Ariadne Issue 60 | Contents

SHERPA to YODL-ING: Digital Mountaineering at York: Julie Allinson and Elizabeth Harbord describe the development of digital repositories for the University of York.

Research Data Preservation and Access: The Views of Researchers: Neil Beagrie, Robert Beagrie and Ian Rowlands present findings from a UKRDS survey of researchers' views on and practices for preservation and dissemination of research data in four UK universities.

Overlay Journals and Data Publishing in the Meteorological Sciences: Sarah Callaghan, Fiona Hewer, Sam Pepler, Paul Hardaker and Alan Gadian introduce the OJIMS Project and discuss the impact of overlay and data journals in the meteorological sciences.

Collecting Evidence in a Web 2.0 Context: Ann Chapman and Rosemary Russell describe the challenge of collecting evidence for a study of how Web 2.0 is being used in the UK HE sector.

Institutional Repositories for Creative and Applied Arts Research: The Kultur Project: Andrew Gray discusses institutional repositories and the creative and applied arts specifically in relation to the JISC-funded Kultur Project.

The Historic Hospitals Admission Records Project: Sue Hawkins and Andrea Tanner describe a ground-breaking Web site using children's hospital admission registers.

E-Curator: A 3D Web-based Archive for Conservators and Curators: Mona Hess, Graeme Were, Ian Brown, Sally MacDonald, Stuart Robson and Francesca Simon Millar describe a project which combines 3D colour laser scanning and e-Science technologies for capturing and sharing very large 3D scans and datasets about museum artefacts in a secure computing environment.

Archives 2.0: If We Build It, Will They Come?: Joy Palmer discusses some of the opportunities and tensions emerging around Archives 2.0, crowd-sourcing, and archival authority.

The Norwegian National Digital Library: Marianne Takle describes the National Library of Norway's digitisation strategy and how the National Library is taking on a key role in the country's digital library service.

Missing Links: The Enduring Web: Alexandra Eveleigh reports on a workshop on Web archiving, organised by the DPC, JISC and UKWAC at the British Library on 21 July 2009.

The Second International m-Libraries Conference: Keren Mills reports on a two-day conference exploring and sharing delivery of services and resources to users 'on the move,' via mobile and hand-held devices.

Why Pay for Content?: Charles Oppenheim reports on the half-day event organised by the Publishers Association at the Faraday Lecture Theatre, Royal Institution, London on 24 June 2009.

JISC Digital Content Conference 2009: Michelle Pauli reports on a two-day conference on digital content held by JISC in South Cerney over 30 June - 1 July 2009.

Open Repositories 2009: Adrian Stevenson reports on the four-day annual Open Repositories conference held at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA, USA over 18 - 21 May 2009.

Content Architecture: Exploiting and Managing Diverse Resources: Jane Stevenson gives a personal view of the recent UK conference organised by the International Society of Knowledge Organization.

Eduserv Symposium 2009: Evolution or Revolution: The Future of Identity and Access Management for Research: Shirley Williams reports on the Eduserv Foundation Symposium which took as its theme investigate the intersection between identity management, access management and scholarly research collaboration across institutional and geographic boundaries.

Newsline: News and events
Digital Consumers: Reshaping the information professions: Muhammad Rafiq offers us a detailed review of a work which examines digital consumers from both an historical and future perspective.
GLUT: Mastering Information Through the Ages: Martin White enjoys a random walk through a historical survey of humanity’s quest to classify and categorise information.
Libraries Designed for Kids: Sara Wingate Gray considers a practical guide to implementing design change in children’s libraries and how to manage a consistent approach.