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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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Performance and Security: Notes for System Administrators |
Performance and Security - Notes for System Administrators: Andy Powell offers some hints and tips on the performance and security aspects of running electronic library services on UNIX based machines. |
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Public Libraries Corner |
In the Public Libraries Corner for this issue, a guest writer, Catherine Wrathall, writes about the current provision of Internet-based community information in public libraries. |
March 1997, issue8, regular column |
Search Engine Corner |
Tracey Stanley looks at 'Push', where a network-based service 'pushes' information to your machine, rather than you 'pulling' information from the service. |
March 1997, issue8, regular column |
OMNI Corner: New Societies for the Exploitation of Medicine on the Internet |
Sue Welsh looks at developments of interest to medics publishing on the Internet. |
March 1997, issue8, regular column |
Around the Table – Engineering |
Roddy MacLeod casts an EEVL eye over engineering resources. |
March 1997, issue8, regular column |
Unique Identifiers in a Digital World |
Andy Powell reports on a seminar organised jointly by Book Industry Communication and the UKOLN on the use of unique identifiers in electronic publishing. |
March 1997, issue8, event report |
Disabil-IT? Conference |
Isobel Stark reports from the February 1997 Disabil-IT? conference, aimed at library and computing services staff to help raise awareness of issues related to IT provision for students with disabilities. |
March 1997, issue8, event report |
Disabil-IT? Part 2: Software for Students With Dyslexia, and Software Design Issues |
Isobel Stark presents the second part of her report on the Disabil-IT? Conference. In this article, software for students with dyslexia is looked at, and issues to bear in mind when designing software which may be used by students with disabilities are listed. |
March 1997, issue8, event report |
ELVIRA 4 |
Claire Davies sets the scene for ELVIRA 4, the annual Electronic Library Visual Information Research Conference, May 1997 in Milton Keynes, UK. |
March 1997, issue8, event report |
The NHS, the Internet and Libraries: The NHS Anglia and Oxford Internet Project |
Judy Palmer and Myles Chippendale describe an initiative that is using the Internet to connect widely dispersed health libraries. |
May 1997, issue9, feature article |
EEVL |
Linda Kerr introduces a project from the Access to Network Resources section of the eLib programme which takes a holistic approach to providing access to high quality on-line engineering resources. |
May 1997, issue9, project update |
REDD: Regional Electronic Document Delivery Service |
Chris Taylor provides details on an Australian electronic document delivery service that is based on standard Internet protocols. |
May 1997, issue9, project update |
The Australian Museums on Line Project |
Louise Douglas and Stephen Hall describe the Australian Museums On Line (AMOL) project, which aims to dramatically increase access to the cultural resources of Australian museums via the Internet by 2001 through the AMOL World Wide Web site. |
May 1997, issue9, project update |
Monash University Library Electronic Resources Directory |
Lisa Smith describes a system which can be used to help people locate the electronic resources of Monash University Library |
May 1997, issue9, project update |
Indian Ocean Rim Region Virtual Library Project |
Susan Lutley describes a prototype virtual library, built as part of a co-operative venture focusing on broad issues in Social Development within the Indian Ocean Rim Region. |
May 1997, issue9, project update |
The Future of Digitising at the State Library of Victoria, Australia |
Catherine Herman and Indra Kurzeme discuss the multimedia source project, set within the context of the pro-multimedia State of Victora, Australia. |
May 1997, issue9, project update |
Metadata, PICS and Quality |
Chris Armstrong looks at the possibility of a PICS application acting as a quality filter. |
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Extending Metadata for Digital Preservation |
Michael Day suggests how the concept of metadata could be extended to provide information in the specific field of digital preservation. |
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Internationalisation and the Web |
Jon Knight looks at how the Web is currently undergoing the sometimes painful internationalization process required if it is to live up to its name of the World Wide Web. |
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Web Focus: Report on the WWW 6 Conference |
Brian Kelly describes the sixth International World Wide Web conference which took place in California from 7 – 11 April 1997. |
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Netskills Corner: The Evolution of HTML - Netscape Gold |
Niall Mackenzie looks at using Netscape Gold for a more automated manner of Web page production. |
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Planet SOSIG: A New Internet Role for Europe's Librarians |
Emma Worsfold describes the role and purpose of SOSIG, and launches a scheme where European Librarians can participate in adding relevant, quality content to this Social Science Gateway. |
May 1997, issue9, regular column |
Search Engines Corner: Alta Vista LiveTopics |
Tracey Stanley looks at Live Topics, a more flexible and user-controlled way of searching the Alta Vista Web Page index. |
May 1997, issue9, regular column |
Web Access for the Disabled - HOTmetal PRO Helps to Bring Access to the Web |
Cathy Murtha gives some details of an upgrade to a popular Web production tool that will make Web page creation easier for many disabled people. |
May 1997, issue9, regular column |
Wire: Interview Via Email With Jon Knight and Martin Hamilton |
In this interview we question Knight and Martin Hamilton and present their replies. |
May 1997, issue9, regular column |
View from the Hill: Anne Dixon |
Amy Tucker peers into the future of Physics journal publishing with Anne Dixon |
May 1997, issue9, regular column |
Interface: Dr Isola Ajiferuke |
Sheona Farquhar gains an insight into the problems of the information-poor. |
May 1997, issue9, regular column |
Elvira 4: May 1997, Milton Keynes |
Ian Bloor reports on the recently held Elvira (Electronic Library and Visual Information Research) event. |
May 1997, issue9, event report |
Clifford Lynch in Interview |
Clifford Lynch, the Executive Director of CNI, was interviewed by John Kirriemuir at the Metadata: What Is It? workshop on 18 June 1997. Clifford shares some views on mirroring, caching, metadata, Z39.50 and how he sees his role in CNI. |
July 1997, issue10, feature article |
Dublin Core Management |
Andy Powell presents three models for the way in which metadata can be managed across a Web site and describes some of the tools that are beginning to be used at UKOLN to embed Dublin Core metadata into Web pages. |
July 1997, issue10, feature article |
Electronic Journals: Problem Or Panacea? |
Judith Edwards outlines some of the problems faced by academia in the acquisition and provision of electronic journals. |
July 1997, issue10, feature article |
Press Release – JISC / Caul Collaboration Agreement |
Kelly Russell outlines the collaboration between JISC and CAUL, and announces the appointment of the post of International Co-ordinator. |
July 1997, issue10, feature article |
Revolutionaries and Captives in the Information Society |
Trevor Haywood on the shackles that bind us to the information revolution. |
July 1997, issue10, feature article |
Beyond the Web: The Potential Uses of HTML in Library Disaster Control Planning |
During a lifelong library career, 2 out of 5 librarians will face a major disaster in their library. Emma Blagg describes the design and evaluation of a HTML-based disaster control plan, used to provide the counter measures taken to minimise the effects of such a disaster. |
July 1997, issue10, feature article |
Copyright Management Technologies: The Key to Unlocking Digital Works? |
Anne Ramsden brings us up to date with current developments in copyright management technology |
July 1997, issue10, feature article |
ACORN Implemented |
Jon Knight and Richard Goodman describe the technical implementation of the ACORN system. |
July 1997, issue10, project update |
A Digital Library Showcase and Support Service - the Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE |
Roy Tennant describes a resource used to create digital libraries and services, and to help others do the same. |
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The Library Association Web Site |
Alan Cooper and Finbarr Joy talk about the past, present and future of the Library Association Web Site. |
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r·cade: Resource Centre for Access to Data on Europe |
Sharon Bolton describes r-cade, an interdisciplinary resource centre that helps researchers and analysts to identify and acquire data for the European Social Sciences. |
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Access to Newspapers and Journals for Visually Impaired People: The Talking Newspaper Association of the UK |
Neil H. McLachlan describes the work and electronic products of the Talking Newspaper Assocation (TNAUK). |
