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Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions telling a computer what to do and how to do it. We can also say software refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of the computer for some purposes. In other words software is a set of programs, procedures, algorithms and its documentation. Program software performs the function of the program it implements, either by directly providing instructions to the computer hardware or by serving as input to another piece of software. The term was coined to contrast to the old term hardware (meaning physical devices). In contrast to hardware, software is intangible, meaning it "cannot be touched (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Software)
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ILEJ: Internet Library of Early Journals |
Hugh Wellesley-Smith turns back the clock with a description of the Internet Library for early journals digitisation project. |
July 1996, issue4, project update |
Centre for Database Access Research (CEDAR): The Huddersfield Connection |
Steve Pollitt describes the history and research behind CEDAR, the Centre for Database Access Research, which specialises in work on the design of interfaces for information retrieval systems. |
July 1996, issue4, project update |
TLTP: Teaching and Learning Technology Programme |
Joanna Tiley describes TLTP. The Teaching and Learning Technology Programme, funded by the UK Higher Education Funding Councils of the UK, is a collection of 70+ projects aimed to 'make teaching and learning more productive and efficient by harnessing modern technology'. |
July 1996, issue4, project update |
The Importance of Advanced Communications Technologies and Services (ACTS): The European Connection |
David Kay describes ACTS, the Advanced Communications Technologies and Services, a programme under the European Community 4th Framework Research & Technology Development Programme, consisting of around 120 projects. |
July 1996, issue4, project update |
NHS Libraries: At Home on the Web |
Ben Toth describes the establishment and maintenance of a regional Health Web site. |
July 1996, issue4, project update |
Netlinks Symposium |
Sarah Ashton reports from the Netlinks Symposium, organised by the Netlinks eLib project and the Department of Information Studies in the University of Sheffield. |
July 1996, issue4, event report |
JUGL |
Emma Wright put on her woolies and went to Preston to report on the annual JUGL (JANET User Group for Libraries) conference. |
July 1996, issue4, event report |
Cashing in on Caching |
Jon Knight and Martin Hamilton describe Caching, possibly the most crucial tool available to frequent Web users, and point out why libraries should be aware of it. |
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Netskills Corner: Redesigning Your Web Pages? |
Brian Kelly gives some sensible advice on designing (or, as is more likely, redesigning) Web pages. |
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Wire: Brian Kelly |
Brian Kelly is put under the virtual spotlight to answer a few questions via email on his past, present, and thoughts on matters networking. |
July 1996, issue4, regular column |
View from the Hill |
John MacColl meets Ian Kingston, a freelance copy-editor, proof-reader and typesetter. |
July 1996, issue4, regular column |
JISC Projects Ahead |
John MacColl outlines some of the key points in JISCÆs five year strategy document. |
September 1996, issue5, feature article |
Croatian Libraries: The War Is Behind Us, What Brings the Future? |
Croatian Libraries: "The war is behind us, what brings the future?": Jadranka Stojanovski, the head of the Rudjer Boskovic Institute Library, describes the post-war progress made in implementing IT and networks in Croatian Libraries. |
September 1996, issue5, feature article |
PICK: Library and Information Science Resources on the Internet |
In 1995, the Thomas Parry Library, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, won funding for PICK, a project to build a gateway to quality resources in the LIS field. Here, Andrew Cox describes this gateway, and reviews the project's achievements at the end of the first year. |
September 1996, issue5, project update |
Web4Lib: The Library Web Manager's Electronic Discussion List |
Roy Tennant, Project Manager of the Digital Library Research & Development at the University of California, Berkeley, describes the Web4Lib mailing list, an electronic discussion forum for library Web managers. |
September 1996, issue5, project update |
Subject Trees: The Exeter Experience |
Ian Tilsed, Computing Development Officer at the University of Exeter Library, describes the building of the main University subject tree, or index, of Internet Resources. |
September 1996, issue5, project update |
Putting the UK on the Map |
Peter Burden of the University of Wolverhampton's School of Computing and Information Technology describes the history behind his clickable maps of the UK, an essential and well established (though unfunded) resource for quickly locating academic and research Web sites. |
September 1996, issue5, project update |
UKERNA: Training the Networkers |
John MacCulloch and Jane Batchelor, from UKERNA, detail their training course, designed for those installing, running, supporting, or managing a JANET connection. |
September 1996, issue5, project update |
Lotus Eaters On-Line: Forming an Alliance Between Groupware and the Web in a Pre-Prints System |
Dan Fleming, co-director of the eLib 'Formations' project and lecturer in media studies at the University of Ulster, looks at some of the issues involved in adding value to a pre-prints system by using groupware such as Lotus Notes. |
September 1996, issue5, project update |
HELIX |
Ruth Glynn outlines the HELIX project, one of the new Images projects from the eLib programme. |
September 1996, issue5, project update |
The SURF Foundation |
Jaqueline Pieters describes the evolution of the SURF Foundation, a major IT co-ordination service for the Dutch academic sector. |
September 1996, issue5, project update |
CTI (Computers in Teaching Initiative) |
The CTI, set up in 1989, offers a UK-wide service to academic staff in higher education institutions through its network of 24 subject-based centres. Joyce Martin, acting head of the CTI Support Service, describes this HEFCE funded initiative. |
September 1996, issue5, project update |
The 1996 UKOLUG State of the Art Conference |
Melanie Lawes describes the 1996 UKOLUG (UK On-Line Users Group) Annual Conference, held in Warwick last July. |
September 1996, issue5, event report |
Libtech 96 |
John Kirriemuir and Isobel Stark with some notes and pictures from the main annual UK library exhibition: Libtech 96. |
September 1996, issue5, event report |
Netskills Corner: Beneath the Surface of Your Web Pages |
Brian Kelly looks beneath the surface of HTML pages and provides advice on the design of the underlying directory structure. |
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Metadata for the Masses |
Paul Miller describes Dublin Core and several ideas for how it can be implemented. |
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CAUSE / EFFECT |
Julia A. Rudy, Cause/Effect Editor and Director of Publications at CAUSE, an international, nonprofit professional association for managers and users of information resources on college and university campuses, describes CAUSE/EFFECT. |
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MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship |
Lori Widzinski, the editor, describes the evolution of MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship. |
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Copyright Info on the Net |
Charles Oppenheim takes a look at some of the Web sites and Bulletin Boards that contain information on copyright issues. |
September 1996, issue5, regular column |
Public Libraries Corner: Commercial Partnerships in the Public Library |
Sarah Ormes looks at the increase of net access in public libraries. |
September 1996, issue5, regular column |
Wire: Interview with Jasper Tredgold |
Jasper Tredgold is put under the virtual spotlight to answer a few questions via email. |
September 1996, issue5, regular column |
InfoSeek Ultra: (Yet Another) Web Search Engine |
Tracey Stanley looks at InfoSeek Ultra, a new search engine which claims to allow searching on a index of 50 million Web pages. |
September 1996, issue5, regular column |
British Library Corner: Text and the Internet |
Graham Jefcoate, a Research Analyst from the British Library Research and Innovation Centre will be writing this regular column for the remaining issues of Ariadne. In this issue, Graham gives us the text of his Libtech talk: Text and the Internet. |
September 1996, issue5, regular column |
How to Grow Gossamer and Keep It Untangled |
George Munroe describes the experiences in establishing a large institutional web site. |
November 1996, issue6, feature article |
SOSIG: Training to Support Social Science Teaching and Research |
Lesly Huxley, the SOSIG Documentation and Training Officer, describes the workshops that SOSIG, one of the projects from the Access to Network Resource section, run. |
November 1996, issue6, feature article |
MIDRIB |
Julian Cook describes a major database of medical images. |
November 1996, issue6, project update |
ADAM: Bits and Pieces |
Tony Gill presents a few bits and pieces of news regarding the ADAM project which was featured in issue 3 of Ariadne. |
November 1996, issue6, project update |
ILRT: The Institute for Learning and Research Technology |
Gillian Austen, External Relations Manager at the recently founded Institute for Learning and Research Technology at the University of Bristol, gives an overview of its structure and objectives. |
November 1996, issue6, project update |
EDINA: WWW, Z39.50 and All That! |
Peter Burnhill gives a briefing note on what EDINA and the Data Library are doing about the World Wide Web (W) and the Z39.50 Protocol (Z). |
November 1996, issue6, project update |
Access V Holdings, Cranfield |
Sarah Ashton reports on an event of interest to the Document Delivery community. |
November 1996, issue6, event report |