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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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The Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI) |
Karla Youngs describes what TASI is and the work that it is doing in building a common ‘Framework’ for digital imaging projects. |
December 1998, issue18, feature article |
Metadata: Cataloguing Theory and Internet Subject-based Information Gateways |
Ann Chapman, Michael Day, and Debra Hiom compare library cataloguing concepts and ROADS Template creation. |
December 1998, issue18, regular column |
Exploring Planet SOSIG: Sociology |
In this edition, Stuart Macwilliam, the section editor for Sociology, gives an overview of the resources likely to be found in his section. This is preceded by news of some 'mutual mirroring' across the Atlantic, involving SOSIG and the Internet Scout Project. |
December 1998, issue18, regular column |
Exploring Planet SOSIG: Law, Statistics and Demography |
Planet SOSIG: Exploring Planet SOSIG: Law, Statistics and Demography: Janette Cochrane, Sue Pettit and Wendy White. Planet SOSIG continues its review of the main SOSIG subject sections, highlighting the resources that the Internet can offer to those working in the different fields of the social sciences. |
September 1998, issue17, regular column |
Web Focus: Institutional Web Management |
Brian Kelly reports on the Netskills Institutional Web Management Workshop held in Newcastle. |
September 1998, issue17, regular column |
RDF Seminar |
Matthew Dovey reports on the RDF seminar held in the Stakis Hotel, Bath. |
May 1998, issue15, event report |
Planet SOSIG: Regard |
Sue Timmis introduces REGARD, a new research database now available on the World Wide Web. |
March 1998, issue14, regular column |
Planet SOSIG: Politically Correct - Editing the Politics Section of SOSIG |
Heather Dawson from The British Library of Political and Economic Science talks about her role as a SOSIG Section Editor. |
January 1998, issue13, regular column |
Planet SOSIG: DESIRE Training for the Distributed Internet Cataloguing Model |
Lesly Huxley looks at the work of the project DESIRE: Training for the Distributed Internet Cataloguing Model. |
November 1997, issue12, regular column |
MIDRIB: Beyond Clip Art for Medicine |
Betsy Anagnostelis and Sue Welsh describe the recent launch of the MIDRIB (Medical Images Digitised Reference Information Bank) project, and describe the medical image resource the project will create. |
May 1997, issue9, feature article |
Elvira 4: May 1997, Milton Keynes |
Ian Bloor reports on the recently held Elvira (Electronic Library and Visual Information Research) event. |
May 1997, issue9, event report |
Late Night News: The Electronic Telegraph |
A night in the life of the Electronic Telegraph. Emma Worsfold sits in on the editors' shift at ET. |
March 1997, issue8, feature article |
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 |
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 |
Wire: Interview with Jasper Tredgold |
Jasper Tredgold is put under the virtual spotlight to answer a few questions via email. |
September 1996, issue5, regular column |
MIDRIB |
Julian Cook describes a project that deals with the storage and access of medical images. |
July 1996, issue4, project update |
ROADS: Resource Organisation and Discovery in Subject-Based Services |
Rachel Heery, the ROADS Research Officer, describes this project from the Access to Network Resources area of the Electronic Libraries Programme. The deliverables of this project will constitute a large portion of the underlying software for most of the other projects in the same programme area, as well as other eLib and non-eLib projects, and therefore is one of the more crucial facets of the overall programme. |
May 1996, issue3, project update |
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 |
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