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Editorial Introduction to Issue 40: Horses for Courses

editor — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:00:00 +0000

Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 40.

Reading the interesting points Karen Coyle has to make in Rights Management and Digital Library Requirements puts me in mind, not so much of horses actually, as of one of cartoonist Gary Larson's cows. The bovine unfortunate in question, bedecked with shower cap, is being pushed along by the rest of the herd and complaining that no sooner has she stepped into the shower than some fool cries 'Stampede!' Much the same effect may be claimed from the fallout of the Napster affair and the sharing of millions of music files.

Towards Library Groupware With Personalised Link Routing

editor — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:00:00 +0000

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.

'Library groupware' - a set of networked tools supporting information management for individuals and for distributed groups - is a new class of service we may choose to provide in our libraries. In its simplest form, library groupware would help people manage information as they move through the diversity of online resources and online communities that make up today's information landscape. Complex implementations might integrate equally well with enterprise-wide systems such as courseware and portals on a university campus, and desktop file storage on private individual computers.

Public Libraries: Weblogs: Do They Belong in Libraries?

editor — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:00:00 +0000

Penny Garrod takes a look at weblogs and weblogging activities in libraries and considers some of the ways they can be used to support public library users.

Weblogs in Education

Weblogs and weblogging, blogs and blogging - many terms are used to describe this increasingly popular Web-based activity, but is a library Web site the right place to host a weblog? Are weblogs simply another trendy tool for those with time to spare and something to say? Consider this from the BBC news Web site:

Web Focus: The Web on Your TV

editor — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly takes a look at a digital TV box which provides Web and email access in your living room.

The potential for use of television for accessing Web resources has been suggested for a number of years without having any significant impact. However the growth in use of digital TV technologies may provide another opportunity for accessing Web and other networked resources from the comfort of your living room.

This article introduces the Netgem i-Player digital TV player and describes the implications for Web developers if such devices grow in popularity.

World Wide Web Conference 2004

editor — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:00:00 +0000

Dave Beckett reports on the international WWW2004 conference held in New York, 19-21 May 2004.

WWW2004 [1] was the 13th conference in the series of international World Wide Web conferences organised by the IW3C2 (International World Wide Web Conference Committee). This was the annual gathering of Web researchers and technologists to present the latest work on the Web and Web standardisation at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

ERPANET Seminar on Persistent Identifiers

editor — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:00:00 +0000

Monica Duke reports on a two-day training seminar on persistent identifiers held by ERPANET in Cork, Ireland over 17-18 June 2004.

Day One

Introduction
Welcome and Keynote
Overview of Persistent Identifier initiatives
URN
OpenURL - The Rough Guide
Info URIs
The DCMI Persistent Identifier Working Group
The CENDI Report
ARK
PURLs
Overview of the Handle System
DOI

News and Events

editor — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:00:00 +0000

Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.

Seminar Invitation from DEF - Danish Electronic Research Library

The DEF XML Web Services project invites you to participate in the seminar: Building Digital Libraries with XML Web Services on Friday 27 August 2004 from 9:30 to 16:00 at the Technical University of Denmark, Building 303, DK-2800 Lyngby.

The headlines of the seminar are:

Book Review: Managing Your Internet & Intranet Services

editor — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:00:00 +0000

David Hook sees this edition as a useful overview but finds unfortunate omissions as well as beneficial inclusions.

Building and maintaining Web sites and intranets are no longer simple, unimportant tasks that can be relegated to an IT department. The 2nd edition of Peter Griffiths' Managing Your Internet & Intranet Services not only recognizes this, but argues that perhaps it is LIS professionals who are best suited for managing Web sites and intranets.

Book Review: Net Effects

editor — Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:00:00 +0000

Grant Young reviews a compilation of articles showcasing librarians' efforts to wrest control of new technologies and reassert some traditional values.

Marylaine Block will be well-known to many readers of Ariadne - perhaps chiefly for her 'Neat New Stuff' and ExLibris bulletins. As its name suggests, 'Neat New Stuff' is a weekly compilation of noteworthy sites Block has discovered in her Web crawling. Her other weekly online publication, ExLibris, is an 'e-zine' containing interesting and provocative articles, reviews and tidbits of information from Block and others.