Overview of content related to 'database'

Dublin Comes to Europe

editor — Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Paul Miller discusses issues raised at a recent European Commission meeting on metadata for resource discovery.

In writing for Ariadne, I have had occasion to report on a number of personal 'firsts', including my first trip to the southern hemisphere and my first taste of Finnish tar-flavoured ice cream. The meeting reported here proved no exception, with my first flight in an aeroplane sans jet engine, and my first time snowed in at an airport. Writing for Ariadne is, as you can see, a never-ending round of thrills and spills!

An End User's View

editor — Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Oliver de Peyer with his personal view of what it is like being on the other side of the the metaphorical electronic issue desk.

Internet Resources for Older People

editor — Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Internet resources for older people: Monica Blake describes some findings from the Internet and Older People Project, funded by The British Library Research and Innovation Centre Digital Library Research Programme.

EDDIS

editor — Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000

David Larbey writes about EDDIS, one of eLib’s document delivery projects.

Metadata Corner: CrossROADS and Interoperability

editor — Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Michael Day, Rachel Heery and Andy Powell report on work in progress on enhancements to the ROADS software.

Planet SOSIG: Regard

editor — Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Sue Timmis introduces REGARD, a new research database now available on the World Wide Web.

Introduction

REGARD [1] is a fully functional bibliographic database of ESRC [2] (Economic and Social Research Council) research awards and all associated publications and products. It is publicly available on the World Wide Web without subscription and uses keyword searching, available at two levels.

Search Engines Corner: Meta-search Engines

editor — Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Tracey Stanley discusses the next level up from conventional search engines in the 'information food chain', which provide a sophisticated approach to searching across a number of databases.

BOBCATSSS

editor — Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Christine Dugdale reports on the 6th BOBCATSSS International Symposium, Budapest.

Task Force Meeting

editor — Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Kelly Russell reports on the US CNI Conference.

MODELS

editor — Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Rosemary Russell reports on MODELS workshop, held on 5-6 February 1998.

Newsline: News You Can Use

editor — Thu, 19 Mar 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.

National Networking Demonstrator Project for archives launch

The Archives Sub-Committee is organising a meeting to launch the NNDP which it has instigated and funded through the Non Formula Funding of Specialised Research Collections monitoring programme on 18 March. The Meeting is open to archivists and interested parties and is intended to be a platform for public review of the project's developments.