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OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC) is "a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing information costs". It was incorporated on July 6, 1967 as the not-for-profit Ohio College Library Center. More than 27,000 libraries in 86 countries and territories use OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend and preserve library materials. The organization was founded by Fred Kilgour, and its head office is located in Dublin, Ohio, U.S. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: oclc)
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 71 |
The editor introduces readers to the content of Ariadne Issue 71. |
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Improving Evaluation of Resources through Injected Feedback Surveys |
Terry Reese suggests a novel approach for providing intercept survey functionality for librarians looking to simplify the gathering of user feedback for library-provided materials. |
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Mining the Archive: eBooks |
Martin White looks through the Ariadne archive to track the development of ebooks. |
July 2013, issue71, feature article |
JABES 2013 |
Marlène Delhaye reports on the two-day annual conference organised by the French Agence Bibliographique de l’Enseignement Supérieur (ABES) held in Montpellier, France over 14-15 May 2013. |
July 2013, issue71, event report |
Book Review: The Information Society - A Study of Continuity and Change |
Muhammad Rafiq offers us a detailed review of a work, now in its sixth edition, which examines the information society, its origin, development, its associated issues and the current landscape. |
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Motivations for the Development of a Web Resource Synchronisation Framework |
Stuart Lewis, Richard Jones and Simeon Warner explain some of the motivations behind the development of the ResourceSync Framework. |
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Online Information 2012 |
Marieke Guy reports on the largest gathering of information professionals in Europe. |
November 2012, issue70, event report |
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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Perceptions of Public Libraries in Africa |
Monika Elbert, David Fuegi and Ugne Lipeikaite describe the principal findings of the study Perceptions of Public Libraries in Africa which served to provide evidence of how public libraries are perceived by their stakeholders. |
March 2012, issue68, feature article |
Retooling Special Collections Digitisation in the Age of Mass Scanning |
Constance Rinaldo, Judith Warnement, Tom Baione, Martin R. Kalfatovic and Susan Fraser describe results from a study to identify and develop a cost-effective and efficient large-scale digitisation workflow for special collections library materials. |
July 2011, issue67, feature article |
Moving Researchers across the EResearch Chasm |
Malcolm Wolski and Joanna Richardson outline an Australian initiative to address technology challenges within current research paradigms. |
October 2010, issue65, feature article |
Blue Ribbon Task Force Symposium on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access |
Marieke Guy reports on a symposium which provided an opportunity for stakeholders to respond to the recent Blue Ribbon Task Force report on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access. |
July 2010, issue64, event report |
Emerging Technologies in Academic Libraries (emtacl10) |
Andrew Walsh reports on a new international conference on emerging technologies within academic libraries organised by the library of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and held in Trondheim, Norway in April 2010. |
July 2010, issue64, event report |
Turning on the Lights for the User: NISO Discovery to Delivery Forum |
Laura Akerman and Kim Durante report on Discovery to Delivery, Creating a First-Class User Experience, a NISO Forum on today's information seekers and current standards developments held in March 2010 at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center. |
April 2010, issue63, event report |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
April 2010, issue63, news and events |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
January 2010, issue62, news and events |
UK Institutional Repository Search: Innovation and Discovery |
Vic Lyte, Sophia Jones, Sophia Ananiadou and Linda Kerr describe an innovative tool to showcase UK research output through advanced discovery and retrieval facilities. |
October 2009, issue61, feature article |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
October 2009, issue61, news and events |
Archives 2.0: If We Build It, Will They Come? |
Joy Palmer discusses some of the opportunities and tensions emerging around Archives 2.0, crowd-sourcing, and archival authority. |
July 2009, issue60, feature article |
The Second International M-Libraries Conference |
Keren Mills reports on a two-day conference exploring and sharing delivery of services and resources to users 'on the move,' via mobile and hand-held devices. |
July 2009, issue60, event report |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
April 2009, issue59, news and events |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
January 2009, issue58, news and events |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
October 2008, issue57, news and events |
Book Review: Pro Web 2.0 Mashups |
Ralph LeVan looks at a comprehensive work on how to consume and repurpose Web services. |
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The Networked Library Service Layer: Sharing Data for More Effective Management and Cooperation |
Janifer Gatenby identifies criteria for determining which data in various library systems could be more beneficially shared and managed at a network level. |
July 2008, issue56, feature article |
Persistent Identifiers: Considering the Options |
Emma Tonkin looks at the current landscape of persistent identifiers, describes several current services, and examines the theoretical background behind their structure and use. |
July 2008, issue56, feature article |
Editorial Introduction to Issue 55: Digital Lives, Digital Values |
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 55. |
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Implementing Ex Libris's PRIMO at the University of East Anglia |
Nick Lewis outlines the University of East Anglia's experience of implementing Ex Libris's Primo, a new search and retrieval interface for presenting the library catalogue and institutional databases and e-resources. |
April 2008, issue55, feature article |
Research Libraries and the Power of the Co-operative |
John MacColl considers the 'co-operative imperative' upon research libraries, and describes the work which the former Research Libraries Group is undertaking as part of OCLC. |
April 2008, issue55, feature article |
Libraries of the Future |
Michelle Pauli reports on the National e-textbook Debate and Libraries of the Future panel sessions held by JISC in Birmingham over 14-15 April 2008. |
April 2008, issue55, event report |
Web 2.0 in U.S. LIS Schools: Are They Missing the Boat? |
Noa Aharony asks whether library and information science schools in the United States are underestimating the opportunities offered by Web 2.0 applications. |
January 2008, issue54, feature article |
SWORD: Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit |
Julie Allinson, Sebastien Francois and Stuart Lewis describe the JISC-funded SWORD Project which has produced a lightweight protocol for repository deposit. |
January 2008, issue54, feature article |
Exploiting the Potential of Blogs and Social Networks |
Gill Ferrell reports on a one-day workshop about Blogs and Social Networks, held in Birmingham in November 2007. |
January 2008, issue54, event report |
MCN 2007: Building Content, Building Community - 40 Years of Museum Information and Technology |
Guenter Waibel and Jean Godby report on the Museum Computer Network annual meeting, held 7-10 November, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois. |
January 2008, issue54, event report |
DC 2007 |
Ann Apps reports on DC2007, the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, held 27-31 August 2007 in Singapore. |
October 2007, issue53, event report |
Newsline |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
October 2007, issue53, news and events |
Book Review: The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland |
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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Institutional Repositories and Their 'Other' Users: Usability Beyond Authors |
Dana McKay summarises the literature on the usability of institutional repositories, and points to directions for future work. |
July 2007, issue52, feature article |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
July 2007, issue52, news and events |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
April 2007, issue51, news and events |
