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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Down Your Way: Cyberworld Croydon |
Lyndon Pugh took a trip to the cyberworld of Croydon, to see 'what was going down'. |
March 1998, issue14, regular column |
Metadata Corner: CrossROADS and Interoperability |
Michael Day, Rachel Heery and Andy Powell report on work in progress on enhancements to the ROADS software. |
March 1998, issue14, regular column |
Minotaur |
Robin Alston replies to issue Ariadne 13's Minotaur, by Louis Schmier. |
March 1998, issue14, regular column |
Planet SOSIG: Regard |
Sue Timmis introduces REGARD, a new research database now available on the World Wide Web. |
March 1998, issue14, regular column |
Public Libraries Corner: An Internet Open Day |
Sally Criddle describes a World Wide Web training event organised by UKOLN and the University of Bath for the 1997 National Libraries Week. |
March 1998, issue14, regular column |
View from the Hill: Mel Collier |
Lyndon Pugh talks to Mel Collier, previously Director of the International Institute for Electronic Library Research at De Montfort University and now Director of Strategic and Operational Planning at Dawson Holdings plc. |
March 1998, issue14, regular column |
BOBCATSSS |
Christine Dugdale reports on the 6th BOBCATSSS International Symposium, Budapest. |
March 1998, issue14, event report |
Task Force Meeting |
Kelly Russell reports on the US CNI Conference. |
March 1998, issue14, event report |
MODELS |
Rosemary Russell reports on MODELS workshop, held on 5-6 February 1998. |
March 1998, issue14, event report |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
March 1998, issue14, news and events |
Dearing, IT and Information Services: Two Cheers (or One and a Half?) |
Lyndon Pugh reviews a serious attempt to square a circle. |
January 1998, issue13, feature article |
What Do National Libraries Do in the Age of the Internet? |
Maurice Line, previously a Director General of the British library, ponders upon the questions faced by national libraries. |
January 1998, issue13, feature article |
The British Library's Digital Libraries Programme |
Lyndon Pugh meets with Sue Howley to discuss the British Library's digital research programme. |
January 1998, issue13, feature article |
Hylife |
Ian Winkworth describes a Hybrid Library project for all. |
January 1998, issue13, project update |
Copyright Corner |
Charles Oppenheim answers your copyright queries. |
January 1998, issue13, regular column |
Down Your Way: University of Ulster, Coleraine |
Isobel Stark investigates University of Ulster, Coleraine. |
January 1998, issue13, regular column |
Public Libraries Corner: Ask A Librarian |
Sarah Ormes reviews the online reference query service that EARL has developed which draws on the cooperation of 40 libraries around the country. |
January 1998, issue13, regular column |
View from the Hill |
Ruth Jenkins looks at BIPEx, Bowker Information Professionals' Exchange and meets some of the people behind it. |
January 1998, issue13, regular column |
Web Focus Corner: The World Wide Web Consortium |
Brian Kelly ponders whether the academic community can have a role in shaping the web of the future. |
January 1998, issue13, regular column |
The Online Exhibition: The OMNI Perspective |
Lisa Gray investigates the Online 1997 exhibtion for medical information. |
January 1998, issue13, event report |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
January 1998, issue13, news and events |
Web Editorial: Introduction to Issue 12 |
Philip Hunter and Isobel Stark introduce Ariadne, in its Web Version. |
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Are Print Journals Dinosaurs? |
Tony Kidd wonders if he and and his kind are palæontologists. |
November 1997, issue12, feature article |
Old Ghosts Rear Their Heads |
Peter Brophy calls for effective use of email. |
November 1997, issue12, feature article |
The Lesser of Two EEVLs? |
Roddy MacLeod, EEVL Project Manager (Information), describes plans for EEVL. |
November 1997, issue12, feature article |
The History of History |
Stephen Smith explains the background to the relaunch of IHR-Info as HISTORY. |
November 1997, issue12, project update |
On Demand Publishing in the Humanities |
Phil Sykes reports on the latest work in On Demand Publishing in the Humanities, an eLib project. |
November 1997, issue12, project update |
Copyright Corner |
Charles Oppenheim answers copyright queries. |
November 1997, issue12, regular column |
Interface: Hymns Ancient and Modern |
Lyndon Pugh talks to Mary Auckland, Chair, Committee on Electronic Information (CEI) Content Working Group. |
November 1997, issue12, regular column |
Metadata Corner: DC5 - the Search for Santa |
Tony Gill and Paul Miller's report from the 5th Dublin Core metdata conference in Helsinki. |
November 1997, issue12, regular column |
Planet SOSIG: DESIRE Training for the Distributed Internet Cataloguing Model |
Lesly Huxley looks at the work of the project DESIRE: Training for the Distributed Internet Cataloguing Model. |
November 1997, issue12, regular column |
Public Libraries Corner: Soul and Song |
Lorcan Dempsey writes about the recent report: New Library: the People's Network. |
November 1997, issue12, regular column |
Search Engines Corner: Moving Up the Ranks |
Tracey Stanley looks at how search engines rank their results. |
November 1997, issue12, regular column |
View from the Hill: David VandeLinde |
Isobel Stark interviewed Professor David VandeLinde about the Dearing Report. |
November 1997, issue12, regular column |
Web Focus: WebWatching UK Universities and Colleges |
Brian Kelly describes the WebWatch project. |
November 1997, issue12, regular column |
The Launch of History |
Isobel Stark reports on the re-launch of IHR-Info as History. |
November 1997, issue12, event report |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
November 1997, issue12, news and events |
Change and Uncertainty in Academic Libraries |
Catherine Edwards highlights the impact and issues surrounding organisational change in academic libraries. |
September 1997, issue11, feature article |
Theses Unbound |
Alason Roberts looks at the use of theses in academic libraries. |
September 1997, issue11, feature article |
SKIP: Skills for new Information Professionals |
Penny Garrod reports on the changing skills profile in LIS. |
September 1997, issue11, project update |