VINE: Volume 31 Issue 4
Table of contents
Shaping a strategy for e‐books: the role of the DNER
Louise Edwards, Hazel WoodwardThis article describes the role of the E‐Books Working Group of the Distributed National Electronic Resource )DNER).
Opening the book: developing e‐book resources at the Open University Library
Christine Love RodgersA range of different types of electronic texts are being offered to the distributed users of the Open University library, including free out‐of‐copyright texts, online versions of…
Electronic books for everyone: designing for accessibility
Ruth WilsonThis paper discusses the accessibility issues surrounding electronic books, focusing on the opportunities and potential dangers of this new technology, relevant emerging…
Integrating reference books for the web
Adam HodgkinAdam Hodgkin looks at the role of the reference book within traditional libraries as compared to the new role for reference books on the web. He explains the approach taken by…
One author’s view of electronic books
Andrew CoxAn interview with Feona Hamilton, author of Belaset’s Daughter. With her long background in electronic publishingFeona Hamilton is perhaps not the typical e‐book author, but she…
Open archives: institutional issues
Paul AyrisThis article discusses issues surrounding the move towards electronic delivery of journals within the UK. Ayris looks at the problems faced by academics, libraries and…
Electronic journals in the real world: a practical approach to cataloguing
D Backham, F Boyle, M WiechersThe University of Liverpool Library like other large academic libraries is constantly looking at the resource implications of supporting and maintaining a growing portfolio of…
A library odyssey: electronic journals management in an academic institution
Louise ColeThis article will look at electronic journal management from an academic library perspective. Issues under consideration are types of e‐journal, licensing and access, and future…
Integrating access to digital collections: MAP from Innovative Interfaces
Laurie DavidsonLibraries offer a diverse array of information resources‐both in electronic and print formats. The challenge for libraries is to provide access to all of these resources in an…
LITC
John AkeroydLITC is a familiar organisation to almost anybody in the UK library sector. It was originally known as the Library Information Technology Centre. It was founded in 1982 by the DTI…
XML for discovering resources in libraries, museums and archives
Robin YeatesExtensible Markup Language (XML) enables machines to understand each other via the Web as well as human beings. Archives,libraries and museums are likely to want to make use of…
Digitising slides for the DNER ‐ a case history
Paul SandfordLITC at South Bank University (SBU) was funded through the JISC under the DNER 5/99 programme to digitise pre‐indexed 35mm slides of buildings, architectural features, and…
What is an ANGEL?
Nicole HarrisThe ANGEL (Authenticated Networked Guided Environment for Learning) project is funded under the JISC DNER 05/99 call. LITC’s involvement in the project includes responsibility for…
Using Dublin Core in educational material: some practical considerations based on the EASEL experience
Aida Slavic, Clara BaigetAccess to educational material has become an important issue for many stakeholders and the focus of much research worldwide. Resource discovery in educational gateways is usually…
NewsAgent, a personalised alerting service
Clara BaigetNewsAgent (http://newsagent.sbu.ac.uk/) is an Internet based Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) service for library and information workers, alerting them of news and…
Digital imaging awareness ‐ experience and potential
Paul SandfordFollowing a market research phase early in 2001, LITC at South Bank University are moving a head in developing targeted consultancy services in digital imaging. The current phase…
The world according to LITC ‐ LTWorld [ISSN 1475‐018x] http://www.sbu.ac.uk/litc/ltworld/
Andrew CoxLTWorld is LITC’s free online news service for information professionals. It covers a range of information management topics, concentrating on developments in library system…