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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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First Impressions of Ex Libris's Metalib: Talking about a Revolution? |
Nick Lewis outlines key issues in the implementation of a cross-searching portal using Metalib. |
July 2002, issue32, feature article |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
April 2002, issue31, news and events |
Digital Curation: Digital Archives, Libraries and e-Science Seminar |
Neil Beagrie and Philip Pothen report on the Digital Preservation day in October 2001, held in London. |
January 2002, issue30, event report |
Editorial Introduction to Issue 29: Key Technologies for the Development of the Digital Library |
Philip Hunter with the editorial for Ariadne 29. |
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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 |
The JOIN-UP Programme: Seminar on Linking Technologies |
Sandy Shaw reports on a seminar bringing together experts in the field of linking technology for JISC's JOIN-UP Programme. |
June 2001, issue28, event report |
The Distributed National Electronic Resource and the Hybrid Library |
Stephen Pinfield and Lorcan Dempsey with an overview of the DNER. |
January 2001, issue26, feature article |
Continuity and Collaboration: The Online Bach Bibliography |
Yo Tomita introduces the single most important online resource for the study of the composer J.S. Bach. |
January 2001, issue26, feature article |
Metadata: Preservation 2000 |
Michael Day reports on the Digital Preservation conference held in York in December 2000. |
January 2001, issue26, event report |
Adaptive Developments for Learning in the Hybrid Library |
Wilma Alexander on the SELLIC Project and its aim to support the use of electronic resources in teaching science and engineering. |
June 2000, issue24, feature article |
Library Resource Sharing and Discovery: Catalogues for the 21st Century |
Ariadne reports on the highlights of the recent Glasgow CLUMPS one day conference |
June 2000, issue24, event report |
So You Want to Build a Union Catalogue? |
Matthew Dovey looks at various models of virtual union catalogues in addition to those adopted by the clump projects, and other models of physical catalogues. |
March 2000, issue23, feature article |
I Say What I Mean, but Do I Mean What I Say? |
Paul Miller reports on the latest MODELS workshop, and looks at the need for controlled terminologies and thesauri. |
March 2000, issue23, feature article |
What Have the CLUMPs Ever Done for Us? |
Peter Stubley puts the CLUMPs in perspective. |
March 2000, issue23, feature article |
The Web Editor: 'Abzu and Beyond' |
Charles Jones muses on the history of the Internet presence of the University of Chicago Oriental Institute. |
September 1999, issue21, regular column |
Metadata: Cataloguing Theory and Internet Subject-based Information Gateways |
Ann Chapman, Michael Day, and Debra Hiom compare library cataloguing concepts and ROADS Template creation. |
December 1998, issue18, regular column |
What Is a URI? |
Ian Peacock explains 'URI' in plain English. |
December 1998, issue18, regular column |
ALA '98 |
Ian Winship reports on electronic library related activity at this year's American Library Association Conference in Washington D.C. |
September 1998, issue17, event report |
Minotaur |
Robin Alston replies to issue Ariadne 13's Minotaur, by Louis Schmier. |
March 1998, issue14, regular column |
Task Force Meeting |
Kelly Russell reports on the US CNI Conference. |
March 1998, issue14, event report |
JournalsOnline: The Online Journal Solution |
Jane Henley and Sarah Thompson look at the BIDS JournalsOnline service and its commercial competitors. |
November 1997, issue12, feature article |
Are Print Journals Dinosaurs? |
Tony Kidd wonders if he and and his kind are palæontologists. |
November 1997, issue12, feature article |
Metadata Corner: DC5 - the Search for Santa |
Tony Gill and Paul Miller's report from the 5th Dublin Core metdata conference in Helsinki. |
November 1997, issue12, regular column |
Theses Unbound |
Alason Roberts looks at the use of theses in academic libraries. |
September 1997, issue11, feature article |
York Information Connections: An Attempt to Catalogue the Internet |
Christine Ellwood and Sarah Thompson outline the rationale behind the approach of the University of York Library to cataloguing Internet resources. |
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Cataloguing Electronic Sources |
Jackie Hwang, Team Leader, Bibliographic Services, surveys progress so far at Information Services, University of Birmingham. |
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Metadata Corner: Naming Names - Metadata Registries |
Rachel Heery examines metadata issues. |
September 1997, issue11, regular column |
SIGIR '97 |
David Nichols reports on the follow-on conference SIGIR '97. |
September 1997, issue11, event report |
Clifford Lynch in Interview |
Clifford Lynch, the Executive Director of CNI, was interviewed by John Kirriemuir at the Metadata: What Is It? workshop on 18 June 1997. Clifford shares some views on mirroring, caching, metadata, Z39.50 and how he sees his role in CNI. |
July 1997, issue10, feature article |
Electronic Journals: Problem Or Panacea? |
Judith Edwards outlines some of the problems faced by academia in the acquisition and provision of electronic journals. |
July 1997, issue10, feature article |
A Digital Library Showcase and Support Service - the Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE |
Roy Tennant describes a resource used to create digital libraries and services, and to help others do the same. |
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NISS: National Information Services and Systems |
Annette Lafford and Oren Stone talk us through NISS, one of the major sources of on-line information for academics and librarians |
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Extending Metadata for Digital Preservation |
Michael Day suggests how the concept of metadata could be extended to provide information in the specific field of digital preservation. |
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Wire: Interview Via Email With Jon Knight and Martin Hamilton |
In this interview we question Knight and Martin Hamilton and present their replies. |
May 1997, issue9, regular column |
Formats for the Electronic Library |
Judith Wusteman describes the document formats used in electronic serials. |
March 1997, issue8, feature article |
MODELS: MOving to Distributed Environments for Library Services |
Rosemary Russell shows how MODELS are built from clumps. |
March 1997, issue8, project update |
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. |
March 1997, issue8, event report |
Promoting the Internet to Staff at a UK University |
Paul Hollands is the human part of a project to promote the use of Internet based information services among teaching and research staff at the university; in his own words, this is how the project has progressed to date. |
January 1997, issue7, feature article |
The BNBMARC Currency Survey |
Ann Chapman describes the BNBMARC Currency Survey, a performance measurement survey on the supply of bibliographic records. |
November 1996, issue6, project update |
