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Mimas is a nationally designated academic data centre based at The University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. Its role is to support the advancement of knowledge, powering world-class research and teaching. Mimas hosts a significant number of the UK's research information assets - and builds applications to help people make the most of this rich resource. The organisation has a longstanding relationship with JISC, developing services that support teaching, learning and research, and strong connections with research councils, especially the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). (Excerpt from Wikipedia article: Mimas)
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The OpenURL and OpenURL Framework: Demystifying Link Resolution |
Ann Apps reports on a conference about current and future uses of the proposed OpenURL Framework Standard Z39.88-2004. |
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Towards a User-Centred Approach to Digital Libraries |
Ken Eason reports on the five themes in the Digilib Conference, Espoo, Finland. |
January 2004, issue38, event report |
OpenURL Meeting |
Linda Humphreys Frances Boyle and Andy Powell give us a description of the OpenURL Meeting held in London, September 2003. |
October 2003, issue37, event report |
Editorial Introduction to Issue 36: This Time the Cavalry Showed Up |
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 36. |
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Developing the JISC Information Environment Service Registry |
Verity Brack and Amanda Closier provide us with an overview of the aims and latest work in the development of the JISC IE Service Registry. |
July 2003, issue36, feature article |
Mapping the JISC IE Service Landscape |
Andy Powell provides a graphical representation of how some well-known services, projects and software applications fit within the JISC Information Environment technical architecture. |
July 2003, issue36, feature article |
Just a Distraction?: External Content in Institutional Portals |
Ruth Martin and Liz Pearce reflect on stakeholders' views of external resources within institutional portals and highlight the findings of recent PORTAL Project research. |
July 2003, issue36, feature article |
MIMAS Ten Years on |
Julia Chruszcz looks at the ten years of MIMAS as a JISC-designated national data centre. |
July 2003, issue36, feature article |
The Bath Profile Four Years On: What's Being Done in the UK? |
Fraser Nicolaides gives us his take on the conference to review the implementation of the Bath Profile in the UK, July 2003. |
July 2003, issue36, event report |
Newsline: News You Can Use |
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. |
January 2003, issue34, news and events |
5 Step Guide to Becoming a Content Provider in the JISC Information Environment |
Andy Powell describes steps which content providers can take to integrate their resources into the JISC IE. |
October 2002, issue33, feature article |
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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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 |
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 |
Supporting Material for Database Training, or 'Here’s One I Prepared Earlier' |
Alison McNab looks at the wealth of resources available for trainers provided by the information service and content providers within JISC-supported services. |
June 2001, issue28, feature article |
Metadata (1): Encoding OpenURLs in DC Metadata |
Andy Powell and Ann Apps propose a mechanism for embedding machine parsable citations into Dublin Core (DC) metadata records. |
March 2001, issue27, regular column |
JSTOR Usage |
Alison Murphy reports on the JSTOR electronic journals project continuing success. |
June 2000, issue24, feature article |
Bringing Coherence to Networked Information for the New Century |
Gillian Austen reports on the JISC-CNI conference at Stratford, UK, 14-16 June 2000. |
June 2000, issue24, event report |
Planet SOSIG: Asking Questions - The CASS Social Survey Question Bank |
Adam Guy writes about the Question Bank service. |
December 1999, issue22, regular column |
