Table of contents: issue29
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 29: Key Technologies for the Development of the Digital Library |
Philip Hunter with the editorial for Ariadne 29. |
An Introduction to Web Services |
Tracy Gardner introduces web services: self-describing applications, which can be discovered and accessed over the web by other applications. |
October 2001, issue29, feature article |
Architects of the Information Age |
Paul Miller reports on a recent UKOLN-organised event at the Office of the e-Envoy, and explores the need for an architecture to scope what we build online. |
October 2001, issue29, feature article |
Subject Portals |
Judith Clark describes a three-year project to develop a set of subject portals as part of the Distributed National Electronic Resource (DNER) development programme. |
October 2001, issue29, feature article |
Managing Electronic Library Services: Current Issues in UK Higher Education Institutions |
Stephen Pinfield surveys some of the key issues associated with delivering electronic library services. |
October 2001, issue29, 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 |
Migration: A Camileon Discussion Paper |
Paul Wheatley explores migration issues for the long-term preservation of digital materials. |
October 2001, issue29, feature article |
Evolution of Portable Electronic Books |
Ruth Wilson charts the development of portable electronic book hardware, from the first generation in 1980s to the range of handheld devices available today. |
October 2001, issue29, feature article |
The People's Network and the Learning Revolution: Building the NOF Digitize Programme |
Susi Woodhouse brings us up to date with developments. |
October 2001, issue29, feature article |
Collective Convergence: The Work of the Collection Description Focus |
Pete Johnston and Bridget Robinson outline the work of the Collection Description Focus. |
October 2001, issue29, feature article |
Country and Regional Search Engines |
Phil Bradley looks at Country and Regional Search Engines. |
October 2001, issue29, regular column |
Windows NT Explorer: Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) |
Brett Burridge investigates the use of the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), the XML-based protocol that is taking a leading role in the emerging area of Web Services. |
October 2001, issue29, regular column |
Planet SOSIG: SOSIG Expands into Europe |
Louise Woodcock introduces the new European Studies section for SOSIG and Helen Wharam provides an update on the Resource Guide for the Social Sciences. |
October 2001, issue29, regular column |
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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Web Watch: Carrying Out Your Own Web Watch Survey |
Brian Kelly describes how you can carry out your own WebWatch benchmarking survey across your own community. |
ACM / IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries |
John MacColl reports on a selection of the papers given at this conference in Roanoake, Virginia, June 24-28 2001. |
October 2001, issue29, event report |
Digital Developments Amidst the Tulips and Windmills |
Christine Dugdale reports on the Digital Library course run as part of the annual Summer School at the Tilburg Innovation Centre for Electronic Resources (TICER B.V.). Netherlands, August 2001. |
October 2001, issue29, event report |
Managing Digital Video Content |
Manjula Patel reviews the two-day workshop on current and emerging standards for managing digital video content held in Atlanta, Georgia, 15-16 August 2001. |
October 2001, issue29, event report |
Developing an Agenda for Institutional E-Print Archives |
Philip Hunter, John MacColl and Marieke Napier report on a one day Open Archives conference on OAI compliant metadata and e-print issues. Held at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, London. 11 July 2001. |
October 2001, issue29, event report |
Beyond the Online Tutorial |
Ariadne reports on a one day JISC workshop in Edinburgh on pedagogical issues for projects developing resources for the DNER. (30 August) |
October 2001, issue29, event report |
Cartoon |
New cartoon work by Malcolm Campbell. |
October 2001, issue29, odds and ends |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
October 2001, issue29, news and events |
Software Review: C4U |
Andrew Cox and Simon McLean review this web-monitoring software. |
