VINE: Volume 31 Issue 2
Table of contents
Security in use: striking the right balance
James CurrallThe papers in this volume look at security from a variety of viewpoints. Behind all the papers is the idea that security is important and that security can and should be improved…
Do we need a security culture?
Andrew CormackFailures of security rarely touch users and it is easy to dismiss the subject as a purely technical one. With the increasing reliance on computers for business critical systems…
Raising information security awareness in the academic setting
Andrew Cox, Sarah Connolly, James CurrallThis paper examines three approaches to increasing awareness in an academic setting: a discussion session, a checklist and a web based tutorial. All three are found to be…
Security policy ‐ an individual view
John HarlowThe paper discusses the need for a security policy and how one can be drawn up and implemented. It includes a model Information Security Management Policy.
Off‐campus access: a case study of South Bank University
Sally Brock, Sally JusticeSouth Bank University has sought to invest heavily in electronic journals and databases. To gain the best value from these services, three solutions to off‐ campus access are…
Security issues in Online Distance Learning
S.M. Furnell, T. KarweniThis paper considers the issue of security in the provision of online distance learning. Security represents an aspect that may not suggest itself as a high priority in an…
Plagiarism issues for higher education
Fintan Culwin, Thomas LancasterAcademic institutions are finding they have to operate under a pro‐active anti‐plagiarism policy, where plagiarism is actively sought out as a serious breach of acceptable…
Digital certificates and public key infrastructure
Alan RobietteDigital certificates promise to provide the next major leap forward in authentication, and are in fact in use today to secure some e‐commerce transactions. The paper describes…
Linking: the state of play today
Bette BrunelleThis paper presents a high‐level overview of linking, with a consideration of what can andcan not be accomplished with present‐day technology and products. The intended purpose is…
Agent Technology concepts in a heterogeneous distributed searching environment
Valeda Frances Dent, Wendy Hall, Stephen Harris, Jessie Hey, Kirk MartinezHybrid libraries provide multiple ways to access information in various formats, normally within a common information framework. The eLib project MALIBU (MAnaging the Hybrid…
Endeavor: integrated access to information regardless of its location or format
Andrew CoxEndeavor Information Systems, now wholly owned subsidiaries of Elsevier Science Inc, are relative newcomers to the Library Management System market with Voyager targeted at…
Talis: the power to inform
Andrew CoxThe article, based on an interview with their new MD, describes the market position and strategy of Talis Information Ltd. Talis claim to be market leaders in the combined market…