Overview of content related to 'framework'

Editorial Introduction to Issue 35: The Art and Craft of Portalage

editor — Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:00:00 +0000

Philip Hunter provides an editorial introduction to Ariadne 35.

Welcome to the March/April issue of Ariadne. This issue of Ariadne focuses on the Portal concept. The term 'portalage' (the making of portals) crept (unforced) into a discussion of the portal concept held on the 25th April at the University of London Library (Gateways to Research and Lifelong Learning: Portals in Perspective).

Syndicated Content: It's More Than Just Some File Formats?

editor — Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:00:00 +0000

Paul Miller takes a look at issues arising from the current enthusiasm for syndicating content to portals or other web sites, and offers some guidelines for good practice.

There is, unsurprisingly, an increasing recognition that digital resources of all kinds are eminently suitable to repurposing and reuse. The Iconex Project [1], for example, was funded under JISC's 5/99 Programme to look at the creation, storage and dissemination of reusable learning objects.

Access Management: The Key to a Portal - The Experience of the Subject Portals Project

editor — Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:00:00 +0000

Francisco Pinto and Michael Fraser report on the experience of the Subject Portals Project.

Portals are widely suggested as important tools to facilitate the hard task of finding and accessing useful information for learning, teaching and research [1]. In this context, the Resource Discovery Network (RDN) [2] is enrolled in the Subject Portals Project (SPP) [3] with the aim of developing and deploying subject-based portals to provide the UK's HE and FE communities with integrated access to distributed resources within the JISC Information Environment (IE) [4].

Creating Websites for e-Citizens: the Public Library Web Managers Workshop 2002

editor — Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:00:00 +0000

In the first of a series of articles, Penny Garrod takes us through some of the choices confronting UK public libraries, and begins by looking at the ramifications of the DCMS report "Framework for the future".

What is the primary role and function of the public library in 21st Century Britain? Are public libraries in danger of trying to do too many things? Are they trying to please all of the people all of the time? How can the People's Network be sustained post-lottery funding? What is special about public libraries - do they have a Unique Selling Point? Are traditional, book-based services being run down as the focus switches to ICT and e-everything?

Planet SOSIG: Regarding Collaboration, Conferences and Courses

editor — Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:00:00 +0000

Alejandro Fernandez introduces a new collaborative initiative between the RDN and LTSN, Emma Place reports from the BPS Annual Conference and Neil Jacobs presents a new course for social researchers in Government.

SOSIG and LTSN Collaboration Project

On March 11th, representatives from the social science-related LTSN Subject Centres sat down with SOSIG staff to kick off a collaboration project that has the grand goal of maximising the use of Internet resource descriptions and information created for the UK social science community by sharing cataloguing responsibilities and tasks.

JISC 2003 Conference Report

editor — Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:00:00 +0000

Philip Pothen reports on Secretary of State Charles Clarke's view of the importance of ICT in the education sector and the role of the JISC in its implementation.

At the JISC 2003 Conference the Rt Hon Charles Clarke MP, Secretary of State for Education and Skills, underlined the central role for ICT within the education sector.

News and Events

editor — Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:00:00 +0000

Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.

The 7th Institutional Web Management Workshop :

Supporting Our Users

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