This new DCMI Recommendation by Andy Powell describes how a Dublin Core metadata record can be embedded into an HTML/XHTML Web page using HTML/XHTML elements.
Expressing Dublin Core in HTML/XHTML meta and link elements
January 5th, 2004 by Thom BuntingExpressing Dublin Core in HTML/XHTML meta and link elements
January 5th, 2004 by Thom BuntingThis new DCMI Recommendation by Andy Powell describes how a Dublin Core metadata record can be embedded into an HTML/XHTML Web page using HTML/XHTML elements.
ePrints UK
December 16th, 2003 by Thom BuntingIn early 2004 the ePrints UK Project will be running a series of workshops providing an introduction to eprints and institutional
repositories and the issues surrounding them. These workshop are aimed at HE/FE librarians, information systems staff and academics and are free to attend. The first workshop will be in Bath on Friday 6th February and the second will be in Oxford on Monday 22nd March.
The ePrints UK Project
December 11th, 2003 by Thom Buntingwill be running a workshop at the University of Bath on Friday 6th February 2004 that will provide an introduction to eprints and institutional repositories and the issues surrounding them. This workshop is aimed at HE/FE librarians, information systems staff and academics and is free to attend.
Collection Description Focus
December 10th, 2003 by Thom BuntingThe latest Collection Description Focus newsletter is now available.
Call for Papers: ECDL 2004
November 26th, 2003 by Thom BuntingECDL 2004 (September 12-17 2004 at the University of Bath, UK) is the 8th in the series of European Digital Library Conferences. ECDL has become the major European Forum focusing on digital libraries and associated technical, organisational and social issues.
Delivering HILT as a JISC IE shared service
November 14th, 2003 by Thom BuntingRachel Heery reviews issues related to delivering HILT terminology services within the JISC information Environment as one or more machine to machine services. The report recommends future directions for the delivery of HILT terminology services in an automated fashion.
Matching resources in the Information Environment to users in Institutions
November 5th, 2003 by Thom BuntingThe PORTAL project has released a report by Rosemary Russell of UKOLN, looking at the feasibility of using the existing organisation of our universities and colleges to match external digital resources to groups of users.
Ariadne Issue 37
October 30th, 2003 by Thom BuntingIssue 37 of Ariadne carries articles related to scholarly communication. Theo Andrew casts some light upon current “Trends in Self-Posting of Research Material Online by Academic Staff” within his own institution while William Nixon has a story to tell of “DAEDALUS: Initial experiences with EPrints and DSpace”. Penny Garrod provides answers to “Ebooks in UK
Libraries: Where are we now?” and Paul Miller seeks to move us “Towards a Typology for Portals”.
New Reveal Web site
September 17th, 2003 by Thom Buntinglaunched on 16 September 2003, brings together information about services and resources for visually impaired people from organisations across the United Kingdom. Reveal is an information resource where you will be able to find books in Braille and Moon, audio books and digital talking books, tactile diagrams and other accessible format materials, find out who produces, loans or sells accessible materials, and find information about the different accessible materials.
UKOLN work for Reveal included design of the overall strategy, and development of the bibliographic standard and collection descriptions schema.