Overview of content related to 'infrastructure'
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Infrastructure is basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise, or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function. It can be generally defined as the set of interconnected structural elements that provide framework supporting an entire structure of development. Telecommunications, computing and monitoring networks are designed by systems engineers. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Infrastructure)
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eLib Starts to Deliver |
Ariadne explains how the Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib), a key IT programme for academic libraries, is shaping up. |
January 1996, issue1, feature article |
Copyright Corner |
Charles Oppenheim details some of the legal issues associated with electronic copyright management systems. |
March 1996, issue2, regular column |
ELVIRA |
Tessa Bruce from the ResIDe eLib project describes the recent high profile electronic libraries conference hosted by De Montfort University. |
May 1996, issue3, event report |
CURL OPAC launch |
Andrew Cooper describes the CURL OPAC launch in Manchester. |
May 1996, issue3, event report |
Public Libraries Corner: Internet Activity in Public Libraries |
Sarah Ormes on Internet activity in the Public Libraries domain. |
May 1996, issue3, regular column |
Are They Being Served? |
Lynne Brindley, Chair of JISC's new committee on electronic information, writes on the fundamental issue of networked information user's needs. |
July 1996, issue4, feature article |
TAPin: Training and Awareness Programme in Networks |
Kay Flatten outlines the training and awareness project that focuses on universities in the Midlands area. |
July 1996, issue4, project update |
ResIDe: Electronic Reserve for UK Universities |
Tessa Bruce describes an electronic reserve system at the University of the West of England. |
July 1996, issue4, project update |
TLTP: Teaching and Learning Technology Programme |
Joanna Tiley describes TLTP. The Teaching and Learning Technology Programme, funded by the UK Higher Education Funding Councils of the UK, is a collection of 70+ projects aimed to 'make teaching and learning more productive and efficient by harnessing modern technology'. |
July 1996, issue4, project update |
The Importance of Advanced Communications Technologies and Services (ACTS): The European Connection |
David Kay describes ACTS, the Advanced Communications Technologies and Services, a programme under the European Community 4th Framework Research & Technology Development Programme, consisting of around 120 projects. |
July 1996, issue4, project update |
Netlinks Symposium |
Sarah Ashton reports from the Netlinks Symposium, organised by the Netlinks eLib project and the Department of Information Studies in the University of Sheffield. |
July 1996, issue4, event report |
Cashing in on Caching |
Jon Knight and Martin Hamilton describe Caching, possibly the most crucial tool available to frequent Web users, and point out why libraries should be aware of it. |
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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. |
July 1996, issue4, regular column |
Croatian Libraries: The War Is Behind Us, What Brings the Future? |
Croatian Libraries: "The war is behind us, what brings the future?": Jadranka Stojanovski, the head of the Rudjer Boskovic Institute Library, describes the post-war progress made in implementing IT and networks in Croatian Libraries. |
September 1996, issue5, feature article |
The International Institute for Electronic Library Research: A New Kid on the Block |
Marilyn Deegan describes the International Institute for Electronic Library Research, a significant new centre of research based at De Montfort University. |
September 1996, issue5, project update |
DESIRE: Development of a European Service for Information on Research and Education |
Klaas Wierenga, the director of DESIRE, describes this pan-European project in which the academic network services of the UK have a large stake. |
September 1996, issue5, project update |
The SURF Foundation |
Jaqueline Pieters describes the evolution of the SURF Foundation, a major IT co-ordination service for the Dutch academic sector. |
September 1996, issue5, project update |
Metadata for the Masses |
Paul Miller describes Dublin Core and several ideas for how it can be implemented. |
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D-Lib |
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. |
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Interface: EARL |
Derek Law threw down the gauntlet to public libraries in a recent issue of Ariadne. Appropriately, an EARL picked it up. Alison Kilgour reports. |
September 1996, issue5, regular column |
Infopolecon |
John Lindsay comments on the evolution of the UK network infrastructure, and the problems arguably generated along the way. |
November 1996, issue6, feature article |
Catriona II |
Mary Fletcher introduces a new seeker after Web resources. CATRIONA II is a project from the Access to Network Resources section of the programme. |
November 1996, issue6, project update |
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. |
November 1996, issue6, project update |
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. |
November 1996, issue6, event report |
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. |
November 1996, issue6, event report |
British Library Corner: Setting Priorities for Digital Library Research, The Beginnings of a Process? |
Graham Jefcoate describes the background behind the recently announced British Library Research and Innovation Centre call for proposals in the field of digital library research. |
November 1996, issue6, regular column |
OMNI Seminar |
Debra Hiom reports from the second annual OMNI seminar. |
January 1997, issue7, event report |
SCRAN: A Taste of Scotland and Food for Thought |
Bruce Royan outlines an epic millennium project to digitise much of the culture and heritage of Scotland. |
January 1997, issue7, feature article |
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. |
January 1997, issue7, feature article |
Data Archive at the University of Essex |
Denise Lievesley and Bridget Winstanley describe this national resource centre for computer-readable data in the social sciences and humanities. |
January 1997, issue7, project update |
Controlling Access in the Electronic Library |
Andy Powell and Mark Gillet discuss methods of electronic authentication. |
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Web Editorial: Introduction to Issue 8 |
John Kirriemuir with the editorial for the Web version of Ariadne issue 8. |
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Print Editorial: Introduction to Issue 8 |
John MacColl with the editorial for the Print version of Ariadne issue 8. |
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CEI Looks for Bold Response |
John MacColl describes the new call for proposals for further eLib programme work. |
March 1997, issue8, feature article |
JEDDS: Joint Electronic Document Delivery Software Project |
Kerry Blinco provides details of a global electronic document delivery project. |
March 1997, issue8, project update |
Australian Co-operative Digitisation Project, 1840-45 |
Ross Coleman describes a project which will create a unique research infrastructure in Australian studies through the digital conversion of Australian serials and fiction of the seminal period 1840-45. |
March 1997, issue8, project update |
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. |
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From MERCI to DESIRE: European Digital Library Projects |
Dave Hartland writes the Netskills Corner column for this edition. In it, he provides a brief overview of some of the EU-funded Telematics for Research projects. |
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Down Your Way: The Natural History Museum |
John Kirriemuir takes in megabytes of trilobites at the Natural History Museum. |
March 1997, issue8, regular column |
SCOPE |
Leah Halliday believes there is SCOPE for a major shift in the publication of study texts. |
May 1997, issue9, project update |
