The globalisation of education
Education around the world is undergoing big changes. One of the biggest of these even carries the word ‘massive’ as part of its name.…
June/July 2013
Information professionals could do more for data
The problem with idealistic visions of the future is that they always seem to take much longer to come to fruition than initially predicted.…
Completing the information cycle
Timo Hannay has a diagram that he uses to show the role of information and data throughout the research process.First, as his diagram shows,…
The path to discovery
Sarah Hickman Auger, product manager, Innovative Interfaces Good discovery tools are important to provide efficient access to the constantly expanding collection of research information…
Organisational transformation paves way for improved discovery
Over the past few decades there has been a huge shift towards information in electronic form and this has placed new demands on libraries.…
Dynamic data presents a world of possibilities
OCLC’s two-day conference in Strasbourg at the end of February explored the opportunities that today’s huge data aggregations open up for libraries.One presenter who…
Connecting digital heritage
How are things going?Things are going tremendously well. We’ve had a huge, positive response and huge traffic. It is one of the most exciting…