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MINSTREL — management information made simple?
Authors: Burton Jim , Adams Roy , Bray Andy
Published: February 2008

MINSTREL stands for ‘Management Information Software Tool — Research in Libraries’. The aim of the Project is to develop software which will enable librarians at all levels of management to obtain relevant and reliable management information from automated and non‐automated data sources. The Project is developing an environment which will provide managers with a range of functions and tools to access and manipulate information. The software is being designed to be independent of any particular library system or decision support system, and no special technical knowledge will be required to access it. This article gives some background to the Project and then goes on to discuss the proposed architecture for the system, which it is hoped may provide a better framework for management information provision than has been available to date.
Estimating non‐market costs in providing information services: developing an economic model
Authors: Wright Sally , Gollop Mike
Published: February 2008

The ‘holdings versus access’ dilemma encouraged the University of Leeds Library to undertake a project to compare the costs of periodical subscription and inter‐library lending. This article provides a brief synopsis of the project, which paid particular attention to calculating a cost for qualitative variables linked to ‘wait time’.
COBISS: Cooperative Online Bibliographic System and Services
Authors: Seljak Marta
Published: February 2008

COBISS started in 1987 with a project on an online shared cataloguing system on a former Yugoslav federal level. It is developed and maintained by the Institute of Information Science (IZUM) in Maribor, Slovenia. Besides the online shared cataloguing system and the COBISS/OPAC network application for end‐users, the COBISS system also offers libraries and information centres services relating to the automation of local functions. More than 170 of the largest Slovene libraries of all kinds are presently participating, as well as two libraries from Macedonia and one from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
IR on the Web: an overview
Authors: Furner Jonathan
Published: February 2008

In a widely‐publicised article in Business Week magazine, three American journalists pose the rhetorical question ‘What's wrong with the Internet?’, and give three pithy responses with the intention of summarising the opinion of millions of network users around the world. Firstly, they argue, ‘it's too slow’: people are fed up with the ‘World Wide Wait’. Secondly, ‘it's not built right’: security is poor, support for multimedia is weak, and charging for usage is problematic. And thirdly, ‘good stuff is hard to find’: a commonly quoted aphorism characterises the Internet as a library where the shelves keep moving, where there is no catalogue, and where an extra lorry‐load of books is dumped in the entrance hall every five minutes.
Verity agent technology: automatic filtering, matching and dissemination of information
Authors: Gordon Ed
Published: February 2008

This article describes the use of intelligent agents to filter and categorise information and concludes with case studies of select Verity partners who have built unique applications using Verity agent technology.
Filtering information from the Internet: the Borges information filtering service project in Dublin City University
Authors: Cullen Clara
Published: February 2008

The aim of the Borges project was to develop a prototype information filtering service for Usenet news and Web‐based services. Developed as a service that could be offered by libraries, the project was user driven and emphasis was placed on user evaluation, with the results forming the basis of enhancements. This article addresses the project as it was implemented in Dublin City University, describes the three phases involved and the lessons learned.
NewsAgent for Libraries
Authors: Kerr Mark
Published: February 2008

NewsAgent for Libraries is an eLib project that will provide a personalised current awareness service for Library and lnformation Science professionals. As well as developing an essential service for the LIS community, the project will develop methods, systems and policies applicable to other subject areas. NewsAgent started in April 1996 and is due to finish in March 1998.
Managing electronic information resources: the CaseLibrary project approach
Authors: Yeates Robin
Published: February 2008

This is a revised and updated version of a paper firstpresentedata Workshop on Electronic Information in Libraries at the Catholic University of Milan, 26 September 1996. Following identification of the need for a new means of managing access to and control of OPACs, CD‐ROMs and digital library resources, a consortium of three universities in London, Madrid and Florence is working with EnWare, a Madrid‐based software house to develop both a new library management system architecture and a test bed for it. A client‐server system consisting of a Z39.50 version 3 information retrieval client can be controlled by library staff using the specially developed CACTuS administra tion system, which is operated from a Windows PC. This article discusses issues which have arisen during the project since its startin January 1995 under the European Union's Telematics for Libraries programme.
Self‐service in libraries: an overview
Authors: Lagerborg Krister
Published: February 2008

An overview article about self‐service ought to start with a definition of the concept. Although many of us have some idea of what constitutes self‐service, it is difficult to find a good definition. None of the encyclopaedias I examined had a separate entry for self‐service. The concept appears though in articles about retailing and self‐service restaurants. In the tenth edition of the Merriam‐Webster's Collegiate Dictionary the following definition was given: “the serving of oneself (as in a restaurant or service station) with goods or services to be paid for at a cashier's desk or by means of a coin‐operated mechanism”. This definition is old‐fashioned and much too limited. It does not cover all the aspects of self‐service that have been made possible through technical development. At the end of this article I will come back to a definition more applicable to self‐service for libraries, but I would like to start with an overview of different aspects important to a self‐service library.
The SELF project: an investigation into the provision of self‐service facilities for library users
Authors: Brophy Peter
Published: February 2008

The European Commission SELF project enabled an international team of researchers to explore the potential for self‐service systems in libraries, to examine existing systems in detail and to devise a generalised functional specification for self‐service systems. In this article, the Project Director summarises the project's findings and its recommendations.
Self‐issue and self‐return — system selection and performance at the University of Sunderland
Authors: Stafford Janet
Published: February 2008

Self‐service has wide‐ranging implications for the management and delivery of library services. It affects staff and users, system development and integration, library planning and design. This article outlines the essential points to consider before installing self‐issue and/or self‐return services, user reaction and successes (for both staff and user) experienced so far at Information Services, University of Sunderland.
Self‐service in Cologne Public Library
Authors: Becker Uwe
Published: February 2008

In October 1994, Cologne Public Library started using eight self‐service units for issues and returns in the central library. Two cash units were added in January 1996. The introduction of self‐service was part of the implementation of the new integrated library system from Automated Library Systems Ltd., and the main objective was to improve the library's service to its customers. This article discusses Cologne's experiences and shows how the concept developed together by ALS and Cologne Public Library is based on three premises: complete integration in the ALS circulation software, with access to the central stock and borrower database; ergonomic front‐end software, user‐friendly hardware; and complete integration of a security system.
The self‐service system in Toensberg Public Library, Norway
Authors: Gjelstad Jakobsen Vigdis
Published: February 2008

The TOR system, as operated by Toensberg Public Library in Norway, is discussed in this article, with particular reference to its ability to improve conditions for both staff and users by enhancing the working environment, saving valuable time and offering improved library services.
Good value for money or “caveat emptor!”: self‐issue revisited
Authors: Ketley Peter
Published: February 2008

Bradford University Library was the first academic library in the United Kingdom to offer a self‐issue facility to its users. This article updates VINE 92 (September 1993) by tracing the development of the self‐issue facility at Bradford University Library during the last three years. It considers the possible implications for libraries and trends for future development.
Dyslexia, IT and related support in libraries
Authors: Pottage Ted
Published: February 2008

This article attempts to explain some of the features of dyslexia and the problems that may arise for dyslexic library users. It then suggests how these problems can be addressed.
Information services for disabled people: Gateshead MBC Libraries and Arts Service
Authors: Walters Stephen
Published: February 2008

Gateshead MBC's Libraries and Arts Service has developed new services and participated in a range of innovative projects with the aim of improving access to services for all the members of the local community. Much experience has been gained during this time and this has been incorporated into subsequent projects. This article aims to give an overview of the initiatives with which Gateshead has been involved, and planned developments for the future.
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995
Authors: Policy Division Disability
Published: February 2008

The Disability Discrimination Act means that disabled people have new rights in employment and when accessing goods, facilities and services. Libraries need to consider whether they are covered by the Act and, if they are, how it affects them.
Images for the tourists: the experiences of the British Tourist Authority and English Tourist Board in setting up a digital image collection
Authors: Bell Ian
Published: February 2008

The British Tourist Authority and English Tourist Board are developing a unique library of digital images relating to tourism, digitised using Photo‐CD, stored in an object‐oriented database, and made accessible to overseas offices over an Intranet. Issues relating to copyright, security, and the efficient distribution of high‐resolution images have been considered in depth: other issues remain unresolved.
Innovation in the Open University Library: the Interactive Open Learning Centre and Media Archive
Authors: van der Zwan Robert , Whitsed Nicky
Published: February 2008

The Interactive Open Learning Centre and Media Archive at the Open University Library is a collection of OU‐produced audio‐visual materials. The archive is being enhanced by the cross‐campus provision of online access to a showcase of locally‐ and externally‐produced multimedia software, and (as part of Carnegie Mellon University's Informedia project) by the creation of a automatically‐indexed collection of digital OU TV broadcasts. The OU plans to create a digital archive not just of its video materials, but also of its copyright photographs and printed course materials, as it works towards the establishment of a hybrid library.
The Centre for Retrospective Digitisation at Göttingen University Library
Authors: Lossau Norbert
Published: February 2008

Intent on creating a distributed national digital library, the German Research Foundation has funded Göttingen University Library's establishment of a Centre for Retrospective Digitisation of library materials. The Centre is engaged in evaluation of tools and techniques for image capture and text conversion, bibliographic description, document management and the provision of remote access. Current projects include the digitisation of important historical collections of Americana and mathematical yearbooks.
Digitisation of old documents in the National Library of the Czech Republic: a complex solution
Authors: Knoll Adolf
Published: February 2008

The digitisation programme of the National Library of the Czech Republic focuses on the preservation of, and provision of access to, old manuscripts and other rare historical documents. The programme involves serious consideration of scholars' needs for images as ‘compressions of reality’; the definition of an extended SGML DTD for the description of compound documents; and the production of a CD‐ROM containing examples and tools for non‐commercial use.
Distributed image services (working together)
Authors: Eyre John
Published: February 2008

Web technology presents exciting opportunities for the curators of collections of digitised images, but collaboration is vital if this potential is to be realised. DMU's ELISE II project, aiming to demonstrate a service that provides access to multiple image collections, is especially supportive of the cooperative development and uptake of standards for data transfer (e.g. Z39.50) and for the representation of structure and content (e.g. Dublin Core metadata).
ARTISAN : a prototype retrieval system for trade mark images
Authors: Graham Margaret E. , Eakins John P.
Published: February 2008

Before a trade mark can be registered at the UK Patent Office, registrars need to ensure it isn't confusingly similar to any of 300,000 existing marks in the Registry's database. Many trade marks take the form of abstract geometric designs that are especially difficult for indexers and searchers to describe. ARTISAN, developed at the University of Northumbria, is a system that allows such marks to be indexed and retrieved automatically, on the basis of their shape. Evaluative studies have demonstrated the feasibility of this approach, and the newly‐established Institute for Image Data Research plans further development.
Library management systems: an overview
Authors: Murray I.R.
Published: February 2008

What can be written about Library Management Systems (LMS) that might make interesting reading? This may seem a rather downbeat opening to an overview of the various makes of systems you can read about in this issue, but it is a fact noted recently by Chris Batt that: these days, in the public library sector at least, attention has become focussed on the exciting medium of the Internet, and in common with other sectors the LMS is rightly seen as one system amongst others. Having said that, within the pages that follows the reader is treated to the recent experiences of some of the current offerings in the marketplace. The trepidation for some of setting out on the procurement path may be allayed by the information in the articles, and one aspect to particularly look out for is the opportunity offered by some of these systems to access the wider world of information and the integration of these systems to remote and distributed databases. In this article it is proposed to set out an overall context against which these systems operate and to point out the main features of change as we draw to the end of the 1990's.
UNICORN at the London Business School
Authors: Eaton Jonathan
Published: February 2008

In summer 1996 one of Europe's leading business libraries, the library at the London Business School chose Sirsi's UNICORN Collection Management system. The article explains how the choice was made and the process of implementation
A new system for new circumstances: Adlib at ACAS
Authors: Wilsher Richard
Published: February 2008

ACAS is an independent statutory body formerly under the sponsorship of the Department of Employment (DE). ACAS formerly shared a library management system, BookshelF, with the DE libraries, but with the abolition of the DE, it needed to find a system to replace BookshelF. There was also a need to find a system that would fit with our office management system, enabling networking of the OPAC to library users and downloading of library records to word processing. Adlib offered the best solution to our functional and technical requirements, and has a flexibility which allows for further development of the system.
Admusing adventures at Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Authors: Tinsley Philippa
Published: February 2008

As part of the Museum & Galleries Commission Registration process, museums set out detailed plans to show how well they currently document their collections, and how well they plan to do so in the future. For Wolverhampton Art Gallery, like many other museums, that plan included a computerised collection management system. At the end of May 1998, Wolverhampton Art Gallery purchased Adlib Information System's museum system ADMUSE. Two months later, successfully through Registration phase II, the cataloguing is in hand and we are dreaming about potential future projects involving the system.
BIBSYS — 25 years of library automation and co‐operation in Norway
Authors: Gundersen Roy , Brandshaug Rune
Published: February 2008

The Norwegian shared library system BIBSYS is presented with a sketch of BIBSYS' 25 years of history and a brief view of BIBSYS strategy. The importance of library co‐operation in creating and maintaining BIBSYS is emphasised. BIBSYS is now changing from a library system to an information system; the research documentation database is discussed as an example.
Microsoft futures
Authors: Poulter Alan
Published: February 2008

In the ‘old days’, throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, the adage in the IT industry used to be ‘Nobody ever gets fired for buying IBM’. IBM would sell complete solutions, hardware and software (operating systems and applications) to meet all needs. These days it is more likely to be ‘Nobody ever gets fired for buying Microsoft’. Microsoft do not sell complete solutions. The only hardware they currently sell are ergonomic keyboards, mice and game accessories. Their dominance comes solely from their software.
Virtual communities and information services: an overview
Authors: Levy Philippa
Published: February 2008

This article discusses the use of computer‐mediated communication (CMC) within the library and information world and suggests that participation in “virtual communities” may become an increasingly significant dimension of information work. Participation in “virtual community” can, for instance, be related to the delivery of a variety of services to users within all sectors, to computer‐supported collaborative work within information services, and to both informal and formal activities for professional updating, learning and development. The article identifies some concepts and issues in these areas as a means of introducing the papers in the VINE 109, which each address aspects of the “virtual community” topic.
Computer supported cooperative work and libraries
Authors: Nichols David M. , Twidale Michael B.
Published: February 2008

This paper describes how an area of computer science research, Computer Supported Cooperative Work, can be applied to world of libraries. Collaborative activities can be described by whether they occur in the same time and in the same place. These activities can be broadly arranged into three groups depending on the participants: staff‐staff, user‐staff and user‐user interactions. Applying computer technology to these activities requires careful consideration of the work practices involved and the costs and benefits of any changes.
Virtual conferencing — the ChemWeb way
Authors: Drey of ChemWeb Jenny
Published: February 2008

Describes the ChemWeb virtual community for chemists focussing on virtual conferencing.
Issues affecting virtual universities
Authors: McConnell Mr.Mike , Harris Rachel A
Published: February 2008

The paper outlines the contemporary field of virtual universities in the US and UK, and discusses potential future issues that may affect this educational market. The authors contend that there is no such thing as a ‘model’ virtual university, and the composition of a successful virtual educational environment will depend very much on factors such as the courses being delivered, the nature of the student body (both local and remote), and a range of institutional issues. Certain issues, however, will always apply to the processes of virtual education regardless of the audience and institution. The authors outline these generic elements that will contribute to a successful virtual university.
Better Communities through Better Information: Project CIRCE and community information
Authors: Leech Helen
Published: February 2008

Project CIRCE is an 18‐month research project, funded by the British Library Research and Innovation Centre, looking at the feasibility of networking community information between public library authorities in the UK. This article looks at the issues involved in networking: the role of the Internet, what libraries are currently doing, metadata, subject and location indexing, “user groups” and “life episodes”, information tailoring and packaging, and the issue of human / information mediation.
Electronic journals at the BT Laboratories Library
Authors: Broadmeadow Sheila
Published: February 2008

The article considers the implementation of electronic journals by the library of BT's main research facility based at Ipswich. It discusses the selection process, licence conditions, access, software platforms, cataloguing and searching, and cost.
The electronic journal service at CERN, a first evaluation: user access interfaces and user awareness
Authors: Chaney Eliane
Published: February 2008

The article describes work done at the library of CERN, the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, to improve access to electronic journals for the scientists, engineers and technicians who are their users. The library catalogues electronic journals, separating the record for the electronic version from that for any printed version. Users can then access electronic journals through the Web OPAC, or through two browsable lists of titles. GO DIRECT allows users to go straight to an article, a script calculating what the article's URL should be from the reference entered by the user. The library is keen to promote the use of electronic journals, and is undertaking user studies based on logs and an online questionnaire.
Information Research: a case study in the free electronic publication of research
Authors: Wilson T.D.
Published: February 2008

Describes the development and current status of the electronic journal, Information Research, which began as a print‐based Departmental newsletter and which now publishes original research papers. The discussion covers the rise of the e‐journal concept and its implications for academic institutions, as well as the future of e‐journals and the possible development of Information Research as a collaborative educational and research venture.
Putting the Super into Journal: The SuperJournal Project at the British Library of Political and Economic Science
Authors: Dawson Heather
Published: February 2008

SuperJournal is an electronic journal research project developed by a consortium of publishers and UK universities to investigate user expectations of electronic journals and the factors that will make future services successful. This paper presents the experiences of implementing and managing the application at the British Library of Political and Economic Science. It also highlights issues relevant to the successful future development of electronic journals.
A socio‐technical perspective on web‐based manuscript management and publishing: a two‐year case study
Authors: Zhao Yong , Mishra Punyashloke , Worthington Valerie L. , Ferdig Richard E.
Published: February 2008

This paper describes the design and implementation of Tiger, a web based manuscript management and publishing system. The system was designed to facilitate the fundamental process of selecting and publishing scholarly work: submission, reviewing, editing, and publishing of manuscripts. It can be used to manage electronic and paper journals as well as professional conferences, where peer reviewing is necessary. Tiger has been successfully used for the last two years for the processing of conference proposals for the annual meetings of the American Educational Research Association. We offer an overview of the system as well as an analysis of the usage of the system. We report our observations of this process, focusing on the interactions between the different stake‐holders: authors, reviewers, editors, developers. These different stake‐holders have different problems and see the success of Tiger in different terms. We believe such “thick descriptions” of the contingent and socially constructed nature of technological innovations are essential for our getting a better understanding the design and implementation process.
Understanding Librarians in an IT age
Authors: Houghton David James
Published: February 2008

This article represents a personal view of the changing role of the librarian in today's ‘high tech’ age and attempts to identify the type of skills required for a ‘modern’ librarian. It then attempts to identify the effect of technologies upon the library support staff and what levels of support are required to make a modern library function. This will highlight the growing need for trained and skilled staff in areas such as office software, Internet awareness and local area networking. It then attempts to explain how librarians, support staff and users are at odds with each other and identifies significant factors that require to be addressed if libraries of the future are to provide the services demanded of them. The conclusions are that as technology evolves the demands upon librarians and support staff increase exponentially. While technologies such as the WWW improve the quantity of information available, there is a requirement for greater skills in information and resource management. Crucially these resources include people.
Security in libraries: authentication & authorisation and Radio Frequency Identification
Authors: Cox Andrew
Published: February 2008

The most inspiring ideal of librarianship, embodied in the public library service is of free access to information for all. On the face of it security is part of the more niggardly side of library work, conjuring up images of closed access shelves and books on chains. In practice of course making sure one user does not steal or damage books is essential to guarantee access to the next user. Balancing the two needs for security and open access is a key part of the function of the librarian.
The problems of securing Internet access to electronic documents …and a solution!
Authors: Paschoud John
Published: February 2008

Many full‐text online document resources are currently secured by shared or individual usernames and passwords, or they are completely unprotected from unlicensed access by anyone on the Internet. The Document server model that was developed for the EC DECOMATE project offers an alternative way to secure access and ensure compliance with copyright and licence conditions, without requiring the owner of the resources to know about all the individual authorised users ‐and the software to implement it is free!
The TOLIMAC project: access control, charging and payment of electronic information resources by means of smart cards
Authors: Vandooren Françoise
Published: February 2008

TOLIMAC is a research project funded by the Telematics for Libraries Programme of the EU and is developing a system to provide controlled access to, and management of, networked information resources and other services in a library environment. The system is based on smart cards and encryption technology integrating management functionalities ‐such as user identification, remote access control, electronic payment‐, and security requirements ‐such as secure information transfer and financial transactions, document integrity. The system also enables libraries to adjust user access rights, and charges for available electronic resources, whether local or remote, according to user categories. The system is based on standards. It has a Web interface. The pilot system will provide users from three university libraries with access to an electronic document delivery service based at INIST (France), including search, order and delivery of journal articles, as well as payment facilities by means of the electronic purse on the user's smart card.
Implementing ATHENS at University College London
Authors: Lomax Joanne
Published: February 2008

The article describes the Athens authentication system, run by NISS for the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). She describes the initial implementation of the system at University College London. She also discusses other implementations, based on a JIBS survey.
Upload not overload! Implementing ATHENS at the University of York with the minimum of fuss
Authors: Cumberpatch Sue , Joy Chris
Published: February 2008

The article describes the approach taken to implementing ATHENS at the University of York, and the close cooperation of library and computing service that made this approach possible. Users register themselves for a personal account on a local database. Accounts are then created at ATHENS by a transfer of data, overwriting existing information. This allows York to give users the benefits of a personal account, with the minimum of manual effort for staff.
3M's answer to identification technology
Authors: Yorkovich John
Published: February 2008

Every new technology represents both an opportunity and a danger. The opportunity lies in being an early adopter, and embracing a new way of increasing efficiency and decreasing costs — basically a way to do something better. The danger lies in making a major investment, both in terms of time and money, in what may turn out to be a technology that isn't necessarily an innovation — something that may have been on the cutting edge but, in the end, just doesn't cut it.
Why are we waiting? Observations on how UK public libraries are using the World Wide Web
Authors: Harden Sheila , Harden Robert
Published: February 2008

Observation of public library Websites indicates that librarians' contributions to content creation and electronic service provision is still in its infancy. This article looks at some of the reasons for this and emphasises that librarians should be using their skills now to create content of real value or risk being bypassed by others more prepared for the electronic age.
Ejournal management
Authors: Boyle Frances
Published: February 2008

Ejournals, in all their guises, are here to stay and as such they become another resource that requires management, maintenance and resourcing. Integrating this new resource into the library collection and an existing catalogue presents its own range of problems, some of which will be explored within the context of the University of Liverpool experience.
Croydon Online: the public library at the heart of community networking
Authors: Eve Juliet
Published: February 2008

This article traces the development of the Croydon Online Community Network, and gives examples of the innovative services which have been developed as a result of successful local partnerships. It also provides an overview of the results of recent research investigating the benfits of the network for the local community.
BMA Library Online: library development of Web‐based services and resources
Authors: Rowlands Jane
Published: February 2008

This paper discusses the development of Web based services and resources by the BMA Library. Web access to the library's MEDLINE Plus service has been extended to include Web access to the library's Dynix/Ameritech catalogues and the introduction of a central, public Website. The library has long focussed on providing distance services to a widely dispersed user population. In using available technologies to do this efficiently, in ways that are most beneficial for our users and which will allow a high degree of user independence. The library's public Website, and a private staff Website, are developed and maintained by the library's own Web development team. Future plans, to add further interactivity to the library's public Website and the provision of further Web‐based services and resources for members, are also outlined.
Music Libraries Online ‐ a virtual union catalogue for music
Authors: Hogg Katharine
Published: February 2008

Music Libraries Online is an eLib project to create a virtual union catalogue for music in the UK, based on the nine conservatoire libraries, using the Z39.50 protocol for information retrieval. The project has particularly tackled issues of common bibliographical standards which have a significant impact on the quality of results.
Crossing the Border
Authors: Andersson Bjarne , Hegna Knut
Published: February 2008

This article is a preliminary attempt to discuss and construct an experimental library user interface, connecting different libraries in such a way that each library can search other library catalogues using its own classification codes. The second focus of the article is to develop a viable method to locate specific subject clusters in a library catalogue. The classification codes need not be uniform, and the user interface allows for natural language searching. The technique used is the construction of a concordance table between different library catalogues' subject codes on the bibliographic level, enabling the system to determine relative links between different subject codes. The concordance is established on the basis of shared titles.
Integrated Library Management Systems: overview
Authors: Akeroyd John , Cox Andrew
Published: February 2008

In this article we review the development of Integrated Library Management Systems, and look at some broad trends in their development. More and more core functions and special features have been integrated into library systems, and there has been a move towards industry standard databases, operating systems and architecture. The second part of the article looks at more aspirational library system designs, that reflect libraries' new needs in the light of the electronic publishing revolution and the open source software movement.
The INNOPAC library system at the University of Hull
Authors: Leeson Diane
Published: February 2008

The article reviews the INNOPAC system at Hull, describing various features of the modules used there with general information on system administration and performance. The current and future development of INNOPAC Millennium is also noted.
DS Galaxy 2000 at Birmingham
Authors: Neary Mandy
Published: February 2008

A review of Birmingham Public Libraries' installation of DS Galaxy 2000.
Aurora at the Royal Blind Society of New South Wales
Authors: Fewtrell Barbara
Published: February 2008

The Royal Blind Society of New South Wales is a registered charity serving the needs of blind and vision impaired people throughout Australia. As a library for the blind RBS Library has very special system requirements, e.g. provision for customer profiling, and has distinctive procedures e.g. random shelving. The article explains how the Aurora system met the library's needs.
Metadata:introduction
Authors: Yeates Robin
Published: February 2008

Grammar and syntax combine with vocabulary to allow human beings to communicate. Metadata and protocols combine with data to allow computer systems to exchange data usefully. Humans may communicate via internet email with the feeling that they are dealing only with another person. Yet they rely on hidden conventions and agreements regarding the structure of messages, the content of some parts of the message, and the way that message are transmitted and forwarded from one computer to the next. Some email users have realised that consistent use of the subject heading of a message can make it easier for recipients to handle their mail, for example by including labels that tie the message to a particular project, or a previous message.
How to keep the practice of librarianship relevant in the age of the Internet
Authors: Weinheimer James L.
Published: February 2008

This article considers what contribution traditional library practices — identification, selection, organisation and retrieval — can make to managing networked information, and how those practices need to be updated to take account of the special difficulties of the Internet. The answer is found in cooperation. Cooperation between librarians and authors in the creation of metadata. International cooperation between librarians to select resources. The article defines a workflow for cooperation in both fields, and proposes a library search engine to hold jointly created records and a catalogue of Websites online to support selection.
The eLib Collection Description Scheme
Authors: Brack Verity
Published: February 2008

The eLib ‘clump’ projects are utilising the Z39.50 bibliographic retrieval protocol to build gateways to library OPACs in the UK, creating virtual union catalogues of university, national and public libraries. In order to facilitate large scale resource discovery, some of the projects are creating databases containing metadata for their libraries' collections. The creation and development of a standard scheme for cataloguing collections, as opposed to cataloguing individual items, is described here.
Our voyage into the future
Authors: Knights Heather
Published: February 2008

This article describes how and why University of Hertfordshire chose and implemented Endeavour's Voyager Library Management System.
Using Channels, Topics, Keywords and other Metadata in an Electronic Alerting Service
Authors: Keen Michael
Published: February 2008

An electronic alerting service which gathers both conventional and electronic documents and presents them to users still needs a vocabulary to match documents with profiles. Based on a project in the Electronic Libraries Programme known as NewsAgent; a personalised current awareness service for library and information staff, a design for a controlled vocabulary is described based on three levels of specificity: Channels, Topics and Keywords. The printed models for these vocabularies are identified, and examples given from the field of Library and Information Services. NewsAgent decided to adopt the Dublin Core metadata scheme in which to include this vocabulary, and details of both the simple and advanced use of this metadata by NewsAgent are discussed and illustrated, including the use of standard resource types which include an indication of quality. The publications which were used in the trial of NewsAgent are identified, and some future developments in electronic alerting outlined.
Instances of availability ‐the HeadLine Resource Data Model
Authors: Graham Stephen
Published: February 2008

This article provides an explanation of the HeadLine Resource Data Model, which is being implemented and tested in a relational SQL database. The article primarily deals with the idiosyncratic elements of the model, and how HeadLine has addressed the problem of multiple resource layers and solved the issue for the HeadLine personal information environment. This includes the “instances of availability” concept and the various access type values that services and resources can have.
Metadata in Denmark
Authors: Andresen Leif
Published: February 2008

A new Danish legal deposit act has facilitated co‐operation in creation of a common application form for Danish Dublin Core including the basic fifteen elements and four subelements. The form is used for creation of metadata in government publications and as an application form for legal deposit and inclusion in the national bibliography.
The creation and use of the Australian MetaMatters Web site
Authors: Campbell Debbie
Published: February 2008

The National Library of Australia are strong supporters of the International Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. This article reports on current work by the NLA on metadata. In particular it describes the MetaMatters web site, an attempt to encapsulate information about the use of standard metadata schemeas and their implementors in Australia, and collect links and readings on metadata generally.
Information in bits: approaches to digitised content
Authors: Colleran Andrew
Published: February 2008

This article presents some of the work carried out as part of the READINESS project. The research project, undertaken by the EARL Consortium and funded by the Library and Information Commission (formerly BLRIC), investigated the needs and procedures for the development of networked subject services delivered by UK public libraries on a national scale: • content requirements, • technical delivery options, • management structures for collaborative development, • issues of implementation, • future funding of electronic services. The main findings from the research included the need to develop a policy for the creation of networked services and electronic content for the public library network, based on the recommendations of Building the New Library Network; also a framework for monitoring developments as the network is rolled out which would also provide a way of identifying issues and a means of sharing emerging expertise. The report recommended that a support network for the public library sector be built to support digital content creation and that this should draw on existing experience in all sectors and domains. The sustainability of services was identified as an area needing more work. Finally, the report highlighted the importance of collaboration and resource‐sharing as a fundamental element of networked service development and the successful management of change at all levels as pivotal to the success of public library networked services.
Higher Education Resources ON demand — the HERON service
Authors: McRory Lisa
Published: February 2008

The demand for heavily used materials has led to Universities creating short loan collections and course readers — both have their problems, possibly soluble through digitisation. But the eLib On Demand/Electronic Reserve impact study made it clear that the economics of rights clearance and digitisation necessitated a cooperative approach. Addressing this the eLib project HERON, Higher Education Resources ON demand, is developing software and procedures to streamline rights clearance and digitisation and make it easier to check if texts have already been digitised. The operation of the software from pack building to copyright clearance, purchasing and fulfilment is described. HERON will be a self supporting commercial service by 2001.
Coming to fruition: Charles Booth's Inquiry 110 years on
Authors: Donnelly Sue , Paschoud John
Published: February 2008

In the late Nineteenth Century Charles Booth undertook a detailed survey of the living and working conditions of Londoners. Uniquely the original notes and data for the survey survive. The British Library of Political and Economic Science (BLPES) and the University of London Library with funding from the Research Support Libraries Programme are undertaking a project to improve access to Booth's data as well as other related documents. Indexing and cataloguing will be improved. Geographical Information System (GIS) software will be used to match survey maps with more accurate modern maps. GIS will also permit users to do spatial queries ‐ with results as bibliographic records or images. The resulting service though primarily aimed at HE will be of immense interest for a wide range of audiences including schools.
Traveling Culture: digitising special collections materials at the University of Iowa Libraries
Authors: Hughes Carol Ann , Kolbet Richard , Soderdahl Paul
Published: February 2008

In 1998 The University of Iowa Libraries was the recipient of a grant from the Library of Congress/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition in support of a project to digitise a portion of its unique and extensive Redpath Chautauqua Collection. Although the staff of the Information Arcade at The University of Iowa Libraries has extensive experience in instructional technology, this was the first opportunity for them to engage in the digitisation of a large text collection of rare materials. This article will describe the processes undertaken in the project as well as the challenges when the theory of how to approach a digitisation project of significant scope clashed with the realities faced by the project team.
An Intranet: just browsers and a server?
Authors: Currall James
Published: February 2008

There are few people who would claim that a library is simply a collection of books. The concept of a library embodies an acquisitions policy, collection management, finding aids, disposal policy, a variety of services to readers, a lending policy and so on. Without these additional facets, a collection of books is just that and not a library. In the same way, a collection of digital documents, even if linked together via hypertext links is not an intranet (or any other sort of net for that matter), although much that has been delivered in the name of intranets is no more than a collection of digital documents.
Intranets and information values
Authors: O'Flynn Sheila
Published: February 2008

For two years I was involved in managing the content of a site Intranet. While it was quite nice to be involved at the centre of a very important company communication channel I recognised that my skills as a Librarian were highly relevant in some but not all areas of the site. Given pressures of work and a general desire not to waste my own and other's time in amateur dabbling I set out to clarify my role and contribution.
What ‘sells’ an Intranet?
Authors: Duckworth Dot
Published: February 2008

What is it that makes an Intranet work? How do you get members of the organisation to use it? With apologies to Estate Agents, the answer can probably be summed up as ‘Planning, Planning and Planning.’ That is, planning Who the Intranet is for, planning What it is intended to achieve; and planning How it is to be achieved.
King Sturge Intranet — case study
Authors: Dobson Sarah
Published: February 2008

This article presents a case study of the development of an Intranet in a medium size, multi‐office professional practice. It covers the period from concept through to rollout.
Developing a library staff Intranet at City University
Authors: Bains Simon
Published: February 2008

This article looks at work carried out by City University Library Information Services to develop a library staff Intranet. A simple design was adopted to ensure maximum usage, but features such as drop‐down menus and forms added extra functionality. A range of content was made available, divided into sections. The various ways of providing security and plans for future developments using more sophisticated technologies are outlined. The return on investment is still subject to debate, so work continues on developing the site and monitoring and evaluating usage.
DIY Intranets with CFML/XML/HTML/CGI/ASP/JSP
Authors: Edwards Peter
Published: February 2008

This article is concerned with emerging technologies that enable the construction of an Intranet with dynamically generated content, customised for different users. The underlying technology is server‐side scripting using ‘session cookies,’ which overcome the problem of HTTP being essentially stateless, and maintain a state across different pages. The article evaluates some of the available platforms — Allaire ColdFusion, Active Server Pages, Java Server Pages and CGI. The article argues that developing a dynamic site is relatively easy if you have a good grounding in producing web pages and SQL and if you choose the right tools.
Zope — a Swiss Army Knife for the Web?
Authors: Browning Paul
Published: February 2008

Zope is an open source Web application platform for both NT and Unix which will intemperate with Web servers such as Apache and IIS. It supports ftp, http put and WebDAV publishing methods. It has a highly developed security model which allows the management of content to be extensively devolved. Zope integrates well with relational databases and other services (including LDAP and IMAP).