Issue 43
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 43: When Technology Alone Is Not Enough
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 43. -
Opening Up OpenURLs with Autodiscovery
Daniel Chudnov, Richard Cameron, Jeremy Frumkin, Ross Singer and Raymond Yee demonstrate a 'gather locally, share globally' approach to OpenURLs and metadata autodiscovery in scholarly and non-scholarly environments. -
Trust in Global Virtual Teams
Niki Panteli identifies ways of developing trust within global virtual teams. -
National Library Goes Local
Stephanie Kenna and Sue Cook tell the story behind the British Library's online training package for public library staff. -
Supporting Digital Preservation and Asset Management in Institutions
Leona Carpenter describes a JISC development programme tackling the organisational and technical challenges facing Higher and Further Education in the UK. -
Digital Preservation: Best Practice and Its Dissemination
Neil Beagrie describes the development and subsequent use of a digital preservation handbook and future plans for expansion of its use in training and professional practice. -
E-Archiving: An Overview of Some Repository Management Software Tools
Marion Prudlo discusses LOCKSS, EPrints, and DSpace in terms of who uses them, their cost, underlying technology, the required know-how, and functionalities. -
Finding Someplace to Go: Reading and the Internet
Marieke Guy takes a look at what the Internet has to offer the art of reading. -
What Are Your Terms?
Pete Johnston introduces the JISC Information Environment Metadata Schema Registry (IEMSR) Project and examines some of the challenges it is facing. -
Planet-SOSIG
Paul Ayres examines how the SOSIG Subject News blog is keeping users up to date and providing reusable site content at the same time. -
EEVL: New Hot Topic In-depth Reports Now Available
Roddy MacLeod looks at some recent developments to the EEVL service. -
News from BIOME
Jenny Hall reports on recent news form BIOME, the Health and Life Sciences hub of the Resource Discovery Network. -
Search Engines: Using the Right Search Engine at the Right Time
Phil Bradley takes a look at which search engines to use depending on what you need to find.. -
Installing Shibboleth
Simon McLeish describes the experience of Shibboleth installation in a Higher Education environment, and suggests ways to make this experience more user-friendly. -
Web Focus: Using Collaborative Technologies When on the Road
Brian Kelly argues that since conference delegates now expect to be able to read email on the road, there are additional technologies which might enhance our effectiveness when away from the office. -
EuroCAMP 2005
Masha Garibyan and Ann Borda report on the first Campus Architecture Middleware Planning workshop in Europe hosted by the Politecnico di Torino. -
Waking Up in the British Library
Emma Beer reports on a one-day conference on using Early English Books Online in teaching and research in history and English literature. -
United Kingdom Serials Group Conference 2005
Sarah Pearson reports on the annual 3-day UK Serials Group (UKSG) conference recently held at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. -
10th CETIS-TechDis Accessibility Special Interest Group Meeting
Ann Chapman reports on a one-day meeting that focused among other things on accessibility in virtual learning environments and personal learning profiles. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
Book Review: Digital Libraries - Principles and Practice in a Global Environment
Chris Awre welcomes a useful overview of the global digital library scene that will help both those coming new to this area and those wishing to broaden their appreciation of what is involved in developing a digital library. -
Book Review: Metadata for Information Management and Retrieval
Marieke Guy takes a look at a recent introduction to metadata for the information professional. -
Book Review: Managing Digital Rights - A Practitioner's Guide
Stuart Hannabuss likes the way this book reminds us that information professionals need to apply the law and not merely know it. -
Book Review: Building an Electronic Resource Collection
Sarah Pearson considers whether the 2nd edition of this practical guide for building an electronic resource collection can satisfy the needs of both new and experienced practitioners.