BUBL, How BUBL benefits academic librarians

Alan Dawson, BUBL Manager, Tel: 0141 548 4752     bubl@bubl.ac.uk     (BUBL)   Jan Simpson, Information Officer     (BUBL)

Ariadne 1997
(ReLIS:doi:doiari:y:1997:i:10:p:19)

Abstract:

For many professionals time is their most precious commodity. We hear a lot about information overload, pressure of work and time management. Yet the Internet, wonderful though it is, can eat away at this valuable time like a caterpillar munching through a leaf. There's not much that can BUBL can do to overcome Internet congestion or increase network speed, but it does eliminate some other time-wasting features. The main aim of the new BUBL service is to provide clear, fast and reliable access to selected information sources, which means no adverts, no animations, and few graphics.

Keywords: Web-based resources, digital library tools
Note: Alan Dawson and Jan Simpson take us through BUBL, an old service recently transformed from being Gopher-based to Web-based. This article appears in the Web, and not the print, version of Ariadne.
Month: Tuesday July 15th, 1997
Year: 1997

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