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The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland

editor — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:00:00 +0000

John MacColl reviews the first two volumes of this very substantial three-part work, covering the periods to 1640 and 1640-1850.

Cambridge University Press has, with the first two volumes of its three-volume history of libraries in Britain and Ireland, provided a wealth of fascinating information on the development of libraries and librarianship from a sterling collection of historians and scholar librarians. The publication of an edited history results in a denser packing of detail than would be achieved by a work of single authorship, since so many specialists each have an abundance of knowledge to cram into their relatively small allocations of space.

Google Challenges for Academic Libraries

editor — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

John MacColl analyses the reactions many academic libraries may be having to the range of tools Google is currently rolling out and outlines a strategy for institutions in the face of such potentially radical developments.

Introduction: A 'Googly' for Libraries?

A googly, or a 'wrong'un', is a delivery which looks like a normal leg spinner but actually turns towards the batsmen, like an off break, rather than away from the bat. (BBC Sport Academic Web site [1]. Search result found in Google).

How should we understand Google? Libraries still feel like the batsman at whom something has been bowled which looks familiar, but then turns out to be a nasty threat.

Climbing the Scholarly Publishing Mountain With SHERPA

editor — Wed, 09 Oct 2002 23:00:00 +0000

John MacColl and Stephen Pinfield explore the SHERPA project, which is concentrating on making e-prints available online.

JISC announced its FAIR Programme (Focus on Access to Institutional Resources) in January of this year. The central objective of the Programme is to test ways of releasing institutionally-produced content onto the web. FAIR describes its scope as:

The Future Is Hybrid: Edinburgh

editor — Fri, 23 Mar 2001 00:00:00 +0000

John MacColl and Philip Hunter report on 'The Future is Hybrid' project day in Edinburgh.

This 1-day conference was the third in a series of events organised by the Hybrid Libraries projects funded by JISC via the eLib Programme, and supported by the DNER. The prior two events had been held at the British Library, in November 2000, and Manchester Metropolitan University, in the previous week.

Information Ecosystems

editor — Fri, 18 Sep 1998 23:00:00 +0000

John MacColl follows up last issue's breakdown of papers with his reflections on the UKOLN conference held in Bath University at the end of June.

View from the Hill: Chris Zielinski

editor — Fri, 18 Jul 1997 23:00:00 +0000

John MacColl meets Chris Zielinski, a champion of authors' rights.