Overview of content related to 'data'

From Aberystwyth to ADAM: Using the Skills Acquired on a Library School Course in the Real World

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Rebecca Bradshaw reflects on how the skills and knowledge she acquired when a library school student are relevant (or not) to her current role, developing a network-based subject gateway.

Library school? What library school? Oh yes, I spent four years there, didn't I?

After only eighteen months, I have to confess my memory isn't quite that bad, but immersed in my job with the ADAM Project [1] , library school certainly does seem an age ago. Everything I learned seems to have merged into one large mass of indefinable matter, and when asked to write about it for Ariadne a little wave of unease stirred within me.

MIDRIB: Beyond Clip Art for Medicine

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Betsy Anagnostelis and Sue Welsh describe the recent launch of the MIDRIB (Medical Images Digitised Reference Information Bank) project, and describe the medical image resource the project will create.

A picture paints a thousand words, and in the field of medicine, images are essential. The recent launch of MIDRIB (Medical Images Digitised Reference Information Bank) [1] , and the announcement of the Visible Human Dataset UK Mirror, have demonstrated JISC's [2] determination to provide high quality content in this area for the UK higher education and research community.

REDD: Regional Electronic Document Delivery Service

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Chris Taylor provides details on an Australian electronic document delivery service that is based on standard Internet protocols.

The Australian Museums on Line Project

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Louise Douglas and Stephen Hall describe the Australian Museums On Line (AMOL) project, which aims to dramatically increase access to the cultural resources of Australian museums via the Internet by 2001 through the AMOL World Wide Web site.

Monash University Library Electronic Resources Directory

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Lisa Smith describes a system which can be used to help people locate the electronic resources of Monash University Library

Indian Ocean Rim Region Virtual Library Project

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Susan Lutley describes a prototype virtual library, built as part of a co-operative venture focusing on broad issues in Social Development within the Indian Ocean Rim Region.

The Future of Digitising at the State Library of Victoria, Australia

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Catherine Herman and Indra Kurzeme discuss the multimedia source project, set within the context of the pro-multimedia State of Victora, Australia.

Metadata, PICS and Quality

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Chris Armstrong looks at the possibility of a PICS application acting as a quality filter.

Extending Metadata for Digital Preservation

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Michael Day suggests how the concept of metadata could be extended to provide information in the specific field of digital preservation.

Metadata for resource discovery and access

When the library and information community discuss metadata, the most common analogy given is the library catalogue record. Priscilla Caplan, for example, has defined metadata as a neutral term for cataloguing without the "excess baggage" of the Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules or the MARC formats [1]. The most well-known metadata initiative, the Dubin Core Metadata Element Set, has the specific aim of supporting resource discovery in a network environment.

Search Engines Corner: Alta Vista LiveTopics

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Tracey Stanley looks at Live Topics, a more flexible and user-controlled way of searching the Alta Vista Web Page index.

Wire: Interview Via Email With Jon Knight and Martin Hamilton

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

In this interview we question Knight and Martin Hamilton and present their replies.

Around the Table: Social Sciences

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Debra Hiom from SOSIG takes us on a guided tour of major Internet-based Social Science resources.

Elvira 4: May 1997, Milton Keynes

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Ian Bloor reports on the recently held Elvira (Electronic Library and Visual Information Research) event.

As regular readers of 'Ariadne' will know, the fourth annual ELVIRA conference has just taken place at Milton Keynes. The following article is based on my general impressions of the event. A more detailed and complete account can be found in the collected papers, which have been published by Aslib [1] . The 'extended abstracts' originally submitted for review are online at the ELVIRA Web site [2].