Overview of content related to 'database'

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.

Karen Ford examines The Resource Guide, which aims to provide staff and students in HE with an overview of electronic services.

Debra Hiom and Angela Joyce provide more updates on the Social Sciences Gateway, including a new range of European sites.

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.

Emma Worsfold describes the role and purpose of SOSIG, and launches a scheme where European Librarians can participate in adding relevant, quality content to this Social Science Gateway.

Debra Hiom on recent developments and happenings with ALISS, IRISS, and SOSIG.

Lesly Huxley looks at the work of the project DESIRE: Training for the Distributed Internet Cataloguing Model.

Heather Dawson from The British Library of Political and Economic Science talks about her role as a SOSIG Section Editor.

Alejandro Fernandez introduces a new collaborative initiative between the RDN and LTSN, Emma Place reports from the BPS Annual Conference and Neil Jacobs presents a new course for social researchers in Government.

Tracey Hooper describes the new interface and features of SOSIG, the premier Web-based subject gateway for the Social Sciences.

Emma Place announces new training materials for the Web, Heather Dawson looks at at Web coverage of the recently run UK General Election and Chris Mitchell provides an update of activities from the Learning and Teaching Support Network Centre.

Humphrey Southall looks at a new Web site's Vision of Britain while Emma Place examines new changes to the RDN Virtual Training Suite.

This month Neil Jacobs reports on updates to the Regard service, Martin Poulter introduces a new Economics Assessment Bank and Emma Place highlights the programme of training and outreach conducted by SOSIG this spring.

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.

Paul Walk reports on the Sun-PASIG winter meeting held in Baltimore, USA on 18-20 November 2008.

Peter Brophy reviews the experience of the UK academic sector in turning digital library projects into sustainable services.

Malabika Das argues public libraries and community networks have a future together.

Sally Criddle introduces an initiative to extend current developments in the use of metadata to the public library community.

Sarah Ormes on Internet activity in the Public Libraries domain.