...Louise Woodcock; Richard Biddiscombe Outlines the reasons behind the development of the EuroStudies section the Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG) and discusses the extent of the database coverage and the changes that have had to be made to absorb the new subject area. This structure...

...; and secondly that costs need to be monitored as these can accrue very quickly due to the intensive use of staff resource involved in developing digitisation products. It rests with library managers to define where digitisation fits into their institutions, if at all, based on local needs and the collections...

... and Canadian governments, and partners and sponsors in the private sector. Production began in April 1998 and the first phase went live in May 1999. The focus of this paper is a description of the development and maintenance of the VRL. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Reference libraries Development...

... their reference books removed to test whether they could indeed become virtually resourced. In place of the printed reference sources users were able to access subscription services from Ebsco and KnowUK as well as the Web. Reference Libraries Intenet Development Program, Vol 35 No 1, 2001 © Aslib...

... libraries, priorities for the retrospective conversion of their data in the union catalogue were determined. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Cataloguing Databases Development Program, Vol 35 No 1, 2001 © Aslib, The Association for Information Management. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise...

...David Houghton The article describes the design and implementation process for developing an academic library website at De Montfort University (DMU) and gives practical guidance and advice. The aim of the website is to provide access to quality information services for students and staff...

... relating to differences between old and new systems, training and future development or product support. A short case study of the University of Exeter’s change from LIBERTAS to INNOPAC demonstrates many of the issues arising during a successful implementation. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Systems...

... of developing the beta version of the ILL module. In this way an insight is gained into the process of evolution and problem solution, from the initial test phase through to the point of use, incorporating future development. Relationships with other modules are also described. Program, Vol 34 No 1, 2000 ©...

... (eLib) Programme. Electronic publishing Academic libraries Development Program, Vol 34 No 1, 2000 © Aslib, The Association for Information Management. All rights reserved. Except as otherwise permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, no part of this publication may...

...Anamarija Rozic‐Hristovski; Ljupco Todorovski; Dimitar Hristovski This article describes the development of the Central Medical Library website at the Medical Faculty of Ljubljana, Slovenia. The aim of the website is to serve as a guide to the library resources and services. The website is built...

... contemporary policy and project initiatives and funding sources in the UK. The main findings – applications, the resource and other issues, barriers to development, the perceived value of ICT in museum work, and the main project outcomes and recommendations are listed. Information technology Museums...

...Signe Hoffos Developments in multimedia publishing from interactive video in the early 1980s to compact discs in the late 1980s and the 1990s phenomena of the Web and DVD (Digital Versatile (or Video) Disc) are outlined in this paper. In addition, an overview of market research reports in this area...

...Khalid M. Mahmood The paper describes the features of an integrated library software developed in Pakistan under a project funded by the Netherlands. The software, called LAMP, has been developed to cater to library automation needs of developing countries and is based on CDS/ISIS. This paper gives...

...Bob Henderson A unified database to record all printing of the hand press period in Europe (from the beginning of printing until 1830) is being developed by the Consortium of European Research Libraries. The problems encountered in designing this multi‐file, multinational and multilingual database...