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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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News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
July 2007, issue52, news and events |
The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland |
John MacColl reviews the first two volumes of this very substantial three-part work, covering the periods to 1640 and 1640-1850. |
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Change Management in Information Services |
Ian Lovecy examines change theories and strategies, and their application to creating a change culture in an information service. |
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 51: Democratising Cultural Heritage |
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne 51. |
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Supporting Creativity in Networked Environments: The COINE Project |
Geoff Butters, Amanda Hulme and Peter Brophy describe an approach to enabling a wide range of users to create and share their own stories, thus contributing to the development of cultural heritage at the local level. |
April 2007, issue51, feature article |
The W3C Technical Architecture Group |
Henry S. Thompson introduces the W3C Technical Architecture Group and its work. |
April 2007, issue51, feature article |
ARROW, DART and ARCHER: A Quiver Full of Research Repository and Related Projects |
Andrew Treloar and David Groenewegen describe three inter-related projects to support scholarly outputs and the e-research life cycle which have been funded by the Australian Commonwealth Government. |
April 2007, issue51, feature article |
Developing a Virtual Research Environment in a Portal Framework: The EVIE Project |
Tracey Stanley provides an overview of the EVIE Project at the University of Leeds which was funded under the JISC Virtual Research Environments Programme. |
April 2007, issue51, feature article |
Using Blogs for Formative Assessment and Interactive Teaching |
Lisa Foggo provides a case-study of using a blog for formative assessment. Its interactivity engaged participants and permitted measurement of student expectations and satisfaction with library sessions. |
April 2007, issue51, feature article |
Citeulike: A Researcher's Social Bookmarking Service |
Kevin Emamy and Richard Cameron describe a tool that helps researchers gather, collect and share papers. |
April 2007, issue51, feature article |
Towards Virtualisation: A New Approach in Server Management |
Eddie Young provides an account of trials and implementations carried out here after Matt Thrower gives us the background and benefits of employing virtualisation. |
April 2007, issue51, feature article |
OpenID: Decentralised Single Sign-on for the Web |
Andy Powell and David Recordon take a brief look at OpenID and ask what relevance it has to e-learning. |
April 2007, issue51, feature article |
The JISC Annual Conference 2007 |
Philip Pothen and colleagues provide an overview of the proceedings of this Spring's JISC Annual Conference. |
April 2007, issue51, event report |
What Is an Open Repository? |
Julie Allinson, Jessie Hey, Chris Awre and Mahendra Mahey report on the Open Repositories 2007 conference, held in San Antonio, Texas between 23-26 January 2007. |
April 2007, issue51, event report |
KIM Project Conference: Knowledge and Information Management through Life |
Alex Ball provides an overview of the March 2007 KIM Project Conference. |
April 2007, issue51, event report |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
April 2007, issue51, news and events |
Book Review: E-learning and Disability in Higher Education |
Simon Ball reviews a comprehensive discussion of e-learning and accessibility that gives support and guidance to effect good practice from individual to institutional level. |
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Book Review: Teaching Web Search Skills |
Verity Brack takes a look at this book for Web trainers, teachers and instructors. |
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Book Review: Digital Literacies for Learning |
Pete Cliff reviews a work that challenges traditional notions of literacy and how suggests that new literacies need to be developed to empower both learners and teachers in the digital age. |
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Book Review: Information Architecture for the World Wide Web |
Keith Doyle reviews the 3rd edition of the primary reference book for practising in-house staff and consultants responsible for the development of institutional information architecture. |
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 50: Side-Stepping Babel |
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne 50. |
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A Dublin Core Application Profile for Scholarly Works |
Julie Allinson, Pete Johnston and Andy Powell describe a Dublin Core application profile for describing scholarly works that makes use of FRBR and the DCMI Abstract Model. |
January 2007, issue50, feature article |
Models of Early Adoption of ICT Innovations in Higher Education |
Melanie Bates, Sue Manuel and Charles Oppenheim provide an overview of some considerations for change agents attempting to introduce an innovative new information communication technology service into Higher Education institutions. |
January 2007, issue50, feature article |
Web Curator Tool |
Philip Beresford tells the story (from The British Library's perspective) of the development of new software to aid all stages of harvesting Web sites for preservation. |
January 2007, issue50, feature article |
New Search Engines in 2006 |
Phil Bradley takes a look at some of the search engines that he noticed in 2006 and provides quick assessments. |
January 2007, issue50, feature article |
ONIX for Licensing Terms: Standards for the Electronic Communication of Usage Terms |
Francis Cave, Brian Green and David Martin describe the purpose, development and potential of standards for the electronic communication of licensing terms between publishers, libraries and other licensees. |
January 2007, issue50, feature article |
Collecting Born Digital Archives at the Wellcome Library |
Chris Hilton and Dave Thompson discuss plans for work with born digital archival material at the Wellcome Library. |
January 2007, issue50, feature article |
Limits to Information Transfer: The Boundary Problem |
Jon E. Lervik, Mark Easterby-Smith, Kathryn Fahy and Carole Elliott discuss the challenges in integrating knowledge across boundaries between specialised knowledge communities within an organisation. |
January 2007, issue50, feature article |
What Happens When We Mash the Library? |
Paul Miller looks at recent attempts to make library resources more appealing, including the Talis competition to build library 'mashups'. |
January 2007, issue50, feature article |
Wikido: Exploiting the Potential of Wikis |
Marieke Guy reports on a one-day workshop, held in Birmingham in November 2006, which took a closer look at the potential of Wikis for educational institutions. |
January 2007, issue50, event report |
JISC CETIS Conference, 2006 |
Paul Walk reports on the third annual CETIS conference held in Salford, Manchester, over 14 -15 November 2006. |
January 2007, issue50, event report |
2nd International DCC Conference 2006: Digital Data Curation in Practice |
Alexander Ball and Manjula Patel provide an overview of the second annual conference of the Digital Curation Centre. |
January 2007, issue50, event report |
Take a Peek Beneath the EPrints V3 Wrappers |
With v3 officially launched at the Open Repositories Conference in San Antonio last week, William Nixon and Peter Millington report on the EPrints 3 pre-launch briefing in London, 8 December 2006. |
January 2007, issue50, event report |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
January 2007, issue50, news and events |
Book Review: Digital Preservation |
Maureen Pennock reviews a release in Facet's Digital Futures series. |
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Book Review: Stephen Johnson on Digital Photography |
Nigel Goldsmith reviews a new book on digital photography by the accomplished American landscape photographer Stephen Johnson. |
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 49: Technology Is Only Part of the Story |
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 49. |
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Creative Commons Licences in Higher and Further Education: Do We Care? |
Naomi Korn and Charles Oppenheim discuss the history and merits of using Creative Commons licences while questioning whether these licences are indeed a panacea. |
October 2006, issue49, feature article |
From Nought to a Thousand: The HUSCAP Project |
Suziki Masako and Sugita Shigeki describe Hokkaido University's efforts to populate its institutional repository with journal articles. |
October 2006, issue49, feature article |
Considering a Marketing and Communications Approach for an Institutional Repository |
Heleen Gierveld proposes a market-oriented approach to increase the rate of deposit to an institutional repository. |
October 2006, issue49, feature article |