VINE: Volume 30 Issue 3
Table of contents
E‐Commerce and the Librarian
Karen NealLibrarians need to embrace some of the practices of E‐commerce, particularly in relation to marketing their service, satisfying user needs and exploiting non‐exploitative methods…
E‐Commerce — buying books on the Internet
Geoffrey GilbertThis article explains how and why the University of Birmingham have started using the Internet in the acquisitions process. Some of the practical problems as well as the…
LEO roars in: successful implementation of library electronic request system
Martin MacKinnonThe Library Electronic Ordering (LEO) service, created by Stirling University Library, makes it possible to submit orders for library materials via the University's intranet…
E‐Commerce, document delivery and academia
Anne MorrisE‐commerce is big business providing exciting opportunities for library and information professionals. This paper examines the range of options available for libraries and…
Advertising on the network
Brian KellyCan Universities advertise on their institutional Web site? What forms can advertising take? What are the dangers associated with advertising? This article addresses these issues.
Going one step further — The British Library joins the ranks of free Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
John LoweryThis paper is about the British Library's free Internet access service, British Library Net, launched in September 1999 as the first ISP by a public sector body. The paper…
Electronic commerce and the Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network
Bruce RoyanThe SCRAN multimedia resource base has been built with capital funding from the National Lottery, but its future relies on securing a revenue stream to support its services. This…
GENfair and Shop@ssistant: Providing access to local & family history resources
Paul SandfordThis article describes how affordable e‐commerce solutions have increased access to local and family history publications produced through special interest groups. It points the…
Building up a home based information business, using the internet: a personal view
Diana NuttingThe internet has made it much easier to build up a free‐lance information business working from home, not only using the web for information sources, but also for networking and…
E‐business —the ultimate information opportunity
Martin WhiteE‐Commerce is the latest boom in consumer technology. What are the benefits, as well as the drawbacks to this development? How can we use it to our advantage? This paper takes a…
E‐commerce resources on the web
Paul PedleyNo matter where you look there seem to be news stories, journal articles, and television and radio programmes about e‐commerce. Indeed, this has now moved on from e‐commerce to…
Managing Electronic Journals — the Ideal World Versus Reality
Sally BrockOver the past year South Bank University has seen a huge growth in its access to electronic journals, with the number of titles increasing from around 800 to over 2300, which far…