Overview of content related to 'research'
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Research can be defined as the search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, with an open mind, to establish novel facts, usually using a scientific method. The primary purpose for basic research (as opposed to applied research) is discovering, interpreting, and the development of methods and systems for the advancement of human knowledge on a wide variety of scientific matters of our world and the universe. (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Research)
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The Future Is Hybrid: London |
Kate Robinson reports on 'The Future is Hybrid' project day at the British Library in London. |
January 2001, issue26, event report |
Review of Digital Imaging: A Practical Handbook |
Philip Hunter and Marieke Napier review Stuart Lee's 'Digital Imaging' handbook. |
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 27: The Digital Library Jigsaw |
Philip Hunter opens the box and looks at some of the choicest pieces of Ariadne issue 27. |
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After the Big Bang: The Forces of Change and E-Learning |
Pete Johnston examines what recent developments in the area of "e-learning" might mean for the custodians of the information resources required to support teaching and learning. |
March 2001, issue27, feature article |
The Filling in the PIE: HeadLine's Resource Data Model |
John Paschoud explains the concepts of representation and use of metadata in the Resource Data Model (RDM) that has been developed by the HeadLine project. |
March 2001, issue27, feature article |
The Digital Preservation Coalition |
Neil Beagrie reports on proposals to establish a Digital Preservation Coalition in the UK. |
March 2001, issue27, feature article |
E-Books for Students: EBONI |
Ruth Wilson on how the EBONI project will investigate the usability of e-books through user evaluations. |
March 2001, issue27, feature article |
Ancient World, Digital World: Excavation at Halif |
Paul Jacobs on how field and research strategies were impacted significantly by the use of digital technology in the 1999 field season at Tell Halif, Israel (the Lahav Research Project). |
March 2001, issue27, feature article |
Distributed Computing: The Seti@home Project |
Eddie Young and Pete Cliff look at a particularly successful example of a distributed solution to a very large number crunching problem. |
March 2001, issue27, feature article |
Hylife: Ten Steps to Success |
Peter Wynne, Catherine Edwards and Maureen Jackson, on some important aspects of running a Hybrid Library Project. |
March 2001, issue27, feature article |
The LEODIS Database |
Jonathan Kendal on the creation of LEODIS, a Public Libraries sector digitization and database project. |
March 2001, issue27, feature article |
Planet SOSIG |
Debra Hiom and Angela Joyce provide more updates on the Social Sciences Gateway, including a new range of European sites. |
March 2001, issue27, regular column |
EEVL |
Roddy MacLeod and Lesa Ng with some useful tips on Shoestring Marketing for projects. |
March 2001, issue27, regular column |
Metadata (1): Encoding OpenURLs in DC Metadata |
Andy Powell and Ann Apps propose a mechanism for embedding machine parsable citations into Dublin Core (DC) metadata records. |
March 2001, issue27, regular column |
Public Libraries: Lights Out and Silver Boots on |
Sarah Ormes with her predictions for the future of Public Libraries and the Internet. |
March 2001, issue27, regular column |
Web Focus: HTML is Dead! |
HTML is Dead: Brian Kelly explains why this is, and why it is a good thing. |
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The Future Is Hybrid: Edinburgh |
John MacColl and Philip Hunter report on 'The Future is Hybrid' project day in Edinburgh. |
March 2001, issue27, event report |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
March 2001, issue27, news and events |
Review: From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure |
Michael Day reviews the book by Christine Borgman: From Gutenberg to the Global Information Infrastructure. |
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 28: Ariadne's Thread |
Marieke Napier reviews recent developments on the cultural front and the contents of issue 28. |
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Personalization of Web Services: Opportunities and Challenges |
Monica Bonett gives an overview of personalization on the World Wide Web and discusses ideas for development within resource discovery systems. |
June 2001, issue28, feature article |
The eLib Hybrid Library Projects |
Michael Breaks provides an overview of BUILDER, AGORA, MALIBU, HeadLine and HyLife |
June 2001, issue28, feature article |
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 |
The Management of Content: Universities and the Electronic Publishing Revolution |
Philip Hunter attempts to throw some light on the low take up of content management systems (CMS) in the university sector. |
June 2001, issue28, feature article |
Information Skills and the DNER: The INHALE Project |
Margaret Weaver describes the work of the Information for Nursing and Health in a Learning Environment (INHALE) Project team. |
June 2001, issue28, feature article |
Supporting Material for Database Training, or 'Here’s One I Prepared Earlier' |
Alison McNab looks at the wealth of resources available for trainers provided by the information service and content providers within JISC-supported services. |
June 2001, issue28, feature article |
Project GOLD: Supporting Distance Learning Students |
Derek Morisson describes an e-learning project which was the antithesis of the current trend towards multifunction, and invariably expensive, Virtual Learning Environments and sophisticated Managed Learning Environments. |
June 2001, issue28, feature article |
INSPIRAL: Digital Libraries and Virtual Learning Environments |
Sarah Currier introduces the JISC project INSPIRAL, which is investigating what's involved in joining digital libraries and VLEs to create a fully integrated online learning experience. |
June 2001, issue28, feature article |
Accessibility: CHI 2001 and Beyond |
Leona Carpenter reports on the key issue of accessibility as covered at the Computer-Human Interaction (CHI) Conference held in Seattle, and also provides a round-up of sources of further information. |
June 2001, issue28, feature article |
Planet SOSIG: What's New in Politics? |
Emma Place announces new training materials for the Web, Heather Dawson looks at at Web coverage of the recently run UK General Election and Chris Mitchell provides an update of activities from the Learning and Teaching Support Network Centre. |
June 2001, issue28, regular column |
EEVL Update |
Roddy MacLeod and Linda Kerr provide news about the EEVL service |
June 2001, issue28, regular column |
The Secondary Homepages in Mathematics Initiative |
Greig Fratus, MathGate Manager, supplies information about the Secondary Homepages in Mathematics initiative set up by Math-Net. |
June 2001, issue28, regular column |
Metadata: E-print Services and Long-term Access to the Record of Scholarly and Scientific Research |
Michael Day looks at the long-term preservation implications of one of the OAI protocol's potential applications - e-print services. |
June 2001, issue28, regular column |
Minotaur: A Comparison of Six Proposals for Freeing the Refereed Literature Online |
Stevan Harnad argues for the self-archiving alternative. |
June 2001, issue28, regular column |
Web Focus: Hot News From WWW10 |
Brian Kelly reports on the Tenth International World Wide Web Conference, held in Hong Kong on 1-5 May 2001. |
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Virtual Training Suite Launch |
John Kirriemuir reports on the Edinburgh stage of the launch of the RDN's Virtual Training Suite. |
June 2001, issue28, event report |
The JOIN-UP Programme: Seminar on Linking Technologies |
Sandy Shaw reports on a seminar bringing together experts in the field of linking technology for JISC's JOIN-UP Programme. |
June 2001, issue28, event report |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
June 2001, issue28, news and events |
Editorial Introduction to Issue 29: Key Technologies for the Development of the Digital Library |
Philip Hunter with the editorial for Ariadne 29. |
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Architects of the Information Age |
Paul Miller reports on a recent UKOLN-organised event at the Office of the e-Envoy, and explores the need for an architecture to scope what we build online. |
October 2001, issue29, feature article |
