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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Web Focus: Institutional Web Management |
Brian Kelly reports on the Netskills Institutional Web Management Workshop held in Newcastle. |
September 1998, issue17, regular column |
What Are Document Management Systems? |
Brian Kelly explains the concept of document management systems. |
September 1998, issue17, regular column |
ALA '98 |
Ian Winship reports on electronic library related activity at this year's American Library Association Conference in Washington D.C. |
September 1998, issue17, event report |
UKOLUG |
Jacqueline Chelin reports on the UKOLUG 20th birthday conference. |
September 1998, issue17, event report |
Information Ecosystems |
John MacColl follows up last issue's breakdown of papers with his reflections on the UKOLN conference held in Bath University at the end of June. |
September 1998, issue17, event report |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
September 1998, issue17, news and events |
Hacking the Net |
David Nicholas looks at the Internet phenomenon from the point of view of the Media. |
July 1998, issue16, feature article |
Supporting Learners at a Distance |
Alan MacDougall on cost effective ways of widening access. |
July 1998, issue16, feature article |
SKIP: Skills for New Information Professionals |
Penny Garrod reviews the Skills for new Information Professionals project |
July 1998, issue16, project update |
Down Your Way |
Sarah Ormes visits a public library in Huyton, Liverpool, England. |
July 1998, issue16, regular column |
Metadata Corner |
Michael Day reports from Tomar, Portugal, on the DELOS6 Workshop. |
July 1998, issue16, regular column |
Planet SOSIG |
Phil Cross presents the first of an occasional series of articles looking at individual subsections within SOSIG. Phil has been the section editor for Environmental Sciences for the past year and gives a description of the types of resources users can expect to find in this rapidly expanding field. |
July 1998, issue16, regular column |
Public Libraries Corner |
Sally Criddle reports on Resurrection: a new life for powerful public libraries. |
July 1998, issue16, regular column |
Search Engines Corner |
Dave Beckett discusses the best of the search engine features. |
July 1998, issue16, regular column |
View from the Hill: Birkbeck |
Ariadne interview with Philippa Dolphin at Birkbeck, about how IT issues are tackled there. |
July 1998, issue16, regular column |
Information Landscapes |
Rosemary Russell, Sally Criddle and Sarah Ormes report on the UKOLN conference held in June 1998. |
July 1998, issue16, event report |
Electronic Access: Archives in the New Millennium |
Michael Day reports from Kew on the Public Record Office view of the Brave New World of online archives. |
July 1998, issue16, event report |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
July 1998, issue16, news and events |
A National Co-ordinating Body for Digital Archiving? |
David Haynes discusses one possible way forward for ensuring that potentially valued digital materials are preserved for future study and use. |
May 1998, issue15, feature article |
The Access Catalogue Gateway to Resources |
Terry Hanson explores how libraries might develop effective ways of indicating their access arrangements to their users. |
May 1998, issue15, feature article |
Project Patron |
Elizabeth Lyon and Jon Maslin describe this JISC eLib Programme project (Performing Arts Teaching Resources Online). |
May 1998, issue15, feature article |
ROUTES Project |
Una O'Sullivan describes the Open University ROUTES project. |
May 1998, issue15, feature article |
Project Builder |
Stephen Pinfield outlines the aims of Project Builder, a phase-3 eLib project. |
May 1998, issue15, project update |
TAPin |
Kay Flatten outlines the aims of the TAPin project, which is now approaching the publication of its "Impact Study". |
May 1998, issue15, project update |
Down Your Way: Centre for Alternative Technology |
Lyndon Pugh visits the Centre for Alternative Technology, somewhere in the UK. |
May 1998, issue15, regular column |
Interface |
Derek Law talks to Lyndon Pugh about the print / electronic transition, networking, eLib and other matters. |
May 1998, issue15, regular column |
Minotaur |
Gordon Brewer re-examines the "convergence of services" issue. |
May 1998, issue15, regular column |
Planet SOSIG |
Lesly Huxley writes about a new Internet service for social scientists. |
May 1998, issue15, regular column |
Public Libraries Corner: Elvis Is Alive and Well and Selling Library Management Systems in Kansas City |
Sarah Ormes reports from the American Public Library Association conference in Missouri. |
May 1998, issue15, regular column |
Web Focus: The 7th World Wide Web Conference |
Brian Kelly is interviewed about the 7th World Wide Web Conference upon his return from Brisbane. |
May 1998, issue15, regular column |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
May 1998, issue15, news and events |
Print Editorial: Introduction to Issue 14 |
Lyndon Pugh presents the editorial from issue 14 of the print version. |
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Information Services: A Mission and a Vision |
Les Watson asks how we use technology in general as part of the learning process, in this extended version of the main article in the print version of Ariadne |
March 1998, issue14, feature article |
The People's Library |
Lyndon Pugh discusses the latest noises from government over public library networking and life-long learning. |
March 1998, issue14, feature article |
An End User's View |
Oliver de Peyer with his personal view of what it is like being on the other side of the the metaphorical electronic issue desk. |
March 1998, issue14, feature article |
Internet Resources for Older People |
Internet resources for older people: Monica Blake describes some findings from the Internet and Older People Project, funded by The British Library Research and Innovation Centre Digital Library Research Programme. |
March 1998, issue14, feature article |
Electronic Resource Creation and Management at Scottish Universities |
Dennis Nicholson and Martin Smith describe the Catriona II project. |
March 1998, issue14, project update |
Superjournal Update |
Christine Baldwin describes work so far on the Superjournal project which set out to study factors which make e-journals successful and useful to academia. |
March 1998, issue14, project update |
So What Is So Exciting about LAMDA? |
Frederick Friend explains about electronic document delivery in London and Manchester. |
March 1998, issue14, project update |
Copyright Corner |
Charles Oppenheim answers your copyright queries. |
March 1998, issue14, regular column |
