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The Open University (commonly Open University or its initialism OU, but officially "The" is part of its name) is a distance learning and research university founded by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom and funded in part by the United Kingdom Government. It is notable for having an open entry policy, i.e. students' previous academic achievements are not taken into account for entry to most undergraduate courses. The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study off-campus, but many of its courses (both undergraduate and postgraduate) can be studied off-campus anywhere in the world. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Open University)
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Web Watch: A Survey of Web Server Software Used by UK University Web Sites |
Brian Kelly with an update of his survey of server software used by central Web sites in UK Universities. |
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The Personalisation of the Digital Library |
Michelle Perrott and Anne Ramsden report on the Joint Open University - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Seminar on Personalisation and Digital Libraries hosted at the Open University, October 2002. |
January 2003, issue34, event report |
Web Watch: An Accessibility Analysis of UK University Entry Points |
Brian Kelly reports on the accessibility of entry points of UK University Web sites. |
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Web Focus: Report on the Fifth Institutional Web Management Workshop |
Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus, reports on the IWMW event in his regular column. |
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Using the Web for Academic Research: The Reading Experience Database Project |
Alexis Weedon gives us some insight into a new web-based project designed to collate evidence for changing reading habits through history. |
June 2001, issue28, feature article |
Web Watch: Size of Institutional Top Level Pages |
Web Watch: Brian Kelly looks at the size of institutional top level pages. |
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Web Watch: What's Related to My Web Site? |
What's Related To My Web Site? Brian Kelly looks at Netscape's 'What's Related?' facility and reports on the service's findings for institutional Web servers. |
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Virtual Universities: Institutional Issues for Information Professionals |
Jonathan Foster examines the institutional implications of networked approaches to learning for information professionals. |
September 2000, issue25, feature article |
Convergence of Electronic Entertainment and Information Systems |
John Kirriemuir explores the technology and impact of expanding internet access. |
March 2000, issue23, feature article |
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 |
Web Watch: A Survey of Links to UK University Web Sites |
Brian Kelly reports on the number of links to University web sites. |
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ECMS: Technology Issues and Electronic Copyright Management Systems |
Pedro Isaias looks at the relevant ECMS e-Commerce technology. |
September 1999, issue21, feature article |
Web Focus: Report on "Institutional Web Management Next Steps" Workshop |
Brian Kelly reports on the latest "Institutional Web Management Workshop," this year called: "The Next Steps." |
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ECMS: Electronic Copyright Management Systems |
Pedro Isaias considers Electronic Copyright Management Systems (ECMS). |
June 1999, issue20, feature article |
Instructional Management Systems |
John MacColl explores the IMS concept in the context of the SELLIC project. |
March 1999, issue19, feature article |
Metadata: Image Retrieval |
Michael Day reports on combining content-based and metadata-based approaches. |
March 1999, issue19, regular column |
Knowledge Management |
Sheila Corrall asks if 'knowledge management' is a new phrase in place of 'information management', or a new concept altogether. |
December 1998, issue18, feature article |
CATRIONA II Management Survey |
Dennis Nicholson and Martin Smith provide a summary report of selected results from the CATRIONA II survey on the University Management of Electronic Resources. |
December 1998, issue18, project update |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
December 1998, issue18, news and events |
Supporting Learners at a Distance |
Alan MacDougall on cost effective ways of widening access. |
July 1998, issue16, feature article |
Print Editorial: Introduction to Issue 15 |
The Managing Editor, Lyndon Pugh, introduces the print edition of Ariadne issue 15. |
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ROUTES Project |
Una O'Sullivan describes the Open University ROUTES project. |
May 1998, issue15, feature article |
Minotaur |
Robin Alston replies to issue Ariadne 13's Minotaur, by Louis Schmier. |
March 1998, issue14, regular column |
View from the Hill: David VandeLinde |
Isobel Stark interviewed Professor David VandeLinde about the Dearing Report. |
November 1997, issue12, regular column |
Edbank |
Hilary Nunn describes this project to create, maintain and run a database of digitised teaching materials to support remote (off campus) students in teacher training, based at the Open University Library. |
September 1997, issue11, project update |
ERCOMS |
The ERCOMS team explain the intricacies of their Electronic Reserve Copyright Management System project. |
July 1997, issue10, project update |
Netskills Corner: The 2nd International Symposium on Networked Learner Support (NLS) |
Walter Scales summarises the 2nd International Symposium on Networked Learner Support (NLS), held on the 23rd and 24th June 1997 in Sheffield. |
July 1997, issue10, event report |
Disabil-IT? Conference |
Isobel Stark reports from the February 1997 Disabil-IT? conference, aimed at library and computing services staff to help raise awareness of issues related to IT provision for students with disabilities. |
March 1997, issue8, event report |
Mailbase: Unique Electronic Discussion List Service for UK Higher Education Tops 100,000 Users |
Morna Findlay and Elaine Blair report on the passing of a milestone for UK academia's premier Mailing List resource. |
November 1996, issue6, feature article |
Ticer Summer School on the Digital Library at Tilburg University, The Netherlands |
Robert van der Zwan describes a two week summer school in digital library developments at one of Europe's main research centres in this field. |
November 1996, issue6, event report |
Open Peer Review & Argumentation: Loosening the Paper Chains on Journals |
Tamara Sumner and Simon Buckingham Shum of the Knowledge Media Institute of the Open University, describe the design and implementation of the Journal of Interactive Media in Education, and some of the issues behind the approach that this journal takes to the process of scholarly review. |
September 1996, issue5, project update |
Netlinks Symposium |
Sarah Ashton reports from the Netlinks Symposium, organised by the Netlinks eLib project and the Department of Information Studies in the University of Sheffield. |
July 1996, issue4, event report |
Down Your Very Long Way Away |
J. Correia describes the use of the Internet in Macau. |
July 1996, issue4, regular column |
