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Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions telling a computer what to do and how to do it. We can also say software refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of the computer for some purposes. In other words software is a set of programs, procedures, algorithms and its documentation. Program software performs the function of the program it implements, either by directly providing instructions to the computer hardware or by serving as input to another piece of software. The term was coined to contrast to the old term hardware (meaning physical devices). In contrast to hardware, software is intangible, meaning it "cannot be touched (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Software)
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Tap Into Bath |
Alison Baud and Ann Chapman describe the development of a database of archive, library and museum collections in Bath. |
July 2004, issue40, feature article |
Cornucopia: An Open Collection Description Service |
Chris Turner describes the latest phase of Cornucopia development and the opportunities this is opening up for the future. |
July 2004, issue40, feature article |
Targeting Academic Research With Southampton's Institutional Repository |
Jessie Hey describes how user needs have influenced the evolutionary development of 'e-Prints Soton' as the University of Southampton Research Repository. |
July 2004, issue40, feature article |
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. |
July 2004, issue40, regular column |
EEVL News: What EEVL Users Really Want |
Roddy MacLeod looks at the results of the recent questionnaire which surveyed opinions about the EEVL service. |
July 2004, issue40, regular column |
PALS Conference: Institutional Repositories and Their Impact on Publishing |
Kurt Paulus describes for us the Publisher and Library/Learning Solutions (PALS) Conference held in London this June. |
July 2004, issue40, event report |
The Future of Cataloguing: Cataloguing and Indexing Group Conference |
Paola Stillone reports on a three-day annual conference of the CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group (CIG), held at the University of Bath, 30 June - 2 July. |
July 2004, issue40, event report |
Support Models for Open Source Deployment |
Sebastian Rahtz and Randy Metcalfe report on OSS Watch's one-day conference on support models held in London in June 2004. |
July 2004, issue40, event report |
Adding Value to the National Information Infrastructure: The EDINA Exchange Day, Edinburgh |
John MacColl provides us with a report of EDINA's first general information event for the HE and FE communities held at the National E-Science Centre. |
July 2004, issue40, event report |
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. |
July 2004, issue40, event report |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
July 2004, issue40, news and events |
Book Review: Information Architecture - Designing Information Environments for Purpose |
John Paschoud looks at this collection of articles and finds some good parts in a generally ineffective whole. |
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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. |
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Book Review: Developing Web-based Instruction |
Lyn Parker finds this compilation a useful overview of the issues involved in developing e-learning and a valuable addition to the literature. |
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A National Archive of Datasets |
Jeffrey Darlington describes how structured datasets produced by UK Government departments and agencies are being archived and made available to users. |
April 2004, issue39, feature article |
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. |
April 2004, issue39, feature article |
Can We Save Our Audio-visual Heritage? |
Daniel Teruggi describes PrestoSpace, the new FP6 Integrated project for the preservation of our disappearing audio-visual heritage. |
April 2004, issue39, feature article |
IT for Me: Getting Personal in South Yorkshire Public Libraries |
Liz Pearce and Neil Smith introduce the IT for Me Project which aims to provide personalised access to online resources in South Yorkshire's public libraries. |
April 2004, issue39, feature article |
Filling Institutional Repositories: Practical Strategies from the DAEDALUS Project |
Morag Mackie describes some strategies that can be used to help populate an institutional repository. |
April 2004, issue39, feature article |
Through the Web Authoring Tools |
Paul Browning offers a technical review of new approaches to Web publishing. |
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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. |
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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. |
April 2004, issue39, event report |
The Biggest Digital Library Conference in the World |
John Paschoud reports on the International Conference on Digital Libraries held in New Delhi, India, 24-27 February 2004. |
April 2004, issue39, event report |
ERPANET / CODATA Workshop, Lisbon |
Michael Day gives us a detailed report on the ERPANET / CODATA Workshop held at the Biblioteca Nacional, Lisbon, 15-17 December 2003. |
April 2004, issue39, event report |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
April 2004, issue39, news and events |
Editorial Introduction to Issue 38: The Quality of Metadata Is Not Strained |
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 38. |
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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. |
January 2004, issue38, feature article |
Improving the Quality of Metadata in Eprint Archives |
Marieke Guy, Andy Powell and Michael Day address the argument that the quality of service to end-users is markedly influenced by the quality of metadata being produced and provide suggestions. |
January 2004, issue38, feature article |
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. |
January 2004, issue38, feature article |
The European Library: Integrated Access to the National Libraries of Europe |
Britta Woldering describes the findings of the recently completed EU Project The European Library, focusing on technical solutions and metadata development. |
January 2004, issue38, feature article |
DSpace Vs. ETD-db: Choosing Software to Manage Electronic Theses and Dissertations |
Richard Jones examines the similarities and differences between DSpace and ETD-db to determine their applicability in a modern E-theses service. |
January 2004, issue38, feature article |
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. |
January 2004, issue38, feature article |
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. |
January 2004, issue38, feature article |
What's in EEVL for Further Education |
Roddy MacLeod gives |
January 2004, issue38, feature article |
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. |
January 2004, issue38, feature article |
Public Libraries: 2003, 2004: A Backward Glance and Thoughts on the Future |
Penny Garrod looks at some of the broader issues affecting public libraries and information professionals. |
January 2004, issue38, regular column |
WebWatch: How Accessible Are Australian University Web Sites? |
Dey Alexander reports on a recent study of the accessibility of Australian university Web sites. |
January 2004, issue38, regular column |
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. |
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The OpenURL and OpenURL Framework: Demystifying Link Resolution |
Ann Apps reports on a conference about current and future uses of the proposed OpenURL Framework Standard Z39.88-2004. |
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Herding Tigers, Part II |
Sophie Clarke describes an event designed to share ideas on accessibility, evaluation and the use of learning technology standards. |
January 2004, issue38, event report |