Issue 54, January 2008, feature article
Richard Green and Chris Awre describe work undertaken at the University of Hull to place Web services at the heart of its personalised digital repository provision.
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Issue 54, January 2008, review
Pete Cliff tries to remember A-level mathematics as he dives into the fascinating world of machine learning and statistics and how to apply these techniques to Web-accessible datasets.
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Issue 54, January 2008, review
Stuart Hannabuss looks at an interesting Nile cruise of a book about intellectual property.
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Issue 54, January 2008, review
Sylvie Lafortune looks at two books edited by Sul H. Lee dealing with the impact of digital information on libraries, librarianship, information providers and library users.
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Issue 54, January 2008, review
Judy Reading reviews a work that may engender considerable debate in months to come.
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Issue 54, January 2008, review
Brian Whalley reviews Barbara Allan's book on blended learning for Information and Library Science staff and educational developers.
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Issue 53, October 2007, feature article
Sophia Ananiadou describes NaCTeM and the main scientific challenges it helps to solve together with issues related to deployment, use and uptake of NaCTeM's text mining tools and services.
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Issue 53, October 2007, feature article
Johan Oomen and Vassilis Tzouvaras provide an insight into the background and development of the Video Active Portal which offers access to television heritage material from leading archives across Europe.
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Issue 53, October 2007, feature article
Martin Feijen, Wolfram Horstmann, Paolo Manghi, Mary Robinson and Rosemary Russell present an outline of the DRIVER Project and its achievements so far in supporting and enhancing digital repository development in Europe.
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Issue 53, October 2007, feature article
Leo Waaijers reflects on four years of progress and also looks ahead.
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Issue 53, October 2007, event report
Mahendra Mahey, Emma Tonkin and Robert John Robertson report on the 2007 European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, held in Budapest, Hungary, over 16-22 September, 2007.
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Issue 53, October 2007, review
Lorcan Dempsey reviews Volume III of a landmark collection on the history of libraries in 'Britain and Ireland' from 1850 to 2000.
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Issue 53, October 2007, review
Pete Cliff takes a look at a new book from the British Computer Society that aims to help readers understand the importance, issues and benefits of data management across an enterprise.
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Issue 53, October 2007, review
Elizabeth McHugh looks at how podcasting has the potential to take library services and activities to new audiences.
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Issue 53, October 2007, review
Stephanie Taylor tries to curb her enthusiasm for Web 2.0 by investigating the dark side of social networking.
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Issue 53, October 2007, review
Emma Tonkin and Greg Tourte take a look at the new edition of an O'Reilly classic.
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Issue 52, July 2007, review
John MacColl reviews the first two volumes of this very substantial three-part work, covering the periods to 1640 and 1640-1850.
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Issue 52, July 2007, review
Ian Lovecy examines change theories and strategies, and their application to creating a change culture in an information service.
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Issue 52, July 2007, review
Lina Coelho expected a book that would challenge her technical knowledge and understanding but found a readable and useful guide for the time-pressed manager.
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Issue 51, April 2007, review
Simon Ball reviews a comprehensive discussion of e-learning and accessibility that gives support and guidance to effect good practice from individual to institutional level.
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Issue 51, April 2007, review
Verity Brack takes a look at this book for Web trainers, teachers and instructors.
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Issue 51, April 2007, review
Pete Cliff reviews a work that challenges traditional notions of literacy and how suggests that new literacies need to be developed to empower both learners and teachers in the digital age.
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Issue 51, April 2007, review
Keith Doyle reviews the 3rd edition of the primary reference book for practising in-house staff and consultants responsible for the development of institutional information architecture.
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Issue 51, April 2007, review
Kara Jones reviews a practical guide to blogs and RSS written for librarians, packed with library-specific examples.
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Issue 50, January 2007, feature article
Julie Allinson, Pete Johnston and Andy Powell describe a Dublin Core application profile for describing scholarly works that makes use of FRBR and the DCMI Abstract Model.
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Issue 50, January 2007, feature article
Paul Miller looks at recent attempts to make library resources more appealing, including the Talis competition to build library 'mashups'.
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Issue 50, January 2007, review
Chris Awre finds a useful toolset to guide librarians and LIS students on the future use of IT to deliver their services.
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Issue 50, January 2007, review
Maureen Pennock reviews a release in Facet's Digital Futures series.
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Issue 50, January 2007, review
Phil Bradley looks at a work offering programming 'know-how' to create resources that will do things with the search engine that might otherwise prove difficult or impossible.
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Issue 49, October 2006, review
Stuart Hannabuss picks another winner but wonders whether legal essentialism is enough for information professionals.
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Issue 49, October 2006, review
Emma Tonkin reviews a book with interesting content despite a few rough edges.
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Issue 49, October 2006, review
Lina Coelho looks at this Instructor's guide to developing and running successful distance learning classes, workshops, training sessions and more.
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Issue 48, July 2006, review
Lyn Parker considers that this book meets its aim of providing practical advice for tutors and staff developers engaged in online activities and blended learning.
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Issue 48, July 2006, review
Donald Maclean reviews a text that lays down guidelines for information managers attempting to analyse, implement and evaluate change within their organisation.
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Issue 48, July 2006, review
David Parkes reviews a new book, targeted at managers, which is both a tool to help evaluate your library and an analysis of Impact Evaluation methodology.
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Issue 48, July 2006, review
Re-visiting this work in its new and second edition for Ariadne, Lina Coelho finds it amply repays the effort.
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