Articles tagged 'john maccoll'
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John Maccoll has contributed 38 articles to Ariadne. For contact and affiliation details (as of latest published article), see John Maccoll author profile.
Most frequently used terms in this author's articles (ordered by total usage / articles): "research", "archives", "metadata", "elib", "data", "google", "search technology", "jisc", "copyright", "oai". For more statistics, see data charts for John Maccoll.
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Research Libraries and the Power of the Co-operative |
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. |
April 2008, issue55, feature article |
The Cambridge History of Libraries in Britain and Ireland |
John MacColl reviews the first two volumes of this very substantial three-part work, covering the periods to 1640 and 1640-1850. |
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 46: Ten Years of Pathfinding |
John MacColl, Lorcan Dempsey and John Kirriemuir reflect in turn on the rationale and history of the founding of Ariadne. |
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Google Challenges for Academic Libraries |
John MacColl analyses the reactions many academic libraries may be having to the range of tools Google is currently rolling out and outlines a strategy for institutions in the face of such potentially radical developments. |
February 2006, issue46, feature article |
Adding Value to the National Information Infrastructure: The EDINA Exchange Day, Edinburgh |
John MacColl provides us with a report of EDINA's first general information event for the HE and FE communities held at the National E-Science Centre. |
July 2004, issue40, event report |
Metadata Wanted for the Evanescent Library |
John MacColl reports on Schemas and Ontologies: Building a Semantic Infrastructure for the GRID and Digital Libraries: a one-day workshop at the e-Science Institute, May 2003. |
July 2003, issue36, event report |
Climbing the Scholarly Publishing Mountain With SHERPA |
John MacColl and Stephen Pinfield explore the SHERPA project, which is concentrating on making e-prints available online. |
October 2002, issue33, feature article |
Electronic Theses and Dissertations: A Strategy for the UK |
by John MacColl considers a strategy for electronic theses and dissertations in the United Kingdom. |
July 2002, issue32, feature article |
Setting up an Institutional E-Print Archive |
Stephen Pinfield, Mike Gardner, and John MacColl with some practical advice on setting up an e-print archive. |
April 2002, issue31, feature article |
ACM / IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries |
John MacColl reports on a selection of the papers given at this conference in Roanoake, Virginia, June 24-28 2001. |
October 2001, issue29, event report |
Developing an Agenda for Institutional E-Print Archives |
Philip Hunter, John MacColl and Marieke Napier report on a one day Open Archives conference on OAI compliant metadata and e-print issues. Held at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, London. 11 July 2001. |
October 2001, issue29, event report |
The Future Is Hybrid: Edinburgh |
John MacColl and Philip Hunter report on 'The Future is Hybrid' project day in Edinburgh. |
March 2001, issue27, event report |
Delivering the Electronic Library: The ARIADNE Reader |
John MacColl on the new ARIADNE Reader. |
December 1999, issue22, feature article |
Instructional Management Systems |
John MacColl explores the IMS concept in the context of the SELLIC project. |
March 1999, issue19, feature article |
Print Editorial: Introduction to Issue 18 |
Lyndon Pugh presents the editorial from issue 18 of Ariadne's print version. |
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Of Arms and the Man We Sing |
John MacColl talks to Chris Rusbridge about the eLib programme. |
December 1998, issue18, feature article |
A New Publication for a New Challenge |
John MacColl and Lyndon Pugh discuss their proposal for a web and print magazine for Information and IT professionals in UK Higher Education. |
September 1998, issue17, feature article |
Information Ecosystems |
John MacColl follows up last issue's breakdown of papers with his reflections on the UKOLN conference held in Bath University at the end of June. |
September 1998, issue17, event report |
Print Editorial: Introduction to Issue 16 |
John Maccoll, Assistant Director of Information Services, University of Abertay, introduces Ariadne 16. |
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Report on UCISA Annual Management Conference |
John MacColl reports on the UCISA annual management conference (Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association), which reviewed a significant year. |
May 1998, issue15, event report |
Print Editorial: Introduction to Issue 11 |
John MacColl presents the editorial from issue 11 of the print version. |
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Conference Goes One Step Beyond |
John MacColl reports on Beyond the Beginning: The Global Digital Library. |
September 1997, issue11, event report |
Print Editorial: Introduction to Issue 10 |
John MacColl with the editorial from issue 10 of the print version. |
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View from the Hill: Chris Zielinski |
John MacColl meets Chris Zielinski, a champion of authors' rights. |
July 1997, issue10, regular column |
Print Editorial: Introduction to Issue 8 |
John MacColl with the editorial for the Print version of Ariadne issue 8. |
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CEI Looks for Bold Response |
John MacColl describes the new call for proposals for further eLib programme work. |
March 1997, issue8, feature article |
Survey Results |
John MacColl presents a selection of the comments arising from the first Ariadne readership survey [1]. This article appears in only the Web version of Ariadne. |
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Acrobat a High Flyer: John MacColl Discusses the Success of Adobe Acrobat and PDF |
Acrobat a High Flyer: John MacColl discusses the success of Adobe Acrobat and PDF. |
January 1997, issue7, feature article |
View from the Hill |
John MacColl quizzes John Kelleher of the Tavistock Institute about the E-word. |
January 1997, issue7, regular column |
Editorial Introduction to Issue 6 |
The editor introduces Ariadne issue 6. |
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Information Strategies Get Down to Business |
John MacColl on the JISC approach to Information Strategies. |
November 1996, issue6, feature article |
JISC Projects Ahead |
John MacColl outlines some of the key points in JISCÆs five year strategy document. |
September 1996, issue5, feature article |
View from the Hill: Internet Cafes |
John MacColl orders lunch with a portion of e-mail. |
September 1996, issue5, regular column |
Interface |
John MacColl talks to Peter Nathan, acting president and distinguished professor of psychology at the University of Iowa. |
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 |
Short Loan Projects |
John MacColl discusses some of the issues involved in the digitisation of short loan collections. |
May 1996, issue3, feature article |
E-print Archives: Key to Paperless Journals |
John MacColl on why electronic print archives are the key to paperless journals. |
March 1996, issue2, feature article |
Sideline |
John MacColl on the delights of sharing the blandest of Midland hotels with a group of eLib project managers for a couple of days. |
January 1996, issue1, regular column |
