Overview of content related to 'interoperability'

Marieke Guy takes a look at what the Internet has to offer the art of reading.

Brian Kelly argues that since conference delegates now expect to be able to read email on the road, there are additional technologies which might enhance our effectiveness when away from the office.

Sarah Pearson reports on the annual 3-day UK Serials Group (UKSG) conference recently held at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.

Chris Awre welcomes a useful overview of the global digital library scene that will help both those coming new to this area and those wishing to broaden their appreciation of what is involved in developing a digital library.

Michael Daw describes the Access Grid system and its claim to be an Advanced Collaboration Environment.

Emma Tonkin examines wikis and considers the feasibility of their deployment - and the danger of the 'tumbleweed' syndrome.

Robert Bristow reports on a one-day workshop 'Beyond Email: Strategies for Collaborative Working and Learning in the 21st Century'.

Richard Jones demonstrates how the Theses Alive Plugin for Institutional Repositories (Tapir) has provided E-Theses functionality for DSpace.

Annemiek van der Kuil and Martin Feijen describe the first year of the DARE Project and its foundation of the OAI repositories of Dutch academic output.

Brian Kelly reviews the JISC-funded QA Focus Project and argues that developers should be using quality assurance principles.

Frances Boyle reports on the one-day workshop on the current state of play in the Resource/Reading List software market, held at the SaÔd Business School, University of Oxford, on 9 September 2004.

Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.

Alison Baud and Ann Chapman describe the development of a database of archive, library and museum collections in Bath.

Kurt Paulus describes for us the Publisher and Library/Learning Solutions (PALS) Conference held in London this June.

Sebastian Rahtz and Randy Metcalfe report on OSS Watch's one-day conference on support models held in London in June 2004.

Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.

Paul Miller discusses current efforts by UK agencies to collaborate on a Common Information Environment that meets the diverse needs of current and future consumers of digital content and services.

Liz Pearce and Neil Smith introduce the IT for Me Project which aims to provide personalised access to online resources in South Yorkshire's public libraries.

Gordon Dunsire describes the one-day seminar on standard schemas for collection-level description held by UKOLN in February.