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• Developing Adaptable, Efficient Mobile Library Services: Librarians as Enablers

  Lizzie Caperon describes how library resources can be targeted towards effective mobile services as mobile devices become increasingly prevalent in Higher Education.

• Has Second Life Lived up to Expectations?

  Paul Gorman examines to what degree Second Life has justified the claims made for it by its evangelists with particular regard to education.

• Welsh Libraries and Social Media: A Survey

  Alyson Tyler outlines the results of a survey of Welsh libraries, their access to, and use of, social media, and offers a sample business case.

• Editorial Introduction to Issue 68

  The editor introduces readers to the content of Ariadne issue 68.

• Book Review: Practical Open Source Software for Libraries

  Muhammad Rafiq takes a look at a work on the open source community and open source software.

• 23 Things in Public Libraries

  Helen Leech describes a collaborative project to increase front-line staff's understanding and use of Web 2.0 in public libraries.

• A Desk Too Far?: The Case for Remote Working

  Marieke Guy examines both the benefits and the pitfalls of working remotely from the standpoint of both employees and their organisation.

• Being Wired Or Being Tired: 10 Ways to Cope With Information Overload

  Sarah Houghton-Jan explores different strategies for managing and coping with various types of informational overload.

• Blended Learning and Online Tutoring: Planning Learner Support and Activity Design

  Lyn Parker does not consider that the second edition has changed considerably from the first edition despite the publishers' blurb to the contrary. Nonetheless, she feels there is much of value.

• Book Review: The Thriving Library

  Lina Coelho takes a look at this collection of winning strategies for success in public libraries during challenging times.

• Web 2.0 in U.S. LIS Schools: Are They Missing the Boat?

  Noa Aharony asks whether library and information science schools in the United States are underestimating the opportunities offered by Web 2.0 applications.

• IWMW 2006: Quality Matters

  Adrian Stevenson reports on the 10th Institutional Web Management Workshop held at the University of Bath over 14-16 June 2006.

• The (Digital) Library Environment: Ten Years After

  Lorcan Dempsey considers how the digital library environment has changed in the ten years since Ariadne was first published.

• Web Focus: Must Email Die?

  Brian Kelly recently gave a talk on this subject at the Internet Librarian International 2005 conference. In this article he expands on the talk and revisits the question as to whether email really should disappear.

• Web Focus: The WWW 2005 Conference

  Brian Kelly provides his impressions including reports of areas of doubt and uncertainty - but also of an exciting new development.

• Web Focus: Using Collaborative Technologies When on the Road

  Brian Kelly argues that since conference delegates now expect to be able to read email on the road, there are additional technologies which might enhance our effectiveness when away from the office.

• Beyond Email: Wikis, Blogs and Other Strange Beasts

  Robert Bristow reports on a one-day workshop 'Beyond Email: Strategies for Collaborative Working and Learning in the 21st Century'.

• Web Focus: Experiences of Using a Wiki for Note-taking at a Workshop

  Brian Kelly describes how the Wikalong Wiki tool was used to support note-taking at a workshop.

• The Institutional Web Management Workshop 2004

  Tracey Stanley reports on the 8th Institutional Web Management Workshop at the University of Birmingham over 27-29 July. The theme of this year's workshop was Transforming the Organisation.

• Book Review: Extreme Searchers' Internet Handbook

  Verity Brack reviews a book on Internet resources and finds it a useful volume for Internet beginners and Google-centric searchers.

• Through the Web Authoring Tools

  Paul Browning offers a technical review of new approaches to Web publishing.

• What Features in a Portal?

  Geoff Butters analyses the features found in various types of portal, and includes a comparison with the planned features for the JISC Subject Portals.