -
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. -
Setting up an Institutional E-Print Archive
Stephen Pinfield, Mike Gardner, and John MacColl with some practical advice on setting up an e-print archive. -
Content Management Systems: Who Needs Them?
Paul Browning and Mike Lowndes explore the CMS concept and look at the available tools. -
Multi-media and Image Handling: The future is Textless
Marieke Napier on a DTI multimedia day in London in November 2001. -
Web Focus: Report on the Fifth Institutional Web Management Workshop
Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus, reports on the IWMW event in his regular column. -
Windows NT Explorer: Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP)
Brett Burridge investigates the use of the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), the XML-based protocol that is taking a leading role in the emerging area of Web Services. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 28: Ariadne's Thread
Marieke Napier reviews recent developments on the cultural front and the contents of issue 28. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 27: The Digital Library Jigsaw
Philip Hunter opens the box and looks at some of the choicest pieces of Ariadne issue 27. -
E-Commerce in Higher Education: Can We Afford to Do Nothing?
Andrew Aird on the impact of e-commerce on the non-commercial sector. -
Web Focus: The Web On Your Phone and TV
Brian Kelly looks at the Web Beyond the PC. -
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. -
Metadata: Towards the Intelligent Museum
Paul Miller and Alice Grant explore CIMI: the collections standards organization which JISC has just joined. -
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. -
Scientific, Industrial, and Cultural Heritage: A Shared Approach
Lorcan Dempsey presents a research framework for libraries, archives and museums prepared for the European Commission. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 21: Ariadne's Thread
Introduction to Ariadne issue 21 by Philip Hunter. -
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." -
The Web Editor: From 'One Stop Shop' to Information Hierarchy
Rebecca Linford discusses the web editor role: from 'one stop shop' to information hierarchy. -
Windows NT Explorer
Brett Burridge discusses Active Server Pages (ASP) - one of the most useful facilities provided by Windows NT server. -
Windows NT Explorer
Brett Burridge introduces his regular column on Windows NT with a description of Site Server's search facility. -
Web Focus: The Role of the Web Editor
Brian Kelly asks, does 'web editor' mean Unix guru or an HTML coder? -
Web Editorial: Introduction to Issue 17
The web editors, Philip Hunter and Bernadette Daly, introduce Ariadne issue 17. -
What Are Document Management Systems?
Brian Kelly explains the concept of document management systems. -
The Eighth ACM International Hypertext Conference
Nick Gibbins reports from the Hypertext Conference held in Southampton in April 1997 -
A Brief History of the American Library Association Web Site
A brief history of the American Library Association Web Site: Rob Carlson, Internet Coordinator of the ALA, introduces us to the acclaimed Web site of the largest Library Association in the World. -
Wire: Interview with Jasper Tredgold
Jasper Tredgold is put under the virtual spotlight to answer a few questions via email. -
The 4th WWW Conference in Boston
Debra Hiom and John Kirriemuir provide an informal report from the "cutting edge" of Web development.