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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT, NYSE: MSFT) is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions. Established on April 4, 1975 to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the home computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems. Microsoft would also come to dominate the office suite market with Microsoft Office. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Microsoft)
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Netskills Corner |
Netskills corner - Brian Kelly, Senior Trainer at Netskills, reviews Internet Explorer, Microsoft's Browser for Windows 95. |
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From the Trenches: HTML, Which Version? |
In From the Trenches, a regular column which delves into the more technical aspects of networking and the World Wide Web, Jon Knight, programmer and a member of the ROADS team, takes a look at the causes of good and bad HTML and explains what tags we should be marking up Web pages with. |
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Wire: Email Interview with Chris Lilley |
Chris Lilley submits to an interview by email. |
March 1996, issue2, regular column |
Netskills Corner: NCSA Mosaic Web Browser |
In this Netskills Corner, Brian Kelly describes a UK-Wide collaborative (combined directional Web and IRC chat-like system) meeting. |
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From the Trenches: Network Services on a Shoestring |
Jon Knight describes how Linux is a cheap and useful operating system for library systems units and the like. |
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Netskills Corner: Fifth WWW Conference, Paris |
Brian Kelly undertakes the arduous task of attending the 5th WWW Conference in Paris (is there a 'smiley' for 'green with envy'?). |
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Netskills |
Walter Scales from the Netskills project describes the trials and tribulations of putting together and presenting a Netskills talk |
May 1996, issue3, event report |
NHS Libraries: At Home on the Web |
Ben Toth describes the establishment and maintenance of a regional Health Web site. |
July 1996, issue4, project update |
Netskills Corner: Redesigning Your Web Pages? |
Brian Kelly gives some sensible advice on designing (or, as is more likely, redesigning) Web pages. |
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Wire: Brian Kelly |
Brian Kelly is put under the virtual spotlight to answer a few questions via email on his past, present, and thoughts on matters networking. |
July 1996, issue4, regular column |
Minotaur |
Dinty Moore, author of The Emperor's Virtual Clothes, worries about who will be the gatekeepers of online information in the future. |
July 1996, issue4, regular column |
Lotus Eaters On-Line: Forming an Alliance Between Groupware and the Web in a Pre-Prints System |
Dan Fleming, co-director of the eLib 'Formations' project and lecturer in media studies at the University of Ulster, looks at some of the issues involved in adding value to a pre-prints system by using groupware such as Lotus Notes. |
September 1996, issue5, project update |
Netskills Corner: Beneath the Surface of Your Web Pages |
Brian Kelly looks beneath the surface of HTML pages and provides advice on the design of the underlying directory structure. |
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The Katharine Sharp Review |
Kevin Ward, the editor of the Katherine Sharp Review, gives an overview of the first two years of this major journal for Librarians, and looks to its future. |
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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 |
The Internet Resources Newsletter from Heriot-Watt University |
Roddy MacLeod describes a Web-based resources newsletter. |
November 1996, issue6, feature article |
Infopolecon |
John Lindsay comments on the evolution of the UK network infrastructure, and the problems arguably generated along the way. |
November 1996, issue6, feature article |
From Books to Bits |
Ian Brown describes the transition from paper-based to Web-based textbooks, and outlines a novel solution for the production of teaching material within academia. |
November 1996, issue6, 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 |
Access V Holdings, Cranfield |
Sarah Ashton reports on an event of interest to the Document Delivery community. |
November 1996, issue6, event report |
Elib Technical Issues Concertation Day |
Clare McClean describes a day given over to the more technical issues arising from the Electronic Libraries Programme. |
November 1996, issue6, event report |
Acrobat a High Flyer: John MacColl Discusses the Success of Adobe Acrobat and PDF |
Acrobat a High Flyer: John MacColl discusses the success of Adobe Acrobat and PDF. |
January 1997, issue7, feature article |
ESPERE |
Dee Wood reports on the Electronic Submission and Peer Review Project. |
January 1997, issue7, project update |
Public Libraries Corner: Life After the Millenium Bid |
After the recent disappointing turn-down of the millenium bid to connect public libraries to the Internet, Sarah Ormes wonders where we go from here. |
January 1997, issue7, regular column |
Minotaur |
In Minotaur, the collective voice of Internet enthusiasts is countered by words of scepticism or caution. In this issue, Mike Holderness gives a few worrying examples of how much people outside the western hemisphere are behind us in terms of on-line resources. |
January 1997, issue7, regular column |
Formats for the Electronic Library |
Judith Wusteman describes the document formats used in electronic serials. |
March 1997, issue8, feature article |
Monash University Electronic Reserve Project |
Hans W. Groenewegen, Debbie Hedger and Iris Radulescu describe Monash University's Electronic Reserve Project which is at the core of the electronic library project at the University's new Berwick campus. |
March 1997, issue8, project update |
Introducing Web Focus |
UK Web Focus - a strange job title. What is it? What does it do? In this article Brian Kelly describes his role as UK Web Focus, his previous involvement with the Web and his work as the JISC representative on the World Wide Web Consortium. |
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Search Engine Corner |
Tracey Stanley looks at 'Push', where a network-based service 'pushes' information to your machine, rather than you 'pulling' information from the service. |
March 1997, issue8, regular column |
The Librarian of Babel: The Key to the Stacks |
The Librarian, ably assisted by Mike Holderness, considers one of the obstacles to the unhindered dissemination of human knowledge, and makes a modest proposal. |
May 1997, issue9, feature article |
Never Mind the Quality, Check the Badge-Width! |
Alison McNab, Betsy Anagnostelis and Alison Cooke compare and contrast the methods used to identify and indicate which Internet-based resources are of high "quality". |
May 1997, issue9, feature article |
Monash University Library Electronic Resources Directory |
Lisa Smith describes a system which can be used to help people locate the electronic resources of Monash University Library |
May 1997, issue9, project update |
Metadata, PICS and Quality |
Chris Armstrong looks at the possibility of a PICS application acting as a quality filter. |
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Web Focus: Report on the WWW 6 Conference |
Brian Kelly describes the sixth International World Wide Web conference which took place in California from 7 – 11 April 1997. |
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Cybercollege Scorecard: How Does Your University Score? |
Tony Durham, multimedia editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement, explains how to determine whether cultural change has affected your institute of learning. |
July 1997, issue10, feature article |
Revolutionaries and Captives in the Information Society |
Trevor Haywood on the shackles that bind us to the information revolution. |
July 1997, issue10, feature article |
Copyright Management Technologies: The Key to Unlocking Digital Works? |
Anne Ramsden brings us up to date with current developments in copyright management technology |
July 1997, issue10, feature article |
ACORN Implemented |
Jon Knight and Richard Goodman describe the technical implementation of the ACORN system. |
July 1997, issue10, project update |
The Library Association Web Site |
Alan Cooper and Finbarr Joy talk about the past, present and future of the Library Association Web Site. |
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Web Focus Corner: Running an Institutional Web Service |
Brian Kelly reports on a workshop on running an institutional web service. |
September 1997, issue11, regular column |
