Paul Walk reports on an 'unconference' for developers working in and around the JISC Information Environment and institutional systems, hosted by UKOLN at the University of Bath in June 2008. Heather Dawson from The British Library of Political and Economic Science talks about her role as a SOSIG Section Editor. Jason Cooper describes how the Ariadne journal has recently been moved from a Drupal based site, to a static site managed by Hugo and git. Lina Coelho reviews a practical guide to the Internet. Abigail Luthmann examines a varied collection of approaches to the topic of reader development. Dixon and his little sister ariane moffatt. Christine Dugdale looks at the progress of this project to a functional service. Martin White reviews a book that provides advice for managers on how to ensure that Web sites, intranets and library services are fully compliant with guidelines and legislation on accessibility.
Elizabeth Gadd reviews a book that aims to provide librarians, researchers and academics with practical information on the expanding field of altmetrics, but which she feels may have missed its mark. Paul Miller takes a look at issues arising from the current enthusiasm for syndicating content to portals or other web sites, and offers some guidelines for good practice. ANSWERED] Dixon and his little sister Ariadne stand next to e... - Geometry. Marieke Guy revisits a topic receiving considerable attention these days and reflects on wiki use by public organisations. Paul Miller looks at recent attempts to make library resources more appealing, including the Talis competition to build library 'mashups'. Mary Fletcher introduces a new seeker after Web resources.
Its interactivity engaged participants and permitted measurement of student expectations and satisfaction with library sessions. Brian Kelly sums up conclusions from the WebWatch Project. Paul Miller on Digital Object Identifiers. The deliverables of this project will constitute a large portion of the underlying software for most of the other projects in the same programme area, as well as other eLib and non-eLib projects, and therefore is one of the more crucial facets of the overall programme. Dan Greenstein gives an extensive description of AHDS, the Arts and Humanities Data Service: its objectives, organisation, and how the data will be collected, preserved and described.. Stars on the Andaman Sea: (Paid Post by Ritz Carlton from newyorker.com. Hazel Gott gives a brief overview of the Follett Lecture Series, where overseas experts in the fields of Library and Information Science speak in various UK locations. Martin Hamilton, Jisc's resident futurist and one time developer on the ROADS project in the 1990s, looks back at the heady days of the Follett Report, the eLib projects that appeared as a result and the services that some of them gave rise to. Brian Kelly with an update of his survey of server software used by central Web sites in UK Universities. In this article Brian Kelly describes his role as UK Web Focus, his previous involvement with the Web and his work as the JISC representative on the World Wide Web Consortium. Cultural Heritage Language Technologies: Building an Infrastructure for Collaborative Digital Libraries in the HumanitiesJeffrey Rydberg-Cox describes the work of the Cultural Heritage Language Technologies consortium, a research group funded by the European Comission Information Society Technologies program and the United States National Science Foundation Digital Libraries Initiative.
Patrick Lauke gives a run-down of the free TAW3 tool to aid in accessibility testing of Web pages. The young prince, therefore, was led to the spot where the sword had been hidden by his royal father; and, though still but a mere youth, to the amazement of all, he thrust aside the great stone, and took up the splendid sword which lay beneath it, still bright and keen as of yore. Martin Donnelly and Graham Pryor report on the fourth Research Data Management Forum event, on the theme "Dealing with Sensitive Data: Managing Ethics, Security and Trust, " organised by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) and Research Information Network (RIN) in Manchester, England, over 10 - 11 March, 2010. Dixon and his little sister ariadne love. Lyndon Pugh took a trip to the cyberworld of Croydon, to see 'what was going down'. John Blunden-Ellis describes the materials and services available from the RDN subject service PSIgate in respect of students and practitioners in FE. Peter Brophy calls for effective use of email. Lise Foster finds this a useful scene setter for the novice and valuable reminder for the professional of the challenges facing today's librarian. Marieke Guy reports on the second international conference held by ECLAP, the e-library for performing arts.
The editor introduces Ariadne issue 6. Brian Kelly provides some answers. Helen Leech describes a collaborative project to increase front-line staff's understanding and use of Web 2. Jayne Everard writes about the areas covered by the new subject service Artifact and takes us through the facilities on offer to FE practitioners. Emma Tonkin reviews a fascinating introduction to over two decades of research into computerisation movements. Cathy Murtha gives some details of an upgrade to a popular Web production tool that will make Web page creation easier for many disabled people. Brian Kelly explains XLink and XPointer. Amy Friedlander, the editor of D-Lib, looks at, and towards, some of the benefits of the Web and digital technology towards how we do and present research. Dixon and his little sister ariadne labs. Debra Hiom from SOSIG takes us on a guided tour of major Internet-based Social Science resources. This is preceded by news of some 'mutual mirroring' across the Atlantic, involving SOSIG and the Internet Scout Project. Elly Cope reviews the second edition of this book in which the author explains how RSS and blogging can be used by librarians and libraries.
Ben Toth describes the establishment and maintenance of a regional Health Web site.