eLib Supporting Studies
It was recognised that there was a need for a number of studies to be carried out to support the Electronic Libraries Programme in various areas. There are currently therefore three main strands of supporting studies activity funded by eLib:
- Evaluative Studies, managed by the Tavistock Institute
- Preservation Studies, managed by BLRIC
- UKOLN-managed studies and workshops (resulting from MODELS and elsewhere)
Other Supporting Studies are available at the foot of this page. For other JISC and eLib related items, see the 'eLib related Documents' section, also available as a menu option and the Other Papers and Reports section.
Links to electronic versions of some of the reports are available below; the others are forthcoming. Please note that these are for personal use only and not for downloading onto other servers.
Printed copies can be purchased from LITC (Library Information Technology Centre), South Bank University, London.
Evaluative Studies, managed by the Tavistock Institute
- Early Impact of elib Activities on Cultural Change in Higher Education
- Clare Davies, Matthew Hall, Charles Oppenheim and Alison Scammell
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- A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Multi-Media Electronic Journals in Scholarly Disciplines
- Ken Eason, Chis Carter, Susan Harker, Sue Pomfrett, Kathy Phillips and John Richardson.
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Note this report has been uploaded to Opus, the University of Bath repository (30 May 2013)
- A Study of Human Communication Issues in Interactive Scholarly Electronic Journals
- Graham Alsop, Chris Tompsett and James Wisdom
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Note this report has been uploaded to Opus, the University of Bath repository (30 May 2013)
- Economic Implications of Different Models of Publishing Scholarly Journals for Professional Societies and other small or Specialist Owners and Publishers
- John Blagden, Louise Edwards and Frances Fishwick
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Note this report has been uploaded to Opus, the University of Bath repository (30 May 2013)
- Impact of on-demand publishing and electronic resource banks on teaching, students and libraries
- Lynda Agili, David Corben, Leah Halliday, Alison McGilvray, Lisa McRory, Caroline Moore, Carolyn Rowlinson
- The Development of the UK Academic Library Services in the context of Lifelong Learning
- Peter Brophy, Jenny Craven and Shelagh Fisher (revised version, mounted 04-Nov-98)
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Note this report has been uploaded to Opus, the University of Bath repository (30 May 2013)
- Comparative Evaluation of the Subject Based Gateways Approach to Providing Access to Network Resources
- David Haynes, David Streatfield, Noeleen Cookman and Helen Wood
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- Other Tavistock Papers available from the eLib site
Preservation Studies, managed by BLRIC
- A Framework of Data Types and Formats, and Issues affecting the long term Preservation of Digital Material
- John Bennett (Strategic Information Management Ltd)
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Note this report has been uploaded to Opus, the University of Bath repository (30 May 2013)
- Responsibility for Digital Archiving and Long Term Access to Digital Data
- Monica Blake, David Haynes, Tanya Jowett, David Streatfield
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Note this report has been uploaded to Opus, the University of Bath repository (30 May 2013)
- Digital Archaeology: Rescuing Neglected and Damaged Data Resources
- Seamus Ross and Ann Gow
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[PDF] - and the Full Study: [PDF] (mounted 15 November 1999).- Preservation of digital materials; policy and strategy issues for the UK
- Alan Poulter
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- An Investigation into the Digital Preservation needs of Universities and Research Funders
- Denise Lievesley and Simon Jones
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- Neil Beagrie, Dan Greenstein
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Note this report has been uploaded to Opus, the University of Bath repository (30 May 2013)
UKOLN-managed Studies
The studies included in the UKOLN-managed strand have emerged from several sources, including the MODELS project; four workshops are also included. A consolidated list of all the titles follows. Open invitations to tender have been issued, via a variety of methods including relevant email lists. Reports are being made available on the Web and in hard copy.
Studies and workshops
- Towards a National Agency for Resource Discovery - Scoping study jointly funded by BLRIC and JISC. (Peter Brophy, Shelagh Fisher, Geoffrey Hare & David Kay (Editor). Final report, July 1997.
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Note this report has been uploaded to Opus, the University of Bath repository (3 June 2013)
- Management Information Systems and Performance Measurement for the Electronic Library (Peter Brophy and Peter M. Wynne, CERLIM, University of Central Lancashire). Final report, June 1997.
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Note this report has been uploaded to Opus, the University of Bath repository (3 June 2013)
- Standards for serials (resulting from MODELS 1 workshop):
- Document requesting (UKOLN coordinating). Several report contributions are available from the standards meeting page)
- Standards for serials metadata, and Terms of availability - combined report (BIC - David Martin and Mark Bide). Final report, August 1997.
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- Consultative meeting on standards for serials/presentation of draft study reports (organised by UKOLN and BIC, June 1997).
- Meeting to promote the Use of Serial Part Identifiers - resulting from MODELS workshop 1 (organised by BIC and UKOLN, March 1997). A report on the meeting appeared in Ariadne.
- A survey of the content and characteristics of electronic abstracts (Alan Wheatley, DILS, University of Wales Aberystwyth & C.J. Armstrong, CIQM). Final report, October 1997.
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- Collection level description: a review of existing practice (Edited by Andy Powell. Authors: Rob Bull (CrossNet Ltd), Martin Fisk (Aurora Information Technology), Martin Hamilton (Loughborough University), Brian Kelly (UKOLN), Ray Lester (Natural History Museum), Ann Matheson (National Library of Scotland), Patricia Methven (King's College London), Jim Murray (National Library of Scotland), Dennis Nicholoson (Strathclyde University), Rosemary Russell (UKOLN)). Final version published August 1999.
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- The publishing of electronic scholarly monographs and text books (Ray Lonsdale, DILS, University of Wales Aberystwyth & C.J. Armstrong, CIQM). Final report, April 1998.
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Note this report has been uploaded to Opus, the University of Bath repository (4 June 2013)
- The impact of electronic journals on local network computing and printing environments (Instant Library). Final report, December 1998.
- [Terms of reference] - [PDF format] - [HTML]
Note this report has been uploaded to Opus, the University of Bath repository (4 June 2013)
- Managing organisational change in the hybrid library Linda Banwell, Joan Day, Kathryn Ray, School of Information Studies, University of Northumbria at Newcastle. Final report, November 1999.
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Other Supporting Studies
- JISC/TLTP Copyright Guidelines
- These Guidelines were produced by the JISC/TLTP Copyright Working Group on behalf of the Joint Information Systems Committee, and were developed from those originally created for the TLTP. They are not to be regarded as prescriptive, but should be used as pointers towards good practice in the development of computer-based materials for higher education. They apply only to the UK. (November 11 1998)
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Note this report has been uploaded to Opus, the University of Bath repository (4 June 2013)
- SKIP Project final Report
- This report summarises the work undertaken by the SKIP (Skills for new Information Professionals) Project. The research was funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) under the Training and Awareness area of the Electronic Libraries (eLib) programme.
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Penny Garrod and Ivan Sidgreaves, (Academic Services, University of Plymouth)