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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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We Do Not Know We Are Born (Digital) |
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 54. |
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Web 2.0 in U.S. LIS Schools: Are They Missing the Boat? |
Noa Aharony asks whether library and information science schools in the United States are underestimating the opportunities offered by Web 2.0 applications. |
January 2008, issue54, feature article |
Ancient Cultures Inside Modern Universes |
Edgardo Civallero writes on preservation and dissemination of intangible South American indigenous heritage and updating information using Web-based tools. |
January 2008, issue54, feature article |
RepoMMan: Delivering Private Repository Space for Day-to-day Use |
Richard Green and Chris Awre describe work undertaken at the University of Hull to place Web services at the heart of its personalised digital repository provision. |
January 2008, issue54, feature article |
E-Publication and Open Access in the Arts and Humanities in the UK |
Malcolm Heath, Michael Jubb and David Robey review recent UK discussions and evidence about e-publishing and open access, their impact and implications for researchers in the arts and humanities. |
January 2008, issue54, feature article |
Version Identification: A Growing Problem |
Dave Puplett outlines the issues associated with versions in institutional repositories, and discusses the solutions being developed by the Version Identification Framework (VIF) Project. |
January 2008, issue54, feature article |
Collaborative and Social Tagging Networks |
Emma Tonkin, Edward M. Corrado, Heather Lea Moulaison, Margaret E. I. Kipp, Andrea Resmini, Heather D. Pfeiffer and Qiping Zhang gather a series of international perspectives on the practice of social tagging of documents within a community context. |
January 2008, issue54, feature article |
Saving Energy in the Workplace |
Eddie Young outlines some of the issues faced by a Systems Administrator when trying to save energy in the workplace. |
January 2008, issue54, feature article |
Exploiting the Potential of Blogs and Social Networks |
Gill Ferrell reports on a one-day workshop about Blogs and Social Networks, held in Birmingham in November 2007. |
January 2008, issue54, event report |
Global Research Library 2020 |
Jessie Hey and David Pearson report on a series of strategic workshops on the Global Research Library 2020 - the first of which, the Willows Lodge Workshop, was held in the Pacific North West of the US in the Autumn of 2007. |
January 2008, issue54, event report |
MCN 2007: Building Content, Building Community - 40 Years of Museum Information and Technology |
Guenter Waibel and Jean Godby report on the Museum Computer Network annual meeting, held 7-10 November, 2007 in Chicago, Illinois. |
January 2008, issue54, event report |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
January 2008, issue54, news and events |
Book Review: Programming Collective Intelligence |
Pete Cliff tries to remember A-level mathematics as he dives into the fascinating world of machine learning and statistics and how to apply these techniques to Web-accessible datasets. |
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Book Review: Digital Copyright |
Stuart Hannabuss looks at an interesting Nile cruise of a book about intellectual property. |
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Book Reviews: Digital Information and Knowledge Management, and Print Vs. Digital |
Sylvie Lafortune looks at two books edited by Sul H. Lee dealing with the impact of digital information on libraries, librarianship, information providers and library users. |
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Book Review: The University of Google |
Judy Reading reviews a work that may engender considerable debate in months to come. |