Content and services issues for digital libraries

Describes the neglected area of e-collection building, on the taxonomy of e-collections and on the possible range of online services

An awfully big adventure : Strathclyde's digital library plan

Describes how the University of Strathclyde is choosing to give priority to e-content and services instead of a new building

I\u27m proud to be a toy teacher: Using CRA to become an even more effective teacher

The role of manipulative materials in mathematics can be a contentious one. It seems that in the mind of some teachers, manipulatives are fine in the early years but have no place in a rigorous maths classroom as the students get older. It is a topic worth our consideration

Replacement of traditional lectures with computer‐based tutorials: A case study

A set of computer‐based tutorial files were produced in‐house and used to replace two traditional lectures. Students submitted feedback on their use of the CAL material. The ease of production and delivery, and the positive responses from the students, have provided justification for further development of in‐house CAL material. Further insights are given into the integration of CAL into a curriculum

Sink or swim: digital dilemma in higher education

Describes the challenges facing universities and their libraries and explores how they might respond to the emerging digital world

Measurement: Five considerations to add even more impact to your program

The potential of using Measurement as a way of “tuning students into mathematics” is demonstrated. Five ideas that can form the basis of focusing on measurement to access other strands of the mathematics curriculum are examined

The changing roles and identities of library and information services staff

A review of the changing roles of library, IT and e-learning staff from 1960 to date. Examines convergence and blurring of roles and what constitutes professional identity

Chrysosphaerella and the phytoplankton of the Little Sea, Dorset

The Little Sea is an 80-acre, shallow freshwater lake formed about a hundred years ago by sand-dunes cutting off a sea-inlet at Studland Bay, near Swanage. This work presents a general survey of the phytoplankton in the lake from October 1990 to December 1993. Many species were present throughout the year; others showed seasonal variations. Numerically, the diatoms, Monoraphidium and sometimes Rhodomonas, were the main constituents of the phytoplankton. One species of alga in the lake of particular interest is Chrysosphaerella longispina Lauterb. which, up to 1991, had only been recorded from five localities in Britain