Organisation - Apple
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Book Review: Digital Dieting - From Information Obesity to Intellectual Fitness
Kevin Sanders examines Tara Brabazon’s latest analytical work which investigates the proliferation of low-quality information in the digital realm and the issues of excessive reliance on social tools for learning.
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Open Access and Research Conference 2013: Discovery, Impact and Innovation
Paula Callan, Stephanie Bradbury, Sarah Brown, Philippa Broadley, Emma Nelms and Christopher Hart report on Open Access and Research 2013 which focused on recent developments and the strategic advantages they bring to the research sector.
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Developing a Prototype Library WebApp for Mobile Devices
Jason Cooper and Gary Brewerton describe the development of a prototype WebApp to improve access to Library systems at Loughborough University for mobile devices.
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Mining the Archive: eBooks
Martin White looks through the Ariadne archive to track the development of ebooks.
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The Tablet Symposium
Ryan Burns reports on a one-day symposium on tablet computers, e-readers and other new media objects held at the University of Sussex on 10 April 2013.
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Book Review: Getting Started with Cloud Computing
Martin White reviews a collection of essays on cloud computing that attempts to clarify the technology and its applications for librarians and information professionals.
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Book Review: The Myths of Innovation
Lina Coelho takes a look at Scott Berkun's challenging view of what innovation and creativity really mean. -
Developments in Virtual 3D Imaging of Cultural Artefacts
Richard Collmann describes how experience using a portable Virtual 3D Object Rig in cultural institutions has led to significant improvements in apparatus design and workflow. -
Book Review: Learning with Online and Mobile Technologies
Brian Whalley looks at a student survival aid in the information age that should also be valuable for tutors. -
Conference Review: M-Libraries 2, A Virtual Library in Everyone's Pocket
Martin White reviews the proceedings of a 2009 M-Libraries conference on mobile applications in libraries. -
Locating Image Presentation Technology Within Pedagogic Practice
Marie-Therese Gramstadt contextualises image presentation technology and methods within a pedagogic framework for the visual arts. -
Survive or Thrive
Ed Fay reports on a two-day conference organised by UKOLN on behalf of JISC to consider growth and use of digital content on the Web, which was held in Manchester in June 2010. -
What Is a URI and Why Does It Matter?
Henry S. Thompson describes how recent developments in Web technology have affected the relationship between URI and resource representation and the related consequences. -
Book Review: iPad - The Missing Manual
Brian Whalley reviews a manual to help support your use of an iPad - 'the book that should have been in the box'. -
Rewriting the Book: On the Move With the Library of Birmingham
Brian Gambles presents the Library of Birmingham vision and strategy for addressing the challenge of mobile digital services.
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 63: Consider the Users in the Field
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 63. -
Mobilising the Internet Detective
Diana Massam, Andrew Priest and Caroline Williams describe a recent project to adapt the online Internet Detective tutorial, to deliver a user-friendly mobile site which reflects their market research into user preferences for mobile content. -
Product Review: The IPad and the Educator, First Impressions
Brian Whalley reports on his initial impressions of the new Apple iPad in the first three weeks since its release in the USA and what it has to offer the mobile educator. -
The 2010 Information Architecture Summit
Elizabeth Coburn reports on ASIS&T's 11th Annual Information Architecture Summit, held in Phoenix, Arizona over 9-11 April 2010. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 62: The Wisdom of Communities
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 62. -
The Future of Interoperability and Standards in Education: A JISC CETIS Event
Sarah Currier reports on an international working meeting involving a range of educational interoperability standards bodies and communities, organised by JISC CETIS. -
eBooks: Tipping or Vanishing Point?
Emma Tonkin investigates ebooks and takes a look at recent technological and business developments in this area. -
Book Review: Presentation Zen - Simple Ideas on Presentation Design and Delivery
Marieke Guy gets in touch with her inner PowerPoint Zen. -
Human-powered Search Engines: An Overview and Roundup
Phil Bradley looks at the major contenders and discusses the value of this type of search engine. -
Saving Energy in the Workplace
Eddie Young outlines some of the issues faced by a Systems Administrator when trying to save energy in the workplace. -
The Video Active Consortium: Europe's Television History Online
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. -
Capacity Building: Spoken Word at Glasgow Caledonian University
Iain Wallace, Graeme West and David Donald give an account of the origins, nature and establishment of Spoken Word Services at Glasgow Caledonian University. -
IWMW 2007: Next Steps for the Web Management Community
Shirley Keane reports on the wide range of presentations given at this year's Institutional Web Management Workshop. -
Hold It, Hold It ... Start Again: The Perils of Project Video Production
It's not like writing a paper. Film production, when the camera points at you, can challenge all sorts of sensitivities. Steve Hitchcock survived the ordeal to tell the story of the Preserv Project video. -
Video Streaming of Events
Greg Tourte and Emma Tonkin describe the set-up and use of video streaming technology at the IWMW 2006 event. -
Digitising an Archive: The Factory Approach
Duncan Burbidge describes a new approach to digitising an archive both as a future-proof substitute and for Web delivery. -
Folksonomies: The Fall and Rise of Plain-text Tagging
Emma Tonkin suggests that rising new ideas are often on their second circuit - and none the worse for that. -
Delivering Open Access: From Promise to Practice
Derek Law predicts how the open access agenda will develop over the next ten years. -
Joint Workshop on Future-proofing Institutional Websites
Maureen Pennock reports on a two-day workshop on Future-Proofing Web Sites, organised by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) and the Wellcome Library at the Wellcome Library, London, over 19-20 January 2006. -
Accessibility: The Current Situation and New Directions
Kevin Carey describes accessibility by disabled people to digital information systems across broadcasting, telecommunications and the Internet, looks into the future and makes recommendations. -
Recasting the Past: Digital Histories
Vanessa Carr reports on a one day conference about digitising historical records, held jointly by the Association for History and Computing UK and the Royal Historical Society. -
Unicode and Historic Scripts
Deborah Anderson provides us an overview of the progress made in bringing historic scripts to the Unicode Standard. -
Review: Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Philip Hunter reviews a CD-ROM edition of one of William Blake's most famous works. -
Web Focus: Let's Get Serious about HTML Standards
Brian Kelly encourages authors to treat compliance with HTML standards seriously. -
UM.Sitemaker: Flexible Web Publishing for Academic Users
Jonathan Maybaum explains how UM.SiteMaker was designed to fill an important gap in the array of tools to suit academic publishing. -
Newsline: News You Can Use
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
Web Focus: Mobile E-Book Readers
Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus, writes about Mobile E-Book Readers in his regular column. -
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. -
Web Watch: A Survey Of Web Server Software Used In UK University Web Sites
Brian Kelly A Survey Of Web Server Software Used In UK University Web Sites. -
Web Focus: Reflections On WWW9
Brian Kelly reports on the WWW9 conference, held in Amsterdam, in May 2000. -
Review: in the Beginning... Was the Command Line
Madeleine Shepherd reviews 'In the Beginning... was the Command Line' by Neal Stephenson. -
An Overview of Subject Gateway Activities in Australia
Debbie Campbell looks at how the original criteria proposed for an IMesh map against these Australian initiatives. -
The DISinHE Centre
Professor Alan Newell asks: How can technology assist with the obligations of HE to support staff and students with disabilities? -
Minotaur: From Mac to Linux and Back?
Tony Grant on why a former Macintosh fan has fallen for Linux. -
Transatlantic Bandwidth: How to Save Money on Your Costs
Sally Hadland, Information Officer at the Higher Education National Software Archive (HENSA), describes how using HENSA can save on transatlantic bandwidth. -
Minotaur: We Must Not Be Driven by IT
Ray Lester says IT is not just a tool in an information strategy. -
Web Focus: Technical Aspects of Copyright and the Web
Brian Kelly reports on the TALiSMAN seminar: Copyright and the Web. -
Disabil-IT? Part 2: Software for Students With Dyslexia, and Software Design Issues
Isobel Stark presents the second part of her report on the Disabil-IT? Conference. In this article, software for students with dyslexia is looked at, and issues to bear in mind when designing software which may be used by students with disabilities are listed. -
Down Under With the Dublin Core
Paul Miller and Tony Gill offer a view of the recent Dublin Core metadata workshop in the Australian capital, Canberra. -
Formats for the Electronic Library
Judith Wusteman describes the document formats used in electronic serials. -
Handling MARC With PERL
Jon Knight investigates the inner workings of the MARC record's binary distribution format and presents the first cut at a Perl module to read and write MARC records. -
MCF: Will Dublin Form the Apple Core
Jon Knight looks at how Dublin Core and Apple's new MCF metadata file format might make useful and interesting bed fellows. -
Sideline: Nick Hornby Made Me Do It..
In Sideline, people give an alternative view of conference attendance. Here, Sarah Ashton has fun with public transport as she tries to reach Cranfield with increasing desperation... -
How to Grow Gossamer and Keep It Untangled
George Munroe describes the experiences in establishing a large institutional web site. -
Netskills Corner: Redesigning Your Web Pages?
Brian Kelly gives some sensible advice on designing (or, as is more likely, redesigning) Web pages. -
Wire: Brian Kelly
Brian Kelly is put under the virtual spotlight to answer a few questions via email on his past, present, and thoughts on matters networking. -
Netskills Corner
Netskills corner - Brian Kelly, Senior Trainer at Netskills, reviews Internet Explorer, Microsoft's Browser for Windows 95.