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The University of Bristol is a university in Bristol, England. One of the so-called "red brick" universities, it received its Royal Charter in 1909, although its predecessor institution, University College, Bristol, had been in existence since 1876. Bristol is the most popular multifaculty university in the UK, with over 14 applicants vying for each place, and average A-level attainment of successful entrants of just under 4 grade As. For some of the most popular courses, such as Economics and Law, the applicant to place ratio is often as high as 40:1. The University has an annual turnover of £347m and is the largest independent employer in Bristol. The University is a member of the Russell Group, The European-wide Coimbra Group and the Worldwide Universities Network, of which the University's Vice-Chancellor Prof Eric Thomas was Chair (2005-2007). The University of Bristol has approximately 18,000 students. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: University of Bristol)
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ROADS: Resource Organisation and Discovery in Subject-Based Services |
Rachel Heery, the ROADS Research Officer, describes this project from the Access to Network Resources area of the Electronic Libraries Programme. The deliverables of this project will constitute a large portion of the underlying software for most of the other projects in the same programme area, as well as other eLib and non-eLib projects, and therefore is one of the more crucial facets of the overall programme. |
May 1996, issue3, project update |
ELVIRA |
Tessa Bruce from the ResIDe eLib project describes the recent high profile electronic libraries conference hosted by De Montfort University. |
May 1996, issue3, event report |
MIDRIB |
Julian Cook describes a project that deals with the storage and access of medical images. |
July 1996, issue4, project update |
DESIRE: Development of a European Service for Information on Research and Education |
Klaas Wierenga, the director of DESIRE, describes this pan-European project in which the academic network services of the UK have a large stake. |
September 1996, issue5, project update |
Wire: Interview with Jasper Tredgold |
Jasper Tredgold is put under the virtual spotlight to answer a few questions via email. |
September 1996, issue5, regular column |
ILRT: The Institute for Learning and Research Technology |
Gillian Austen, External Relations Manager at the recently founded Institute for Learning and Research Technology at the University of Bristol, gives an overview of its structure and objectives. |
November 1996, issue6, project update |
Late Night News: The Electronic Telegraph |
A night in the life of the Electronic Telegraph. Emma Worsfold sits in on the editors' shift at ET. |
March 1997, issue8, feature article |
MIDRIB: Beyond Clip Art for Medicine |
Betsy Anagnostelis and Sue Welsh describe the recent launch of the MIDRIB (Medical Images Digitised Reference Information Bank) project, and describe the medical image resource the project will create. |
May 1997, issue9, feature article |
Elvira 4: May 1997, Milton Keynes |
Ian Bloor reports on the recently held Elvira (Electronic Library and Visual Information Research) event. |
May 1997, issue9, event report |
Planet SOSIG: DESIRE Training for the Distributed Internet Cataloguing Model |
Lesly Huxley looks at the work of the project DESIRE: Training for the Distributed Internet Cataloguing Model. |
November 1997, issue12, regular column |
Planet SOSIG: Politically Correct - Editing the Politics Section of SOSIG |
Heather Dawson from The British Library of Political and Economic Science talks about her role as a SOSIG Section Editor. |
January 1998, issue13, regular column |
Planet SOSIG: Regard |
Sue Timmis introduces REGARD, a new research database now available on the World Wide Web. |
March 1998, issue14, regular column |
RDF Seminar |
Matthew Dovey reports on the RDF seminar held in the Stakis Hotel, Bath. |
May 1998, issue15, event report |
Exploring Planet SOSIG: Law, Statistics and Demography |
Planet SOSIG: Exploring Planet SOSIG: Law, Statistics and Demography: Janette Cochrane, Sue Pettit and Wendy White. Planet SOSIG continues its review of the main SOSIG subject sections, highlighting the resources that the Internet can offer to those working in the different fields of the social sciences. |
September 1998, issue17, regular column |
Web Focus: Institutional Web Management |
Brian Kelly reports on the Netskills Institutional Web Management Workshop held in Newcastle. |
September 1998, issue17, regular column |
Internet Detective: BA Students Get on the Case |
Emma Worsfold and Debra Hiom introduce their "Internet Detective" online tutorial, and BA students from the final year Information Management BA at Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh, review the site. |
December 1998, issue18, feature article |
The Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI) |
Karla Youngs describes what TASI is and the work that it is doing in building a common ‘Framework’ for digital imaging projects. |
December 1998, issue18, feature article |
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 |
Exploring Planet SOSIG: Sociology |
In this edition, Stuart Macwilliam, the section editor for Sociology, gives an overview of the resources likely to be found in his section. This is preceded by news of some 'mutual mirroring' across the Atlantic, involving SOSIG and the Internet Scout Project. |
December 1998, issue18, regular column |
Biz/Ed Bulletin |
Kate Sharp and Libby Miller describe Business and Economics Resources on the Internet. |
March 1999, issue19, regular column |
Metadata: Image Retrieval |
Michael Day reports on combining content-based and metadata-based approaches. |
March 1999, issue19, regular column |
Planet SOSIG |
Karen Ford examines The Resource Guide, which aims to provide staff and students in HE with an overview of electronic services. |
June 1999, issue20, regular column |
Biz/Ed Bulletin: What Do You Want to Know? |
Chris Mitchell and Martin Poulter introduce the Advice and Answers section of the CTI Economics Web site; and Kate Sharp explores Green Resources on the Web for Economics and Business |
June 1999, issue20, regular column |
Metadata: Workshop in Luxembourg |
Michael Day and Andy Stone report on the Third Metadata Workshop in Luxembourg. |
June 1999, issue20, regular column |
JISC ASSIST |
Jane Williams on the JISC awareness unit. |
June 1999, issue20, regular column |
Web Focus: Report on the WWW 8 Conference |
Brian Kelly discusses WWW8 in Toronto, which took place in May 1999. |
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Planet SOSIG: Welfare Reform Digest |
Jennie Grimshaw gives a personal account of the creation of the Welfare reform digest. |
September 1999, issue21, regular column |
Biz/ed Bulletin on Business and Economics |
Libby Miller looks at recent changes to Biz/ed and describes some new sites. |
September 1999, issue21, regular column |
Web Watch: A Survey of Institutional Web Gateways |
Brian Kelly surveys institutional web gateways. |
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Planet SOSIG |
Justine Kitchen of the Resource Discovery Network Centre reports on the recent SOSIG relaunch, and Debra Hiom explores New Learning and Teaching Support Networks in the Social Sciences |
March 2000, issue23, regular column |
Planet SOSIG |
Heather Dawson with news of the recently merged Social Science Librarians Group. |
June 2000, issue24, regular column |
Web Focus: Reflections On WWW9 |
Brian Kelly reports on the WWW9 conference, held in Amsterdam, in May 2000. |
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A Policy Context: eLib and the Emergence of the Subject Gateways |
Derek Law and Lorcan Dempsey outline some of the features of the policy environment which led to the setting up of the influential 'subject gateways' as part of the UK Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib). |
September 2000, issue25, feature article |
ZOPE: Swiss Army Knife for the Web? |
Paul Browning looks at this multiple authoring environment. |
September 2000, issue25, feature article |
Planet SOSIG: Internet Training for the Social Sciences |
Debra Hiom and Emma Place announce the RDN virtual training suite. |
September 2000, issue25, regular column |
Web Focus: Institutional Web Management Workshop - The Joined Up Web |
Brian Kelly reports on the "Institutional Web Management Workshop: The Joined-Up Web" event, held in Bath. |
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Planet SOSIG: Keeping Social Scientists Connected |
Debra Hiom and Emma Place discuss work to keep social scientists connected. |
January 2001, issue26, regular column |
Planet SOSIG |
Debra Hiom and Angela Joyce provide more updates on the Social Sciences Gateway, including a new range of European sites. |
March 2001, issue27, regular column |
Planet SOSIG: What's New in Politics? |
Emma Place announces new training materials for the Web, Heather Dawson looks at at Web coverage of the recently run UK General Election and Chris Mitchell provides an update of activities from the Learning and Teaching Support Network Centre. |
June 2001, issue28, regular column |
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 |
