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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Editorial Introduction to Issue 37: Monocultures Threaten More Than Species |
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue issue 37. |
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Trends in Self-Posting of Research Material Online by Academic Staff |
Theo Andrew sheds some light on current trends in posting research material online with a case study from The University of Edinburgh. |
October 2003, issue37, feature article |
Updated JISC Guides Are Now Available |
Emma Beer describes the new JISC Resource Guides. |
October 2003, issue37, feature article |
Delivering OAI Records As RSS: An IMesh Toolkit Module for Facilitating Resource Sharing |
Monica Duke provides an overview of a means of providing records in RSS through the use of an IMesh Toolkit module that supports resource sharing. The content of this article was presented at the 4th Open Archives Forum Workshop |
October 2003, issue37, feature article |
Experiences of Harvesting Web Resources in Engineering Using Automatic Classification |
Kjell Jansson, Jessica Lindholm and Tomas Schoenthal describe the work in setting up a Web index that uses automatic classification as a means for the selection of resources. |
October 2003, issue37, feature article |
Towards a Typology for Portals |
Paul Miller looks at some of the services we call portals, and argues for better words to describe them. |
October 2003, issue37, feature article |
DAEDALUS: Initial Experiences With EPrints and DSpace at the University of Glasgow |
William Nixon provides an overview of the DAEDALUS initial experience with the GNU EPrints and DSpace software and the decision to employ both. |
October 2003, issue37, feature article |
Planet SOSIG |
Anne Dimond and Angela Joyce send further news from the planet of social sciences. |
October 2003, issue37, regular column |
Search Engines: Would All New Search Engines Take One Step Forward! |
Phil Bradley gives us an overview of emerging, new and newly discovered search engines that we might want to keep an eye on as they develop. |
October 2003, issue37, regular column |
ECDL-2003 Conference Notes |
Lesly Huxley shares her notes on the European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries. |
October 2003, issue37, event report |
ECDL-2003 Web Archiving |
Michael Day reports on the 3rd ECDL Workshop on Web Archives held in Trondheim, August 2003. |
October 2003, issue37, event report |
OAI: The Fourth Open Archives Forum Workshop |
Manjula Patel provides us with an overview of the 4th Open Archives Forum Workshop. |
October 2003, issue37, event report |
Metadata and Interoperability in a Complex World |
Pete Johnston reflects on the 2003 Dublin Core conference, held in Seattle, Washington. |
October 2003, issue37, event report |
Crime and Punishment: Protecting ICT Users and Their Information Against Computer Crime and Abuse |
Andrew Charlesworth reports on a seminar seeking to protect ICT users and their information against computer crime and abuse. |
October 2003, issue37, event report |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
October 2003, issue37, news and events |
Book Review: The Accidental Systems Librarian |
Eric Jukes takes a look at the strengths and weaknesses of another book in the 'Accidental' series. |
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Book Review: Implementing Digital Reference Services |
Ben Wynne reviews a collection of papers from the Third Annual Virtual Reference Desk Conference. |