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Research Libraries and the Power of the Co-operative

editor — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:00:00 +0000

John MacColl considers the 'co-operative imperative' upon research libraries, and describes the work which the former Research Libraries Group is undertaking as part of OCLC.

RLG Programs became part of OCLC in the summer of 2006. In November of last year, RLG Programs announced the appointment of a European Director, John MacColl. This article explains the rationale behind the combination of RLG with the OCLC Office of Research, and describes the work programme of the new Programs and Research Group.

Editorial Introduction to Issue 46: Ten Years of Pathfinding

editor — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:00 +0000

John MacColl, Lorcan Dempsey and John Kirriemuir reflect in turn on the rationale and history of the founding of Ariadne.

Ten Years of Pathfinding

John MacColl reflects upon the choice of Ariadne's name in the light of the publication's guiding mission.

Electronic Theses and Dissertations: A Strategy for the UK

editor — Sun, 07 Jul 2002 23:00:00 +0000

by John MacColl considers a strategy for electronic theses and dissertations in the United Kingdom.

‘ETDs’ is the acronym widely used in the US to stand for ‘Electronic Theses and Dissertations’. The father of the ETD movement, Professor Ed Fox of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech), explains the acronym as containing an implicit Boolean ‘OR’: ‘ETs’ OR ‘EDs’ equals ‘ETDs’. This makes for a very convenient shorthand, whereby a digital object which is either an electronic thesis or an electronic dissertation can be referred to as ‘an ETD’.

Delivering the Electronic Library: The ARIADNE Reader

editor — Tue, 21 Dec 1999 00:00:00 +0000

John MacColl on the new ARIADNE Reader.

The ARIADNE Project was born in September 1995, and the first meeting of the participants from the two partner sites of Abertay Dundee and UKOLN took place in a restaurant after a one-day meeting at the Library Association, in the couple of hours between the Dundee editors leaving the meeting and having to leave for the overnight train from King’s Cross. In our time-limited discussion, we drafted out a shape for the print and web versions of ARIADNE, defining regular feature titles and listing ideas and contacts to be pursued. The pressure was on immediately.