Buzz - Data Management
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LinkedUp: Linking Open Data for Education
Marieke Guy, Mathieu d’Aquin, Stefan Dietze, Hendrik Drachsler, Eelco Herder and Elisabetta Parodi describe the activities carried out by the LinkedUp Project looking at the promotion of open data in education.
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Open Access and Research Conference 2013: Discovery, Impact and Innovation
Paula Callan, Stephanie Bradbury, Sarah Brown, Philippa Broadley, Emma Nelms and Christopher Hart report on Open Access and Research 2013 which focused on recent developments and the strategic advantages they bring to the research sector.
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 71
The editor introduces readers to the content of Ariadne Issue 71.
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Book Review: Crisis Information Management
Emma Tonkin offers a review of a thought-provoking overview of crisis informatics.
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DataFinder: A Research Data Catalogue for Oxford
Sally Rumsey and Neil Jefferies explain the context and the decisions guiding the development of DataFinder, a data catalogue for the University of Oxford.
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ECLAP 2013: Information Technologies for Performing Arts, Media Access and Entertainment
Marieke Guy reports on the second international conference held by ECLAP, the e-library for performing arts.
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KAPTUR the Highlights: Exploring Research Data Management in the Visual Arts
Leigh Garrett, Marie-Therese Gramstadt, Carlos Silva and Anne Spalding describe the exploration of the importance and nature of research data in the visual arts and requirements for their appropriate curation and preservation.
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Making Citation Work: A British Library DataCite Workshop
Alex Ball reports on a workshop on practical data citation issues for institutions, held at the British Library, London, on 8 March 2013.
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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.
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Editorial Introduction to Issue 70
The editor introduces readers to the content of Ariadne Issue 70.
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Gold Open Access: Counting the Costs
Theo Andrew presents new data on the cost of Gold OA publishing at the University of Edinburgh.
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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.
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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.
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Motivations for the Development of a Web Resource Synchronisation Framework
Stuart Lewis, Richard Jones and Simeon Warner explain some of the motivations behind the development of the ResourceSync Framework.
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Online Information 2012
Marieke Guy reports on the largest gathering of information professionals in Europe.
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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.
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Book Review: Managing Research Data
Sally Rumsey reviews a book which describes and explains the topics of interest central to practitioners involved with research data management.
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Eduserv Symposium 2012: Big Data, Big Deal?
Marieke Guy attended the annual Eduserv Symposium on 10 May 2012 at the Royal College of Physicians, London to find out what are the implications of big data for Higher Education Institutions.
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Making the Most of a Conference
Stephanie Taylor writes about how she made the most of a conference to promote and inform the work of a project.
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The Institutional Web Management Workshop (IWMW) 2012
Kirsty Pitkin reports on the 16th Institutional Web Management Workshop held at the University of Edinburgh's Appleton Tower between 18 - 20 July 2012.
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The Second British Library DataCite Workshop
Alex Ball reports on a one-day workshop on metadata supporting the citation of research data, held at the British Library, London, on 6 July 2012.
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Data Citation and Publication by NERC’s Environmental Data Centres
Sarah Callaghan, Roy Lowry, David Walton and members of the Natural Environment Research Council Science Information Strategy Data Citation and Publication Project team describe their work in NERC’s Environmental Data Centres.
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The CLIF Project: The Repository as Part of a Content Lifecycle
Richard Green, Chris Awre and Simon Waddington describe how a digital repository can become part of the technical landscape within an institution and support digital content lifecycle management across systems.
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Data Science Professionals: A Global Community of Sharing
Sylvie Lafortune reports on the 37th annual conference of the International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST), held over 30 May – 3 June 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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IMPACT Final Conference 2011
Marieke Guy reports on the two-day conference looking at the results of the IMPACT Project in making digitisation and OCR better, faster and cheaper.
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eSciDoc Days 2011: The Challenges for Collaborative eResearch Environments
Ute Rusnak reports on the fourth in a series of two-day conferences called eSciDoc Days, organised by FIZ Karlsruhe and the Max Planck Digital Library in Berlin over 26-27 October 2011.
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The Informatics Transform: Re-engineering Libraries for the Data Decade
Liz Lyon proposes that libraries re-position, re-profile and ramp up their engagement with research data management, scholarly communications and citizen science.
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Book Review: Envisioning Future Academic Library Services
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. -
Institutional Challenges in the Data Decade
Marion Tattersall, Carmen O'Dell and John Lewis report on Institutional Challenges in the Data Decade, organised by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) in partnership with the White Rose University Consortium and held 1-3 March 2011 at the University of Sheffield. -
Characterising and Preserving Digital Repositories: File Format Profiles
Steve Hitchcock and David Tarrant show how file format profiles, the starting point for preservation plans and actions, can also be used to reveal the fingerprints of emerging types of institutional repositories. -
International Digital Curation Conference 2010
Alex Ball reports on the 6th International Digital Curation Conference, held on 7-8 December 2010 in Chicago. -
CIG Conference 2010: Changes in Cataloguing in 'Interesting Times'
Rhiannon McLoughlin reports on a three-day conference on cataloguing in a time of financial stringency, held by the CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group at Exeter University, from 13-15 September 2010. -
Developing Infrastructure for Research Data Management at the University of Oxford
James A. J. Wilson, Michael A. Fraser, Luis Martinez-Uribe, Paul Jeffreys, Meriel Patrick, Asif Akram and Tahir Mansoori describe the approaches taken, findings, and issues encountered while developing research data management services and infrastructure at the University of Oxford. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 65: Ariadne in Search of Your Views
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 65. -
From Passive to Active Preservation of Electronic Records
Heather Briston and Karen Estlund provide a narrative of the process adopted by the University of Oregon in order to integrate electronic records management into its staff's workflow.
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Moving Researchers across the EResearch Chasm
Malcolm Wolski and Joanna Richardson outline an Australian initiative to address technology challenges within current research paradigms. -
Repository Fringe 2010
Martin Donnelly (and friends) report on the Repository Fringe "unconference" held at the National e-Science Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland, over 2-3 September 2010. -
Data Services for the Sciences: A Needs Assessment
Brian Westra describes a data services needs assessment for science research staff at the University of Oregon. -
E-books and E-content 2010: Data As Content
Brian Whalley reports on a meeting dealing with academic data management and some JISC projects concerned with institutional responses to the need to manage research data more effectively. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 64: Supporting the Power of Research Data
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 64. -
Learning How to Play Nicely: Repositories and CRIS
Nick Sheppard reports on the event examining integrated, systemic approaches to research information management organised by the Welsh Repository Network and supported by JISC and ARMA at Leeds Metropolitan University, in May 2010. -
Making Datasets Visible and Accessible: DataCite's First Summer Meeting
Tom J Pollard and J Max Wilkinson report on DataCite's First Summer Meeting, a two-day event focused on making datasets visible and accessible, held in Hannover, Germany, in June 2010. -
Repository Software Comparison: Building Digital Library Infrastructure at LSE
Ed Fay presents a comparison of repository software that was carried out at LSE in support of digital library infrastructure development. -
Retooling Libraries for the Data Challenge
Dorothea Salo examines how library systems and procedures need to change to accommodate research data. -
Don't You Know Who I Am?
John Paschoud looks into identity and access management in the pre-digital and digital age, and describes how the JISC Identity Management Toolkit can help us manage identities better. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
The Fourth DCC-RIN Research Data Management Forum
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. -
A Research Revolution: The Impact of Digital Technologies
Dicky Maidment-Otlet and Judy Redfearn describe a new JISC activity to highlight how digital technologies are changing research. -
Fedora UK & Ireland / EU Joint User Group Meeting
Chris Awre reports on the first coming together of two regional user groups for the Fedora digital repository system, hosted by the University of Oxford in December 2009. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
Subject Repositories: European Collaboration in the International Context
Dave Puplett reports on the conference Subject Repositories: European Collaboration in the International Context held at the British Library in January 2010. The conference launched Economists Online (EO), an innovative economics subject repository. -
The Digital Preservation Roadshow 2009-10: The Incomplete Diaries of Optimistic Travellers
William Kilbride and Malcolm Todd report on the Digital Preservation Roadshow - an eleven month tour of the UK and Ireland designed to provide archivists and record managers with practical advice and support in managing digital resources. -
How to Publish Data Using Overlay Journals: The OJIMS Project
Sarah Callaghan, Sam Pepler, Fiona Hewer, Paul Hardaker and Alan Gadian describe the implementation details that can be used to create overlay journals for data publishing in the meteorological sciences. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
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. -
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. -
Handshake Session at International Repositories Infrastructure Workshop, Amsterdam
Adrian Stevenson highlights the Handshake Session which formed part of the International Repositories InfrastructureWorkshop, at the Radisson SAS Hotel, Amsterdam, held over 16-17 March 2009. -
To VRE Or Not to VRE?: Do South African Malaria Researchers Need a Virtual Research Environment?
Heila Pienaar and Martie van Deventer identify the requirements of a Virtual Research Environment (VRE) for malaria researchers in South Africa. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 58: People Still Matter
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 58. -
Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) Fall Meeting
Paul Walk reports on the Sun-PASIG winter meeting held in Baltimore, USA on 18-20 November 2008. -
Supporting eResearch: The Victorian eResearch Strategic Initiative
Ann Borda reports on the Victorian eResearch Strategic Initiative (VeRSI). -
Digital Preservation Planning: Principles, Examples and the Future With Planets
Frances Boyle and Jane Humphreys report on the one-day workshop on digital preservation planning jointly organised by the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) and Planets held at the British Library, on Tuesday 29 July 2008. -
OAI-ORE, PRESERV2 and Digital Preservation
Sally Rumsey and Ben O'Steen describe OAI-ORE and how it can contribute to digital preservation activities. -
eResearch Australasia 2008
Tobias Blanke, Ann Borda, Gaby Bright and Bridget Soulsby report on the annual eResearch Australasia Conference, held in Melbourne, Australia, 29 September - 3 October, 2008. -
iPRES 2008
Frances Boyle and Adam Farquhar report on the two-day international conference which was the fifth in the series on digital preservation of digital objects held at the British Library, on 29 - 30 September 2008. -
Sun Preservation and Archive Special Interest Group: May 2008 Meeting
Vicky Mays and Ian Dolphin review the Sun Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) meeting held in San Francisco in May 2008. -
Developing the Capability and Skills to Support EResearch
Margaret Henty provides an Australian perspective on improving the environment in which eResearch is conducted through developing institutional capability and providing appropriate skills training. -
Implementing Ex Libris's PRIMO at the University of East Anglia
Nick Lewis outlines the University of East Anglia's experience of implementing Ex Libris's Primo, a new search and retrieval interface for presenting the library catalogue and institutional databases and e-resources. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
Book Review: Principles of Data Management
Pete Cliff takes a look at a new book from the British Computer Society that aims to help readers understand the importance, issues and benefits of data management across an enterprise. -
DRIVER: Building the Network for Accessing Digital Repositories Across Europe
Martin Feijen, Wolfram Horstmann, Paolo Manghi, Mary Robinson and Rosemary Russell present an outline of the DRIVER Project and its achievements so far in supporting and enhancing digital repository development in Europe. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 53: Unlocking Our Televisual Past
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 53. -
The KIDMM Community's 'MetaKnowledge Mash-up'
Conrad Taylor reports on the KIDMM knowledge community and its September 2007 one-day conference about data, information and knowledge management issues. -
The National Centre for Text Mining: A Vision for the Future
Sophia Ananiadou describes NaCTeM and the main scientific challenges it helps to solve together with issues related to deployment, use and uptake of NaCTeM's text mining tools and services. -
The Video Active Consortium: Europe's Television History Online
Johan Oomen and Vassilis Tzouvaras provide an insight into the background and development of the Video Active Portal which offers access to television heritage material from leading archives across Europe. -
ARROW, DART and ARCHER: A Quiver Full of Research Repository and Related Projects
Andrew Treloar and David Groenewegen describe three inter-related projects to support scholarly outputs and the e-research life cycle which have been funded by the Australian Commonwealth Government. -
The JISC Annual Conference 2007
Philip Pothen and colleagues provide an overview of the proceedings of this Spring's JISC Annual Conference. -
2nd International DCC Conference 2006: Digital Data Curation in Practice
Alexander Ball and Manjula Patel provide an overview of the second annual conference of the Digital Curation Centre. -
Cultural Heritage Online: The Challenge of Accessibility and Preservation
Alastair Dunning reports on a conference in Florence about the preservation and accessibility of cultural heritage material. -
The Second Digital Repositories Programme Meeting
Julie Allinson and Mahendra Mahey report on a 2-day JISC Digital Repositories Meeting focusing on project clusters working together and other related issues held by JISC in Warwick, UK over 27-28 March 2006. -
Digital Curation: Where Do We Go from Here?
Peter Kerr, Fiona Reddington and Max Wilkinson report on the 1st International Digital Curation Conference held in Bath in September 2005. -
Integration and Impact: The JISC Annual Conference
Marieke Guy has collated reports on sessions from the JISC Annual Conference held in Birmingham. -
Virtual Research Environments: Overview and Activity
Michael Fraser provides an overview of the virtual research environment (VRE) and introduces three JISC-funded projects in which Oxford University is participating. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
Adding Value to the National Information Infrastructure: The EDINA Exchange Day, Edinburgh
John MacColl provides us with a report of EDINA's first general information event for the HE and FE communities held at the National E-Science Centre. -
A National Archive of Datasets
Jeffrey Darlington describes how structured datasets produced by UK Government departments and agencies are being archived and made available to users. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
eBank UK: Building the Links Between Research Data, Scholarly Communication and Learning
Liz Lyon describes some new digital library development activities and considers the implications of linking research and learning outputs in an environment of assured data provenance. -
The Information Grid
Ariadne reports on a one-day workshop on 'an interoperable environment to support research, learning and teaching' held at the e-Science Institute in Edinburgh, April 30, 2002. -
Digital Curation: Digital Archives, Libraries and e-Science Seminar
Neil Beagrie and Philip Pothen report on the Digital Preservation day in October 2001, held in London. -
Building on BUILDER
Ian Upton explores the achievements of this Windows NT server based project. -
Digitizing Intellectual Property: The Oxford Scoping Study
Stuart Lee discusses the Mellon Digitization Scoping Study for Oxford University. -
Metadata for Digital Preservation: An Update
Michael Day discusses 'Metadata for Digital Preservation'. -
Planet SOSIG: Asking Questions - The CASS Social Survey Question Bank
Adam Guy writes about the Question Bank service. -
Windows NT Explorer
Brett Burridge on Internet Information Server (IIS 4.0) -
Z39.50 for All
Paul Miller looks at the Z39.50 standard and attempts to extract some meaning from the mass of associated literature. -
Web Focus: The Role of the Web Editor
Brian Kelly asks, does 'web editor' mean Unix guru or an HTML coder? -
Metadata Corner: Naming Names - Metadata Registries
Rachel Heery examines metadata issues. -
Metadata Corner: Working Meeting on Electronic Records Research
Michael Day reports from the Working Meeting on Electronic Records Research, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania May 29-31, 1997. -
Data Archive at the University of Essex
Denise Lievesley and Bridget Winstanley describe this national resource centre for computer-readable data in the social sciences and humanities.