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    Electronic Journals Using Guide

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    This paper considers the use of the Guide hypertext system for electronic journal provision. The feasibility of providing appropriate tools for journal users with Guide is illustrated by discussing features developed for indexing, searching, annotating, saving and printing journal components. The use of Guide's logical objects or it contexts is central to the development of a useful interface for browsing and reading journals. A prototype Guide electronic journal incorporating these tools is described

    Electronic journals using Acrobat, Mosaic and Guide

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    This paper considers some of the issues affecting the use and readability of electronic journals. These issues are considered in relation to prototype electronic journals implemented using Adobe Acrobat, the Mosaic browser for the World Wide Web and the Guide hypertext system. The potential of each system as a vehicle for electronic journal provision is discussed

    Editorial. Virtual research environments

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    Learning to be an information architect

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    This article describes a recently introduced module at University College Dublin School of Information and Library Studies (SILS), entitled Information Architecture: Designing the Web. The module provides students with a realistic experience of how information architects apply their skills to produce usable web sites, via a project to produce a documented Virtual Research Environment for information architecture researchers. The article discusses the importance of both information architecture and Virtual Research Environments to LIS education and explains how the module achieves its aims.Author has checked copyrightAD 05/02/201
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