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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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Adding Value to the National Information Infrastructure: The EDINA Exchange Day, Edinburgh |
John MacColl provides us with a report of EDINA's first general information event for the HE and FE communities held at the National E-Science Centre. |
July 2004, issue40, event report |
Book Review: Developing Web-based Instruction |
Lyn Parker finds this compilation a useful overview of the issues involved in developing e-learning and a valuable addition to the literature. |
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Book Review: Managing Your Internet & Intranet Services |
David Hook sees this edition as a useful overview but finds unfortunate omissions as well as beneficial inclusions. |
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Book Review: Net Effects |
Grant Young reviews a compilation of articles showcasing librarians' efforts to wrest control of new technologies and reassert some traditional values. |
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Collection-level Description: Thinking Globally before Acting Locally |
Ann Chapman and Bridget Robinson write on the work of the Collection Description Focus and the links between Tap into Bath, Cornucopia and the Information Environment Service Registry. |
July 2004, issue40, feature article |
Cornucopia: An Open Collection Description Service |
Chris Turner describes the latest phase of Cornucopia development and the opportunities this is opening up for the future. |
July 2004, issue40, feature article |
Editorial Introduction to Issue 40: Horses for Courses |
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 40. |
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EEVL News: What EEVL Users Really Want |
Roddy MacLeod looks at the results of the recent questionnaire which surveyed opinions about the EEVL service. |
July 2004, issue40, regular column |
ERPANET Seminar on Persistent Identifiers |
Monica Duke reports on a two-day training seminar on persistent identifiers held by ERPANET in Cork, Ireland over 17-18 June 2004. |
July 2004, issue40, event report |
News and Events |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
July 2004, issue40, news and events |
PALS Conference: Institutional Repositories and Their Impact on Publishing |
Kurt Paulus describes for us the Publisher and Library/Learning Solutions (PALS) Conference held in London this June. |
July 2004, issue40, event report |
Planet-SOSIG |
This month Neil Jacobs introduces a new book for information professionals in the social sciences and Heta Virnes describes her experience of running virtual helpdesks for SOSIG. |
July 2004, issue40, regular column |
Rights Management and Digital Library Requirements |
Karen Coyle describes some aspects of rights expression languages favoured by the commercial content industries and how these may differ from the rights needs of digital libraries. |
July 2004, issue40, feature article |
Tap Into Bath |
Alison Baud and Ann Chapman describe the development of a database of archive, library and museum collections in Bath. |
July 2004, issue40, feature article |
Targeting Academic Research With Southampton's Institutional Repository |
Jessie Hey describes how user needs have influenced the evolutionary development of 'e-Prints Soton' as the University of Southampton Research Repository. |
July 2004, issue40, feature article |
The Future of Cataloguing: Cataloguing and Indexing Group Conference |
Paola Stillone reports on a three-day annual conference of the CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group (CIG), held at the University of Bath, 30 June - 2 July. |
July 2004, issue40, event report |
The Information Environment Service Registry: Promoting the Use of Electronic Resources |
Amanda Hill outlines progress on the Information Environment Service Registry Project and explains what it will mean for service providers and portal developers. |
July 2004, issue40, feature article |
Towards Library Groupware With Personalised Link Routing |
Daniel Chudnov, Jeremy Frumkin, Jennifer Weintraub, Matthew Wilcox and Raymond Yee describe a potential groupware framework for integrating access to diverse information resources and distributed personal collection development. |
July 2004, issue40, feature article |
World Wide Web Conference 2004 |
Dave Beckett reports on the international WWW2004 conference held in New York, 19-21 May 2004. |
July 2004, issue40, event report |