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In Issue 70 you will find the following feature articles:

Gold Open Access: Counting the Costs - Theo Andrew presents new data on the cost of Gold OA publishing at the University of Edinburgh.

Upskilling Liaison Librarians for Research Data Management - Andrew Cox, Eddy Verbaan and Barbara Sen explore the design of a curriculum to train academic librarians in the competencies to support Research Data Management.

The LIPARM Project: A New Approach to Parliamentary Metadata - Richard Gartner outlines a collaborative project which aims to link together the digitised UK Parliamentary record by providing a metadata scheme, controlled vocabularies and a Web-based interface.

The ARK Project: Analysing Raptor at Kent - Leo Lyons describes how University of Kent librarians are benefitting from Raptor's ability to produce e-resource usage statistics and charts.

SUSHI: Delivering Major Benefits to JUSP - Paul Meehan, Paul Needham and Ross MacIntyre explain the enormous time and cost benefits in using SUSHI to support rapid gathering of journal usage reports into the JUSP service.

Mining the Archive: The Development of Electronic Journals - Martin White looks through the Ariadne archive to trace the development of e-journals as a particular aspect of electronic service delivery and highlights material he considers as significant.

Seb Schmoller Replies - Stepping down from his pivotal role as CEO at ALT, Seb Schmoller kindly answers a few questions from Ariadne on his perspective on online learning.

21st-century Scholarship and Wikipedia - Amber Thomas explores the ways in which emerging research practices and Wikipedia illustrate the changing boundaries of academic work.

Case Studies in Web Sustainability - Scott Turner describes issues around making Web resources sustainable.

'Does He Take Sugar?': The Risks of Standardising Easy-to-read Language - Brian Kelly, Dominik Lukeš and Alistair McNaught highlight the risks of attempting to standardise easy-to-read language for online resources.


Editorial Introduction to Issue 70	The editor introduces readers to the content of Ariadne Issue 70. Read more ...
23rd International CODATA Conference	Alex Ball reports on a conference on ‘Open Data and Information for a Changing Planet’ held by the International Council for Science’s Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan on 28–31 October 2012. Read more ...
CURATEcamp iPres 2012	Mark Jordan, Courtney Mumma, Nick Ruest and the participants of CURATEcamp iPres 2012 report on this unconference for digital curation practitioners and researchers, held on 2 October 2012 in Toronto. Read more ...
EMTACL12 (Emerging Technologies in Academic Libraries)	Sarah Rayner and Olivia Walsby report on a three-day conference on Emerging Technologies in Academic Libraries, hosted by NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) in Trondheim, Norway over 1 - 3 October 2012. Read more ...
euroCRIS Membership Meeting, Madrid	Rosemary Russell and Brigitte Jörg report on the bi-annual euroCRIS membership and Task Groups meetings which took place in Madrid on 5-6 November 2012. Read more ...
Hydra UK: Flexible Repository Solutions to Meet Varied Needs	Chris Awre reports on the Hydra UK event held on 22 November 2012 at the Library of the London School of Economics. Read more ...
IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2012	Marieke Guy reports on the 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly held in Helsinki, Finland over 11-17 August 2012. Read more ...
International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL) 2012	Anna Mastora and Sarantos Kapidakis report on TPDL 2012 held at Paphos, Cyprus, over 23-27 September 2012. Read more ...
Online Information 2012	Marieke Guy reports on the largest gathering of information professionals in Europe. Read more ...
Book Review: User Studies for Digital Library Development	Selenay Aytac reviews a collection of essays on user studies and digital library development that provides a concise overview of a variety of digital library projects and examines major research trends relating to digital libraries. Read more ...
Book Review: The Embedded Librarian	John Azzolini reviews a comprehensive overview of embedded librarianship, a new model of library service that promises to enhance the strategic value of contemporary knowledge work. Read more ...
Book Review: Information 2.0	Milena Dobreva reviews the newly published book of Martin de Saulles which looks at the new models of information production, distribution and consumption. Read more ...
Book Review: Using Mobile Technology to Deliver Library Services	Fiona MacLellan reviews a practical guide to mobile technology and its use in delivering library services. Read more ...
Book Review: The E-copyright Handbook	Charles Oppenheim takes a look at the latest of Paul Pedley’s copyright guidance books, and, in some respects, finds it wanting. Read more ...
Book Review: Understanding Information and Computation	Martin White reviews a very individual perspective on the extent to which the growth and structure of the World Wide Web is governed by the fundamental laws of physics and mathematics. Read more ...

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Seeking author for book review: Emergency Planning and Response for Libraries, Archives and Museums

Readers are invited to contact Ariadne if they are interested in reviewing the book Emergency Planning and Response for Libraries, Archives and Museums by Emma Dadson. Publication details: Publishers: Facet Publishing, August 2012, 192pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-808-8.

Seeking author for book review: Information Users and Usability in the Digital Age

Readers are invited to contact Ariadne if they are interested in reviewing the book Information Users and Usability in the Digital Age by G G Chowdhury and Sudatta Chowdhury. Publication details: Publishers: Facet Publishing, September 2011; 304pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-597-1.

Have you seen?

Milena Dobreva reviews the newly published book of Martin de Saulles which looks at the new models of information production, distribution and consumption.

Blogging and RSS: A Librarian's Guide, Second Edition by Michael P. Sauers

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.

Leo Lyons describes how University of Kent librarians are benefitting from Raptor's ability to produce e-resource usage statistics and charts.

Barend Mons: depiction of 'hairball' of genes

Jodi Schneider reports on a three-day workshop about the future of scientific communication, held in San Diego CA, USA, in January 2011.

Charles Oppenheim takes a look at the latest of Paul Pedley’s copyright guidance books, and, in some respects, finds it wanting.

From Lending to Learning: The development and extension of public libraries

Tim Davies reviews a spirited defence of public libraries, which tries to define their core purpose and which argues for a re-positioning of their place in society.

Preparing Collections for Digitization. By Anna E. Bülow and Jess Ahmon,

Michael Day reviews a recently published book on the selection and preparation of archive and library collections for digitisation.

Envisioning Future Academic Library Services: Initiatives, ideas and challenges.

John Azzolini reviews a timely collection of essays that highlights the values of institutional leadership and resourcefulness in academic librarianship's engagements with Web 2.0.

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Tertia Coetsee author profile

Tertia Coetsee is a qualified librarian/ information specialist , and a full-time employee of the University of Pretoria, Jotello F. Soga Library, Faculty of Veterinary Science with 25 years of experience in academic libraries. She is the Information Specialist for : Veterinary Tropical Diseases, Paraclinical Studies: Pharmacology & Toxicology, the Pharmacovigilance Lab, the Phytomedicine Programme, Veterinary Pathology, Veterinary Public Health, the Biomedical Research Centre.

Location tag: south africa

Profile last updated: July 2012

Paul Meehan author profile

Paul Meehan is a Senior Development Officer, working at Mimas, the UK National Data Centre at The University of Manchester. Paul's main role is as developer and administrator of the JUSP service, as well as involvement in a range of other Mimas projects and services including IRUS UK, the e-Tekkatho Project to deliver academic resources to Burma and work with Arthritis Research UK. He previously held key roles in the Intute and CrossFire services.

Location tag: england

Profile last updated: November 2012

Courtney Mumma author profile

Courtney manages Archivematica system requirements, product design, technical support, training, and community relations. She has been a researcher and co-investigator on the InterPARES 3 Project, researcher on the UBC-SLAIS Digital Records Forensics Project, and is a member of the Professional Experts Panel on the BitCurator Project. Courtney has been published in Archivaria and has delivered many presentations on the practical application of digital preservation strategies.

Location tag: canada

Profile last updated: November 2012

Ugne Lipeikaite author profile

Ugne Lipeikaite is working with EIFL on research study of perceptions of public libraries in Africa as well as follow-up activities to raise awareness of the potential of public libraries targeted at decision makers. She is also leading impact planning and assessment activities of a national wide library public access computing project in Lithuania, funded by Global Libraries Programme of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Her field of experience includes ICT diffusion and adoption projects, eInclusion initiatives and development of impact assessment frameworks for ICT- related projects and programmes.

Location tag: italy

Profile last updated: December 2011

Fiona MacLellan author profile

Fiona MacLellan is an Academic Librarian for the University of Northampton, with responsibility for the Schools of The Arts and Science and Technology. She has research interests in Reading Groups in a HE setting and referencing systems affecting reading comprehension and fluency.

Location tag: england

Profile last updated: November 2012

Eddy Verbaan author profile

Eddy Verbaan is the Research Associate on the RDMRose Project. His main interests are digital library management, research practices in past and present, and didactics. He has published on early modern geography and urban history writing, pedagogy, and on the history of Dutch Studies in the UK. Previously, Eddy worked as a university teacher in Dutch Studies at the Universities of Leiden (NL), Paris-IV Sorbonne, Nottingham and Sheffield. He has a PhD in history.

Location tag: england

Profile last updated: November 2012

Charles Oppenheim author profile

Charles Oppenheim was, until he retired in 2009, Professor of Information Science at Loughborough University, and is currently a Visiting Professor at Queensland University. Previously he held posts in academia and the electronic publishing industry.

Charles has undertaken research in, given talks on, and published widely on all aspects of information law, especially Intellectual Property Rights and licences, and on bibliometrics and research assessment. He is a consultant to a number of private and public sector bodies. He is a member of the UK’s Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance, and of the team that negotiates licences on behalf of the UK higher and further education communities with the Copyright Licensing Agency. He is also a member of the European Commission’s Legal Advisory Board.

He can be followed on Twitter: @CharlesOppenh

Location tag: england

Profile last updated: May 2012

Ross MacIntyre author profile

Ross MacIntyre currently works within Mimas, the UK National Data Centre at The University of Manchester. Ross is the Service Manager for the ‘Web of Knowledge Service for UK Education’, ‘JUSP’ (JISC’s Journal Usage Statistics Portal), ‘UKPMC+’ and ‘Zetoc’. He is also responsible for Digital Library-related R&D services and had formal involvement with Dublin Core and OpenURL standards development. Recent projects for JISC include PIRUS2 (extending COUNTER to article-level) and IRUS (applying PIRUS2 findings to UK institutional repositories). Ross is Chair of UKSG and a member of the Technical Advisory Boards of COUNTER and the UK Access Management Federation.

Location tag: england

Profile last updated: November 2012