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The description of collections is important in the context of network library services and an important underpinning for developing a collective resource. The creation of collection descriptions allows the owners or curators of collections to disclose information about their existence and availability to interested parties. Although collection descriptions may take the form of unstructured textual documents (for example a set of Web pages describing a collection), there are significant advantages in describing collections using structured, open and standardised formats. Such descriptions would enable: users to discover and locate collections of interest; users to perform searches across multiple collections in a controlled way; software to perform such tasks on behalf of users, based on known user preferences. (Excerpt from this source)
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Agora: From Information Maze to Market |
Bridget Robinson, David Palmer and Rosemary Russell outline the Agora cross-searching software project, and its technical background. |
June 2000, issue24, feature article |
AGORA: The Hybrid Library from a User's Perspective |
Bridget Robinson and David Palmer look at the Agora user studies. |
January 2001, issue26, feature article |
Application Profiles: Mixing and Matching Metadata Schemas |
Rachel Heery and Manjula Patel introduce a means of establishing a common approach to sharing information between implementers and standards makers. |
September 2000, issue25, feature article |
Architects of the Information Age |
Paul Miller reports on a recent UKOLN-organised event at the Office of the e-Envoy, and explores the need for an architecture to scope what we build online. |
October 2001, issue29, feature article |
Clumping Towards a UK National Catalogue? |
Dennis Nicholson argues in favour of the distributed approach to cataloguing. |
December 1999, issue22, feature article |
Clumps As Catalogues |
Peter Stubley asks whether CLUMPS as catalogues are 'virtual success or failure?' |
December 1999, issue22, feature article |
Clumps Come Up Trumps |
Helena Gillis, Verity Brack, John Gilby and Marian Hogg review the four eLib CLUMP projects now at the end of their funding periods. |
January 2001, issue26, feature article |
CLUMPS in the Real World |
Juliet Dye and Jane Harrington look into evaluation procedures for the CLUMPS projects. |
June 1999, issue20, feature article |
Collection Description Focus Showcase: Mapping the Information Landscape |
Verity Brack reports on this one-day showcase of Collection Description projects and services held at the British Library, London, 25 March 2003. |
April 2003, issue35, event report |
Collection Description Focus: Spreading the Gospel |
Bridget Robinson and Pete Johnston with an overview of CLD activities in the first year. |
April 2002, issue31, feature article |
Collection Description in Focus |
Clare McVeigh and Dierdre Wildy: A Report on the Collection Description Focus Workshops, Nov 2001-Mar 2002 |
July 2002, issue32, feature article |
Collection-level Description: Thinking Globally before Acting Locally |
Ann Chapman and Bridget Robinson write on the work of the Collection Description Focus and the links between Tap into Bath, Cornucopia and the Information Environment Service Registry. |
July 2004, issue40, feature article |
Collective Convergence: The Work of the Collection Description Focus |
Pete Johnston and Bridget Robinson outline the work of the Collection Description Focus. |
October 2001, issue29, feature article |
Cornucopia: An Open Collection Description Service |
Chris Turner describes the latest phase of Cornucopia development and the opportunities this is opening up for the future. |
July 2004, issue40, feature article |
DC 2005 |
Robina Clayphan reports on the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications: Vocabularies in Practice held at the University of Carlos III, Madrid in September 2005. |
October 2005, issue45, event report |
DC 2006: Metadata for Knowledge and Learning |
Julie Allinson, Rachel Heery, Pete Johnston and Rosemary Russell report on DC 2006, the sixth international conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, held 3 - 6 October 2006. |
October 2006, issue49, event report |
DC 2007 |
Ann Apps reports on DC2007, the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, held 27-31 August 2007 in Singapore. |
October 2007, issue53, event report |
Distributed Services Registry Workshop |
John Gilby reports on the UKOLN/IESR two-day workshop at Scarman House, University of Warwick on 14-15 July 2005. |
October 2005, issue45, event report |
Editorial Introduction to Issue 28: Ariadne's Thread |
Marieke Napier reviews recent developments on the cultural front and the contents of issue 28. |
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 29: Key Technologies for the Development of the Digital Library |
Philip Hunter with the editorial for Ariadne 29. |
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 31: An E-prints Revolution? |
Philip Hunter with the editorial for Ariadne issue 31. |
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 35: The Art and Craft of Portalage |
Philip Hunter provides an editorial introduction to Ariadne 35. |
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ePrints UK: Developing a National E-prints Archive |
Ruth Martin describes the technical work of the ePrints UK project, and outlines the non-technical issues that must also be addressed if the project is to deliver a national e-prints service |
April 2003, issue35, feature article |
Hyper Clumps, Mini Clumps and National Catalogues: Resource Discovery for the 21st Century |
John Gilby reports on a one-day conference about resource discovery, held at the British Library Conference Centre, London in November. |
January 2005, issue42, event report |
Improving the Quality of Metadata in Eprint Archives |
Marieke Guy, Andy Powell and Michael Day address the argument that the quality of service to end-users is markedly influenced by the quality of metadata being produced and provide suggestions. |
January 2004, issue38, feature article |
ISBN-13: New Number on the Block |
Ann Chapman outlines the planned changes to the ISBN standard and its impact on the information community and the book trade. |
October 2004, issue41, feature article |
Metadata and Interoperability in a Complex World |
Pete Johnston reflects on the 2003 Dublin Core conference, held in Seattle, Washington. |
October 2003, issue37, event report |
NetLab's Digital Library Gâteau |
Jessica Lindholm reports from the conference "NetLab and friends: Tribute and outlook after 10 years of digital library development". The conference was held in Lund, Sweden 10-12 April 2002. |
July 2002, issue32, feature article |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
March 2001, issue27, news and events |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
June 2001, issue28, news and events |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
October 2002, issue33, news and events |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
January 2003, issue34, news and events |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
October 2003, issue37, news and events |
OAI: The Fourth Open Archives Forum Workshop |
Manjula Patel provides us with an overview of the 4th Open Archives Forum Workshop. |
October 2003, issue37, event report |
OCLC-SCURL: Collaboration, Integration and Recombinant Potential |
Pete Johnston reports on the New Directions in Metadata conference, 15-16 August, in Edinburgh |
October 2002, issue33, event report |
Revealing All |
Ann Chapman describes Revealweb, a Web site that brings together information about accessible resources for visually impaired people. |
July 2005, issue44, feature article |
Scientific, Industrial, and Cultural Heritage: A Shared Approach |
Lorcan Dempsey presents a research framework for libraries, archives and museums prepared for the European Commission. |
December 1999, issue22, feature article |
Tap Into Bath |
Alison Baud and Ann Chapman describe the development of a database of archive, library and museum collections in Bath. |
July 2004, issue40, feature article |
Tap Into Bath Takes Off |
Stephanie Round covers the launch of a small but promising collaborative effort. |
January 2005, issue42, event report |
The AIM25 Project |
Robert Baxter, Frances Blomeley and Rachel Kemsley present AIM25, a project providing electronic access to descriptions of archives held in various London institutions. |
April 2002, issue31, feature article |
