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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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Editorial Introduction to Issue 46: Ten Years of Pathfinding |
John MacColl, Lorcan Dempsey and John Kirriemuir reflect in turn on the rationale and history of the founding of Ariadne. |
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Projects Into Services: The UK Experience |
Peter Brophy reviews the experience of the UK academic sector in turning digital library projects into sustainable services. |
February 2006, issue46, feature article |
What Users Want: An Academic 'Hybrid' Library Perspective |
Reg Carr reflects on the development of a user-centred approach in academic libraries over recent decades and into the era of the hybrid library. |
February 2006, issue46, feature article |
The (Digital) Library Environment: Ten Years After |
Lorcan Dempsey considers how the digital library environment has changed in the ten years since Ariadne was first published. |
February 2006, issue46, feature article |
Delivering Open Access: From Promise to Practice |
Derek Law predicts how the open access agenda will develop over the next ten years. |
February 2006, issue46, feature article |
Research Libraries Engage the Digital World: A US-UK Comparative Examination of Recent History and Future Prospects |
Clifford Lynch looks at how the emergence of e-research has changed our thinking about the future of research libraries on both sides of the Atlantic. |
February 2006, issue46, feature article |
Google Challenges for Academic Libraries |
John MacColl analyses the reactions many academic libraries may be having to the range of tools Google is currently rolling out and outlines a strategy for institutions in the face of such potentially radical developments. |
February 2006, issue46, feature article |
Excuse Me... Some Digital Preservation Fallacies? |
Chris Rusbridge argues with himself about some of the assumptions behind digital preservation thinking. |
February 2006, issue46, feature article |
C21st Curation Summer 2005 Public Lecture Series |
Neil Beagrie and Helen Forde report on the public lecture series 'C21st Curation: working with digital assets in the new Millennium - challenges and opportunities' held at University College London over May and June 2005, and on plans for a second series in 2006. |
February 2006, issue46, event report |
Digital Curation and Preservation: Defining the Research Agenda for the Next Decade |
Philip Pothen reports on this two-day conference at Warwick University over 7-8 November 2005. |
February 2006, issue46, event report |
JISC and SURF International Workshop on Electronic Theses |
Neil Jacobs reports on a JISC-SURF-CURL-sponsored event at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, over 19-20 January 2006. |
February 2006, issue46, event report |
Joint Workshop on Future-proofing Institutional Websites |
Maureen Pennock reports on a two-day workshop on Future-Proofing Web Sites, organised by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) and the Wellcome Library at the Wellcome Library, London, over 19-20 January 2006. |
February 2006, issue46, event report |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
February 2006, issue46, news and events |
Book Review: The History and Heritage of Scientific and Technological Information Systems |
Charles Oppenheim takes a look at this series of personal and researched historical analyses of the history of computerised information retrieval systems, and finds it makes fascinating reading if you are interested in such things. |
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Book Review: ARIST 39 - Annual Review of Information Science and Technology |
Michael Day reviews another recent volume of this key annual publication on information science and technology. |
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Book Review: Memory Bytes - History, Technology, and Digital Culture |
Ingrid Mason takes a look at this collection of essays and analyses how these authors contribute to our understanding of digital culture by placing digital technology in an historical context. |
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Book Review: Managing Electronic Records |
Lise Foster finds much to think about in this wide-ranging collection of essays on the fast-developing field of electronic records management. |
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Book Review: Developing the New Learning Environment |
Stephen Town welcomes this new text on a key issue for the future of academic librarians, and suggests some broader questions for consideration. |
