Overview of content related to 'cache'

eLib: How Was It for You?

editor — Sat, 19 Dec 1998 00:00:00 +0000

John Kirriemuir reviews the eLib programme

Clifford Lynch in Interview

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

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.

Z39.50 has been around for a long time, now - why do you think it has not been assimilated into networked retrieval applications and technologies to the extent of e.g. CD-ROMs, the Web?

Editorial Introduction to Issue 5: Changes to Ariadne and How to Read the Web Version

editor — Wed, 18 Sep 1996 23:00:00 +0000

The editor explains changes in Ariadne format.

Background and introduction to reading Ariadne

Ariadne is available on the Web (what you are currently reading) and in print form. The print format is distributed free of charge to various educational and research institutions; for more information on this, contact John MacColl. Ariadne is not available over email, in either mailing list or email digest format; however, people interested in the project can join and participate in lis-elib , the Electronic Libraries Programme mailing list (Ariadne is a project within this programme).

Editorial Introduction to Issue 4: Changes to Ariadne and How to Read the Web Version

editor — Thu, 18 Jul 1996 23:00:00 +0000

The editor explains changes in Ariadne format.

Caching: A criminal offence not to?

How many others are dreading the next massive intake/return of Internet curious student in the autumn, and the subsequent effects on networking speed?

Editorial Introduction to Issue 3

editor — Sat, 18 May 1996 23:00:00 +0000

John Kirriemuir, Editor, introduces the Web version of Ariadne.

Brief thoughts on indexing the World

As speculation mounts on when, as opposed to whether, Digital will be mirroring Alta Vista in the UK/Europe, and what exactly they mean by "will have partners who can localize the pages and include regional content", late night pre-Ariadne launch thoughts turn to matters indexing.

The 4th WWW Conference in Boston

editor — Fri, 19 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000

Debra Hiom and John Kirriemuir provide an informal report from the "cutting edge" of Web development.

This is an informal diary of two delegates who attended the big event for World Wide Web people, namely the 4th International WWW Conference. Debra Hiom, the SOSIG research officer and John Kirriemuir, the UKOLN Information Officer provide the dialogue. The good quality photographs were taken by Debra, on her expensive camera, while the not-so-good quality pictures were taken by John on a cheap and nasty disposable camera (7 dollars).