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Archive for September 2006

Our first YouTube video!

Olya in St Malo!

JISC funding for E-everything

JISC have just announced a Town Meeting in Birmingham on Wed 11th October, in respect of their current capital programme in the field of E-Repositories, E-Learning, E-tc. Hope to be able to go, assuming we can come up with some bright ideas first…

When Branestawm met McGonagall

When scientists write poetry, the results can be every bit as risible as when arty types get out of their depth in the scientific. Here’s an example par excellence: Stevan Harnad, Professor in Computing at Southampton University, is also a tireless campaigner for Open Access to scientific research. A worthy cause, for which he has [...]

Single sign-on singalong

It’s supposed to be getting easier to use the ever growing number of online academic journals, libraries, databases, and other resources - isn’t it? Let’s see.
Today, I see that in his Open Access News, Peter Suber has blogged an interesting article, viz A checklist for evaluating open source digital library software, Online Information Review, [...]

A Time And Place

I’m supposed to be going to a meeting on Thursday. The date was set back in July, but so far I don’t know where or when it’s going to take place. Here’s some advice that I hope the organizers will read in time:
Two things are required to remember for a tryst, rendezvous or appointment. It [...]

Liverpool-grad

A report in London Info - a weekly newspaper for Russian community - this week highlights the Beatles Experience in Liverpool, and is particularly pleased to discover its audioguide, in Russian! It’s nice to have one’s work appreciated!