Overview of content related to 'archives'

New cartoon work by Malcolm Campbell.

Daniel Teruggi describes PrestoSpace, the new FP6 Integrated project for the preservation of our disappearing audio-visual heritage.

Neil Beagrie and Helen Forde report on the public lecture series 'C21st Curation: working with digital assets in the new Millennium - challenges and opportunities' held at University College London over May and June 2005, and on plans for a second series in 2006.

John Burnside on pornography and the Internet.

Pete Cliff looks at how the RDN has utilised the OAI Metadata Harvesting Protocol.

Ed Summers describes Net::OAI::Harvester, the Perl package for easily interacting with OAI-PMH repositories as a metadata harvester. Ed provides examples of how to use Net::OAI::Harvester to write short programs which execute each of the 6 OAI-PMH verbs.

Philip Hunter links to broadband streaming video resources now emerging on the Internet.

Graham Jefcoate describes the background behind the recently announced British Library Research and Innovation Centre call for proposals in the field of digital library research.

Sylvie Lafortune looks at two books edited by Sul H. Lee dealing with the impact of digital information on libraries, librarianship, information providers and library users.

Sylvie Lafortune reviews a collection of essays that examine the transformation of academic libraries as they become part of digital learning environments.

Sally Rumsey recommends a new book about institutional repositories.

Sylvie Lafortune reviews a book taking a hard look at academic libraries, how they are being redefined and what skills will be required of the staff who will move them forward.

Lina Coelho looks at the work and lives of independent information professionals prepared to share their secrets for starting and running a research business.

Grant Young reviews a compilation of articles showcasing librarians' efforts to wrest control of new technologies and reassert some traditional values.

Ingrid Mason takes a look at this collection of essays and analyses how these authors contribute to our understanding of digital culture by placing digital technology in an historical context.

Sally Rumsey reviews a book which describes and explains the topics of interest central to practitioners involved with research data management.

Sylvie Lafortune reviews a book which addresses the following question: From e-government to t-government. How will libraries keep up?

Lina Coelho finds this study of the cultural terrain of modern institutions, where digital and analogue objects co-exist, both challenging and thought-provoking.

Charles Oppenheim sees improvements in this second edition but has reservations about one of the few UK-based texts on this subject.