Table of contents: issue39
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Editorial Introduction to Ariadne Issue 39: Humanity V Technology, Which Is in the Driving Seat? |
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 39. |
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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. |
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Seeing Is Believing: The JISC Information Environment Presentation Programme |
Chris Awre reviews the JISC Information Environment Presentation Programme and offers an insight to the outcomes of recent studies. |
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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. |
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Towards the Digital Aquifer: Introducing the Common Information Environment |
Paul Miller discusses current efforts by UK agencies to collaborate on a Common Information Environment that meets the diverse needs of current and future consumers of digital content and services. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Filling Institutional Repositories: Practical Strategies from the DAEDALUS Project |
Morag Mackie describes some strategies that can be used to help populate an institutional repository. |
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Public Libraries: The Changing Face of the Public Library |
Penny Garrod looks at developments in Hampshire and comments on the shape of things to come. |
April 2004, issue39, regular column |
Planet-SOSIG: A Variety of Reports |
This month Neil Jacobs reports on updates to the Regard service, Martin Poulter introduces a new Economics Assessment Bank and Emma Place highlights the programme of training and outreach conducted by SOSIG this spring. |
April 2004, issue39, regular column |
EEVL News: EEVL, VLEs, Institutional and Library Portals |
Malcolm Moffat discusses the use of EEVL functionality in VLEs and Portals. |
April 2004, issue39, regular column |
News from BIOME |
Jenny Hall reports on recent news from BIOME, the Health and Life Sciences hub of the Resource Discovery Network. |
April 2004, issue39, regular column |
Search Engines: The Google Backlash |
Phil Bradley reviews and analyses recent criticisms of the giant and takes an objective view from a broader perspective. |
April 2004, issue39, regular column |
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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 Collection Description Schema Forum |
Gordon Dunsire describes the one-day seminar on standard schemas for collection-level description held by UKOLN in February. |
April 2004, issue39, event report |
JISC Terminology Services Workshop |
Sarah Shreeves reports on a one-day workshop on current developments and future directions for JISC terminology services held in London, 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. |
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News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
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Book Review: Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval |
Charles Oppenheim sees improvements in this second edition but has reservations about one of the few UK-based texts on this subject. |
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Book Review: Extreme Searchers' Internet Handbook |
Verity Brack reviews a book on Internet resources and finds it a useful volume for Internet beginners and Google-centric searchers. |
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Book Review: Developing Academic Library Staff for Future Success |
Stephen Town considers this new multi-author volume, appreciates its many qualities and reflects on the key issues for library staff development in the digital future. |
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Book Review: The Accidental Webmaster |
Andy Prue examines a guide aimed at inexperienced Webmasters. While the book covers some interesting and salient points, Andy raises questions as to the ideal audience. |
