VINE: Volume 23 Issue 4

Networks, standards and end‐user information services

Lorcan Dempsey

With networking becoming ubiquitous amongst automated activities, the need for standards which ease the burden of accessing systems by end‐users of widely differing abilities is…

BUBL and the development of the UK LIS networking community

Dennis Nicholson

After a precarious early existence, BUBL came of age with the change of host from Glasgow to Bath. In the early days only available via JANET, BUBL is now accessible over the…

Campus wide information system development at three UK universities

Louise Rothnie

Campus wide information systems (CWIS) are the newest development in the electronic campus, providing information on many aspects of campus life. This article gives a brief…

CD‐ROM networking developments at South Bank University Library

South Bank University Library was one of the first to install a CD‐ROM network and has recently changed from the Optinet system to Ultranet. Access to the CD‐ROM LAN from the…

Networking in the DoE

John Scott Cree

The diverse and geographically dispersed departments at the DoE required an IT strategy which provided for flexibility in implementation and in the services supported but which…