Overview of content related to 'database'

From Aberystwyth to ADAM: Using the Skills Acquired on a Library School Course in the Real World

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Rebecca Bradshaw reflects on how the skills and knowledge she acquired when a library school student are relevant (or not) to her current role, developing a network-based subject gateway.

Library school? What library school? Oh yes, I spent four years there, didn't I?

After only eighteen months, I have to confess my memory isn't quite that bad, but immersed in my job with the ADAM Project [1] , library school certainly does seem an age ago. Everything I learned seems to have merged into one large mass of indefinable matter, and when asked to write about it for Ariadne a little wave of unease stirred within me.

MIDRIB: Beyond Clip Art for Medicine

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Betsy Anagnostelis and Sue Welsh describe the recent launch of the MIDRIB (Medical Images Digitised Reference Information Bank) project, and describe the medical image resource the project will create.

A picture paints a thousand words, and in the field of medicine, images are essential. The recent launch of MIDRIB (Medical Images Digitised Reference Information Bank) [1] , and the announcement of the Visible Human Dataset UK Mirror, have demonstrated JISC's [2] determination to provide high quality content in this area for the UK higher education and research community.

Never Mind the Quality, Check the Badge-Width!

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Alison McNab, Betsy Anagnostelis and Alison Cooke compare and contrast the methods used to identify and indicate which Internet-based resources are of high "quality".

How does the World Health Organization rate compared to Medical Students for Choice (a reproductive health rights group)? How do the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention score across a range of review services? As commentators begin to question the value of much of the information currently available on the Internet, how helpful are stars, badges or seals of approval (SOAPs) in identifying quality resources? Is a "Cool site of the moment", an accolade that literally changes every moment, of any real use?

The NHS, the Internet and Libraries: The NHS Anglia and Oxford Internet Project

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Judy Palmer and Myles Chippendale describe an initiative that is using the Internet to connect widely dispersed health libraries.

In the Higher Education sector, following the Follett Report [1], there has been massive investment in developing and shaping the implementation of the electronic library through the Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib)[2]. Libraries in the NHS have not been so fortunate. Although health librarians are enthusiastic networkers, with no tradition of wide area networking, NHS libraries have had to operate as individual units, unable to communicate with each other apart from by post, telephone and fax.

EEVL

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Linda Kerr introduces a project from the Access to Network Resources section of the eLib programme which takes a holistic approach to providing access to high quality on-line engineering resources.

EEVL [1] is approaching the end of its two-year funding from JISC as part of the eLib Project. We have applied for a further twelve months of precious funding to enable us to carry on providing and developing our services, to tie in with other three-year Subject Based Information Gateway projects such as SOSIG [2] and ADAM [3].

Eurotext

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

In these days of European integration, Freda Carroll, Eurotext project co- ordinator, describes a project that will make European Union documents accessible online.

The Australian Museums on Line Project

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Louise Douglas and Stephen Hall describe the Australian Museums On Line (AMOL) project, which aims to dramatically increase access to the cultural resources of Australian museums via the Internet by 2001 through the AMOL World Wide Web site.

Monash University Library Electronic Resources Directory

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Lisa Smith describes a system which can be used to help people locate the electronic resources of Monash University Library

Indian Ocean Rim Region Virtual Library Project

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Susan Lutley describes a prototype virtual library, built as part of a co-operative venture focusing on broad issues in Social Development within the Indian Ocean Rim Region.

The Future of Digitising at the State Library of Victoria, Australia

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Catherine Herman and Indra Kurzeme discuss the multimedia source project, set within the context of the pro-multimedia State of Victora, Australia.

Metadata, PICS and Quality

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Chris Armstrong looks at the possibility of a PICS application acting as a quality filter.

Web Focus: Report on the WWW 6 Conference

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Brian Kelly describes the sixth International World Wide Web conference which took place in California from 7 – 11 April 1997.

The Sixth International World Wide Web Conference took place from 7-11th April 1997 in Santa Clara, California, USA. I attended the conference in my capacity as the JISC representative on the W3C (the World Wide Web Consortium).

About 1,800 people attended the conference. This figure was down on the last two years, due possibly to the close proximity of other conferences - the Javasoft conference attracted about 8,000 delagates and the Microsoft Hardware Engineering conference about 15,000 delegates. Both of these conference took place the week before the WWW 6 conference.

Planet SOSIG: A New Internet Role for Europe's Librarians

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Emma Worsfold describes the role and purpose of SOSIG, and launches a scheme where European Librarians can participate in adding relevant, quality content to this Social Science Gateway.

Search Engines Corner: Alta Vista LiveTopics

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Tracey Stanley looks at Live Topics, a more flexible and user-controlled way of searching the Alta Vista Web Page index.

Wire: Interview Via Email With Jon Knight and Martin Hamilton

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

In this interview we question Knight and Martin Hamilton and present their replies.

Around the Table: Social Sciences

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Debra Hiom from SOSIG takes us on a guided tour of major Internet-based Social Science resources.

Elvira 4: May 1997, Milton Keynes

editor — Sun, 18 May 1997 23:00:00 +0000

Ian Bloor reports on the recently held Elvira (Electronic Library and Visual Information Research) event.

As regular readers of 'Ariadne' will know, the fourth annual ELVIRA conference has just taken place at Milton Keynes. The following article is based on my general impressions of the event. A more detailed and complete account can be found in the collected papers, which have been published by Aslib [1] . The 'extended abstracts' originally submitted for review are online at the ELVIRA Web site [2].