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Fiona  Bradley Next generation catalogues, discovery interfaces and their role in helping meet changing user needs [ABSTRACT]
4th May 2010

Discovery interfaces are bringing a new search experience for library users including tagging, book reviews and faceted browsing, but more is needed because of the growing expectation that information will be available via mobile devices. They are also opening up the privacy debate with features such as reading histories and recommended related items.

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Jonaki Sarkar Writing for the public domain [ABSTRACT]
4th May 2010

Writing for the general public is not a simple task. Apart from writing in plain English (not straightforward in itself), there are fonts, formatting, alternative formats and languages, accurate data and, most important of all, the audience you are writing for, to consider. In this article, Jonaki Sarkar steers us through the do's and don'ts of writing for the public domain.

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