Overview of content related to 'review'

Sylvie Lafortune reviews a book taking a hard look at academic libraries, how they are being redefined and what skills will be required of the staff who will move them forward.

Charles Oppenheim takes a look at this series of personal and researched historical analyses of the history of computerised information retrieval systems, and finds it makes fascinating reading if you are interested in such things.

Lise Foster finds this a useful scene setter for the novice and valuable reminder for the professional of the challenges facing today's librarian.

Marieke Napier reviews the book: The Invisible Web.

Re-visiting this work in its new and second edition for Ariadne, Lina Coelho finds it amply repays the effort.

Lina Coelho takes a look at Scott Berkun's challenging view of what innovation and creativity really mean.

Lina Coelho takes a look at this collection of winning strategies for success in public libraries during challenging times.

Lina Coelho feels that digital reference has come of age and that this work is one of its adornments where reference information professionals are concerned.

Sarah Ward considers a work which brings together perspectives on learner support from academics, librarians and student support professionals.

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.

Sylvie Lafortune reviews a collection of essays that examine the transformation of academic libraries as they become part of digital learning environments.

Wajeehah Aayeshah reviews a comprehensive book on educational games that highlights the attributes of effective games usage but which also identifies the potential problems when using them in a pedagogical context.

Pete Cliff considers a new book on data visualisation and hopes one day to implement some of the interesting ideas presented in this work.

Pete Cliff used to think 'Website Optimisation' simply meant compressing images and avoiding nested tables, but in this he book finds out how much more there is to it, even in the Age of Broadband.

Sylvie Lafortune looks at two books edited by Sul H. Lee dealing with the impact of digital information on libraries, librarianship, information providers and library users.

Valerie Wilkins reviews the results of a survey, showing a variety of current practices in cataloguing e-journals.

Julia A. Rudy, Cause/Effect Editor and Director of Publications at CAUSE, an international, nonprofit professional association for managers and users of information resources on college and university campuses, describes CAUSE/EFFECT.

Summary of reviews available from this and other issues of Ariadne.

William Y. Arms, D-Lib publisher and Amy Friedlander, the editor, describe this successful Web-based magazine that carries more technically-minded articles on all aspects of digital/electronic libraries research.