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The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876. Bristol is the most popular multifaculty university in the UK, with over 14 applicants vying for each place, and average A-level attainment of successful entrants of just under 4 grade As. For some of the most popular courses, such as Economics and Law, the applicant to place ratio is often as high as 40:1. The University has an annual turnover of £347m and is the largest independent employer in Bristol. The University is a member of the Russell Group, The European-wide Coimbra Group and the Worldwide Universities Network, of which the University's Vice-Chancellor Prof Eric Thomas was Chair (2005-2007). The University of Bristol has approximately 18,000 students. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: University of Bristol)
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Planet SOSIG |
Anne Dimond and Angela Joyce send further news from the planet of social sciences. |
October 2003, issue37, regular column |
ECDL-2003 Conference Notes |
Lesly Huxley shares her notes on the European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. |
October 2003, issue37, event report |
Crime and Punishment: Protecting ICT Users and Their Information Against Computer Crime and Abuse |
Andrew Charlesworth reports on a seminar seeking to protect ICT users and their information against computer crime and abuse. |
October 2003, issue37, event report |
Six MLEs: More Similar Than Different |
Paul Browning offers a technical review of the systems developed by the JISC 'Building MLEs in HE' (7/99) Programme |
July 2003, issue36, feature article |
The 7th Institutional Web Management Workshop |
Catherine Ewart gives us her view of IWMW 2003, University of Kent, June 2003. |
July 2003, issue36, event report |
Planet SOSIG: Regarding Collaboration, Conferences and Courses |
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. |
April 2003, issue35, regular column |
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. |
January 2003, issue34, event report |
Planet SOSIG: Social Science Case Studies |
Dave Boyd provides an update on SOSIG’s involvement in the new RDN FE case studies project, and on developments within the Geography and Environmental Sciences subject sections. |
January 2003, issue34, regular column |
Climbing the Scholarly Publishing Mountain With SHERPA |
John MacColl and Stephen Pinfield explore the SHERPA project, which is concentrating on making e-prints available online. |
October 2002, issue33, feature article |
Web Watch: An Accessibility Analysis of UK University Entry Points |
Brian Kelly reports on the accessibility of entry points of UK University Web sites. |
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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. |
October 2002, issue33, event report |
NetLab's Digital Library Gâteau |
Jessica Lindholm reports from the conference "NetLab and friends: Tribute and outlook after 10 years of digital library development". The conference was held in Lund, Sweden 10-12 April 2002. |
July 2002, issue32, feature article |
QA Focus |
Marieke Napier on Quality Assurance procedures in the Jisc 5/99 Programme. |
July 2002, issue32, feature article |
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. |
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WWW2002 Here |
Libby Miller sends notes from the WW2002 conference in Hawaii. |
July 2002, issue32, event report |
News from the Resource Discovery Network |
Simon Jennings and Philip Pothen on the new RDN workbook and extensions to the RDN Virtual Training Suite. |
April 2002, issue31, regular column |
Content Management Systems: Who Needs Them? |
Paul Browning and Mike Lowndes explore the CMS concept and look at the available tools. |
January 2002, issue30, feature article |
Establishing a Digital Library Centre |
John Kirriemuir outlines some of the issues for the establishment of digital library centres in UK Higher Education institutions. |
October 2001, issue29, feature article |
Web Focus: Report on the Fifth Institutional Web Management Workshop |
Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus, reports on the IWMW event in his regular column. |
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Planet SOSIG: What's New in Politics? |
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. |
June 2001, issue28, regular column |
Planet SOSIG |
Debra Hiom and Angela Joyce provide more updates on the Social Sciences Gateway, including a new range of European sites. |
March 2001, issue27, regular column |
Planet SOSIG: Keeping Social Scientists Connected |
Debra Hiom and Emma Place discuss work to keep social scientists connected. |
January 2001, issue26, regular column |
A Policy Context: eLib and the Emergence of the Subject Gateways |
Derek Law and Lorcan Dempsey outline some of the features of the policy environment which led to the setting up of the influential 'subject gateways' as part of the UK Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib). |
September 2000, issue25, feature article |
ZOPE: Swiss Army Knife for the Web? |
Paul Browning looks at this multiple authoring environment. |
September 2000, issue25, feature article |
Planet SOSIG: Internet Training for the Social Sciences |
Debra Hiom and Emma Place announce the RDN virtual training suite. |
September 2000, issue25, regular column |
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. |
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Planet SOSIG |
Heather Dawson with news of the recently merged Social Science Librarians Group. |
June 2000, issue24, regular column |
Web Focus: Reflections On WWW9 |
Brian Kelly reports on the WWW9 conference, held in Amsterdam, in May 2000. |
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Planet SOSIG |
Justine Kitchen of the Resource Discovery Network Centre reports on the recent SOSIG relaunch, and Debra Hiom explores New Learning and Teaching Support Networks in the Social Sciences |
March 2000, issue23, regular column |
Web Watch: A Survey of Institutional Web Gateways |
Brian Kelly surveys institutional web gateways. |
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Planet SOSIG: Welfare Reform Digest |
Jennie Grimshaw gives a personal account of the creation of the Welfare reform digest. |
September 1999, issue21, regular column |
Biz/ed Bulletin on Business and Economics |
Libby Miller looks at recent changes to Biz/ed and describes some new sites. |
September 1999, issue21, regular column |
Planet SOSIG |
Karen Ford examines The Resource Guide, which aims to provide staff and students in HE with an overview of electronic services. |
June 1999, issue20, regular column |
Biz/Ed Bulletin: What Do You Want to Know? |
Chris Mitchell and Martin Poulter introduce the Advice and Answers section of the CTI Economics Web site; and Kate Sharp explores Green Resources on the Web for Economics and Business |
June 1999, issue20, regular column |
Metadata: Workshop in Luxembourg |
Michael Day and Andy Stone report on the Third Metadata Workshop in Luxembourg. |
June 1999, issue20, regular column |
JISC ASSIST |
Jane Williams on the JISC awareness unit. |
June 1999, issue20, regular column |
Web Focus: Report on the WWW 8 Conference |
Brian Kelly discusses WWW8 in Toronto, which took place in May 1999. |
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Biz/Ed Bulletin |
Kate Sharp and Libby Miller describe Business and Economics Resources on the Internet. |
March 1999, issue19, regular column |
Metadata: Image Retrieval |
Michael Day reports on combining content-based and metadata-based approaches. |
March 1999, issue19, regular column |
Internet Detective: BA Students Get on the Case |
Emma Worsfold and Debra Hiom introduce their "Internet Detective" online tutorial, and BA students from the final year Information Management BA at Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh, review the site. |
December 1998, issue18, feature article |
