Systems Making data work harder As more activities move into a network space so more areas of our life are shedding data. This data is Lorcan Dempsey Jan 8, 2005 2 min read
Research ∕ Learning Support for e-research, e-science, cyberinfrastructure, ... I have been involved in a couple of conversations recently about cyberinfrastructure and e-research, and more particularly about how research Lorcan Dempsey Jan 7, 2005 2 min read
Systems Google - behind the scenes My colleague Thom Hickey pointed me at this presentation from Jeff Dean, a Distinguished Engineer in Google’s Systems Lab. Lorcan Dempsey Jan 5, 2005 1 min read
Research ∕ Learning A Hullistic approach The University of Hull has done a lot of work in recent years looking at ‘e-services integration’ across academic services. Lorcan Dempsey Jan 4, 2005
Research ∕ Learning Cornell University Libraries report on open access publishing Cornell University Libraries have made available an interesting report [https://hdl.handle.net/1813/193] on open access with recommendations Lorcan Dempsey Jan 4, 2005 1 min read
UX The sole focus of a user's attention I have argued [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22sole+focus%22+lorcan] over the years that we should not Lorcan Dempsey Jan 3, 2005 1 min read
Systems Fielded search and citation ranking in Google Scholar The introduction of a limited fielded search [https://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search] in Google Scholar has been noted Lorcan Dempsey Dec 30, 2004 1 min read
Systems Preservation bulletin Michael Day and Gerard Clifton do their usual thorough job with Issue Number 9 [https://www.dpconline.org/graphics/whatsnew/ Lorcan Dempsey Dec 30, 2004
Collections Powerpoint points: access, preservation and identity People have different styles with powerpoint presentations. Mine [https://www.oclc.org/research/staff/dempsey/presentations.htm] tend to be Lorcan Dempsey Dec 29, 2004 2 min read
Systems Looking ahead and ranking John Battelle’s predictions [https://battellemedia.com/archives/001151.php] for search, rss, blogs and other stuff for 2005 are Lorcan Dempsey Dec 28, 2004 1 min read
Collections RSS and journal TOCs Leigh Dodds reports that Ingenta is delivering TOC data using RSS. The Tony Hammond article linked to has been widely Lorcan Dempsey Dec 28, 2004
Systems Amazon web services A growing number of businesses are building out on top of the Amazon platform. A couple of interesting discussions of Lorcan Dempsey Dec 26, 2004 1 min read