Dear Colleagues
BUBL, or the Bulletin Board for Libraries as was its original inception, will no longer be supported. Due to reduced resources within the University of Strathclyde it is with regret that the service cannot be maintained. We would like to extend thanks to all who have been involved with BUBL over the years. There is a long list of BUBL contributors and supporters and it is with pleasure that we say thank you to all that you helped the service to achieve over the years. We are proud that BUBL was a well received and highly respected service that brought great value to the library and information science community and beyond.
Dennis Nicholson was the brain behind BUBL. Before the world wide web existed, Dennis recognised the importance of providing a networked directory to resources classified by subject. The original focus was on providing access to materials relevant to library and information science but the popularity of the approach taken meant that BUBL quickly increased its scope to cover all subject areas.
You can read more about BUBL's history and its development at:
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue10/bubl and http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue10/interface
An archive of the BUBL service framework and associated literature is to be put together and made available for posterity.
Emma Graham
Manager, Development & Innovation,
Information Services Directorate, University of Strathclyde,
3.02 Alexander Turnbull Building, 155 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD
Tel: +44 (0)141 548 4753
The University of Strathclyde, charity number SC015263
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