Buzz - Institutional Repository
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Digitisation and e-Delivery of Theses from ePrints Soton
Julian Ball and Christine Fowler describe the partnership between the University of Southampton’s Library Digitisation Unit and its institutional repository for digitising and hosting theses.
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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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Shared Repositories, Shared Benefits: Regional and Consortial Repositories in Japan
Takeo Ozono, Daisuke Ueda and Fumiyo Ozaki describe the work of the ShaRe Project and its influence upon the development of consortial repositories and the benefits they have brought to Japanese institutions.
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Hita-Hita: Open Access and Institutional Repositories in Japan Ten Years On
Ikuko Tsuchide, Yui Nishizono, Masako Suzuki, Shigeki Sugita, Kazuo Yamamoto and Hideki Uchijima introduce a number of ideas and projects that have enhanced the progress of the Open Access movement and institutional repositories in Japan over the last ten years.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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JISC Research Information Management: CERIF Workshop
Rosemary Russell reports on a two-day workshop on research information management and CERIF held in Bristol over 27-28 June 2012.
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Walk-in Access to e-Resources at the University of Bath
Kate Robinson, Lizz Jennings and Laurence Lockton outline a low-cost solution to walk-in (visitor) access to licensed e-journals, drawing on their practice at the University of Bath with a wiki ERM and OPAC terminals.
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Adapting VuFind as a Front-end to a Commercial Discovery System
Graham Seaman describes the adaptation of an open source discovery tool, VuFind, to local needs, discusses the decisions which needed to be made in the process, and considers the implications of this process for future library discovery systems.
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Kultivating Kultur: Increasing Arts Research Deposit
Marie-Therese Gramstadt discusses how the JISC-funded Kultivate Project is encouraging arts research deposit in UK institutional repositories. -
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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Editorial Introduction to Issue 68
The editor introduces readers to the content of Ariadne issue 68.
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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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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. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 66: Sanity Check
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 66. -
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. -
Survive or Thrive
Ed Fay reports on a two-day conference organised by UKOLN on behalf of JISC to consider growth and use of digital content on the Web, which was held in Manchester in June 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. -
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. -
Open Repositories 2010
Philip Hunter and Robin Taylor report on the Open Repositories Conference held in Madrid between 6 -9 July 2010 at the Palacio de Congresos. -
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. -
Archives in Web 2.0: New Opportunities
Marta Nogueira describes how three Web 2.0 applications (Facebook, Flickr, YouTube) can work as a virtual extension for archives and other cultural organisations, by identifying benefits obtained from the use of Web 2.0 applications. -
Book Review: Information Science in Transition
Michael Day reviews an edited volume published to commemorate the founding of the Institute of Information Scientists in 1958. -
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. -
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. -
Towards a Toolkit for Implementing Application Profiles
Talat Chaudhri, Julian Cheal, Richard Jones, Mahendra Mahey and Emma Tonkin propose a user-driven methodology for the iterative development, testing and implementation of Dublin Core Application Profiles in diverse repository software environments. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 61: The Double-edged Web
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 61. -
Enhancing Scientific Communication through Aggregated Publications
Arjan Hogenaar describes changes in the publication and communication process which will mean that the role of authors will become a more prominent one. -
UK Institutional Repository Search: Innovation and Discovery
Vic Lyte, Sophia Jones, Sophia Ananiadou and Linda Kerr describe an innovative tool to showcase UK research output through advanced discovery and retrieval facilities. -
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. -
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. -
SHERPA to YODL-ING: Digital Mountaineering at York
Julie Allinson and Elizabeth Harbord describe the development of digital repositories for the University of York. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
The REMAP Project: Steps Towards a Repository-enabled Information Environment
Richard Green and Chris Awre investigate what role a repository can play in enabling and supporting the management and preservation of its own digital content. -
Three Perspectives on the Evolving Infrastructure of Institutional Research Repositories in Europe
Marjan Vernooy-Gerritsen, Gera Pronk and Maurits van der Graaf report on the most significant results from two surveys conducted to provide an overview of repositories with research output in the European Union. -
An Awfully Big Adventure: Strathclyde's Digital Library Plan
Derek Law describes how the University of Strathclyde is choosing to give priority to e-content and services instead of a new building. -
The MrCute Repository: The Next Phase
Helen Brady describes the MrCute repository project and its potential impact on the digital learning object-sharing community. -
A Bug's Life?: How Metaphors from Ecology Can Articulate the Messy Details of Repository Interactions
R. John Robertson, Mahendra Mahey and Phil Barker introduce work investigating an alternative model of repository and service interaction. -
OAI-ORE, PRESERV2 and Digital Preservation
Sally Rumsey and Ben O'Steen describe OAI-ORE and how it can contribute to digital preservation activities. -
A DRY CRIG Event for the IE Demonstrator
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. -
Institutional Web Management Workshop 2008: The Great Debate
Adrian Tribe reports on a three-day conference designed for professionals involved in the provision of institutional Web services, organised by UKOLN and held at King's College, University of Aberdeen in July 2008. -
Integrating Journal Back Files Into an Existing Electronic Environment
Jason Cooper describes how Loughborough University Library integrated a number of collections of journal back files into their existing electronic environment. -
Open Repositories 2008
Mahendra Mahey reports on the third international Open Repositories 2008 Conference, held at the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton in April 2008. -
Preservation of Web Resources: Making a Start
Stephen Emmott reports on a one-day workshop aimed at all those interested in issues relating to institutional Web resource preservation. The event was held by the JISC-PoWR team at the University of London in June 2008. -
Versioning in Repositories: Implementing Best Practice
Jenny Brace explains why giving time to versioning within a repository is worthwhile and outlines the best practice to implement. -
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. -
Research Libraries and the Power of the Co-operative
John MacColl considers the 'co-operative imperative' upon research libraries, and describes the work which the former Research Libraries Group is undertaking as part of OCLC. -
South African Repositories: Bridging Knowledge Divides
Martie van Deventer and Heila Pienaar provide us with background to recent South African repository initiatives and detail an example of knowledge transfer from one institution to another. -
Towards an Application Profile for Images
Mick Eadie describes the development of the Dublin Core Images Application Profile project recently funded through the JISC. -
VIF: Version Identification Workshop
Sarah Molloy reports on a half-day workshop on the use of the Version Identification Framework, held in Hatton Garden, London on 22 April 2008. -
RepoMMan: Delivering Private Repository Space for Day-to-day Use
Richard Green and Chris Awre describe work undertaken at the University of Hull to place Web services at the heart of its personalised digital repository provision. -
We Do Not Know We Are Born (Digital)
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 54. -
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. -
Newsline
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
The DARE Chronicle: Open Access to Research Results and Teaching Material in the Netherlands
Leo Waaijers reflects on four years of progress and also looks ahead. -
ARROW and the RQF: Meeting the Needs of the Research Quality Framework Using an Institutional Research Repository
David Groenewegen and Andrew Treloar describe the role of repositories in the forthcoming Australian Research Quality Framework (RQF) and the responses of the ARROW Project to the needs of the RQF. -
Capacity Building: Spoken Word at Glasgow Caledonian University
Iain Wallace, Graeme West and David Donald give an account of the origins, nature and establishment of Spoken Word Services at Glasgow Caledonian University. -
Digital Repositories: Dealing With the Digital Deluge
Pete Cliff gives an overall view of the multi-stranded JISC conference held in Manchester over 5-6 June 2007. -
EThOSnet: Building a UK E-Theses Community
Jill Russell outlines progress towards an e-theses service for the UK. -
Institutional Repositories and Their 'Other' Users: Usability Beyond Authors
Dana McKay summarises the literature on the usability of institutional repositories, and points to directions for future work. -
Repository Thrills and Spills
Sue Manuel and Charles Oppenheim take a look at recent developments in the digital repositories field and present a light-hearted project narrative. -
Developing a Virtual Research Environment in a Portal Framework: The EVIE Project
Tracey Stanley provides an overview of the EVIE Project at the University of Leeds which was funded under the JISC Virtual Research Environments Programme. -
What Is an Open Repository?
Julie Allinson, Jessie Hey, Chris Awre and Mahendra Mahey report on the Open Repositories 2007 conference, held in San Antonio, Texas between 23-26 January 2007. -
Considering a Marketing and Communications Approach for an Institutional Repository
Heleen Gierveld proposes a market-oriented approach to increase the rate of deposit to an institutional repository. -
DC 2006: Metadata for Knowledge and Learning
Julie Allinson, Rachel Heery, Pete Johnston and Rosemary Russell report on DC 2006, the sixth international conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, held 3 - 6 October 2006. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 49: Technology Is Only Part of the Story
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 49. -
From Nought to a Thousand: The HUSCAP Project
Masako Suziki and Shigeki Sugita describe Hokkaido University's efforts to populate its institutional repository with journal articles. -
Workshop on E-Research, Digital Repositories and Portals
Rob Allan, Rob Crouchley and Caroline Ingram report on a two-day workshop held at University of Lancaster over 6-7 September 2006 -
CRIS2006: Enabling Interaction and Quality: Beyond the Hanseatic League
Derek Sergeant and Jessie Hey report on this 3-day conference in Bergen, Norway, 11-13 May 2006. -
Fedora Users Conference
Chris Awre and Richard Green report from the Fedora Users Conference, a two-day meeting for users of the open source Fedora repository system held at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, over 19-20 June 2006. -
The Library Catalogue in the New Discovery Environment: Some Thoughts
Lorcan Dempsey explores how the library catalogue will develop alongside evolving network discovery systems. -
Book Review: The Institutional Repository
Sally Rumsey recommends a new book about institutional repositories. -
Folksonomies: The Fall and Rise of Plain-text Tagging
Emma Tonkin suggests that rising new ideas are often on their second circuit - and none the worse for that. -
The Rustle of Digital Curation: The JISC Annual Conference
Julie Allinson, Marieke Guy and Maureen Pennock find themselves contemplating e-frameworks, digital curation and repositories at the JISC Annual Conference. -
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. -
Research Libraries Engage the Digital World: A US-UK Comparative Examination of Recent History and Future Prospects
Clifford Lynch looks at how the emergence of e-research has changed our thinking about the future of research libraries on both sides of the Atlantic. -
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. -
A Recipe for Cream of Science: Special Content Recruitment for Dutch Institutional Repositories
Martin Feijen and Annemiek van der Kuil describe the Cream of Science Project, part of the DARE Programme, which generated a Web site offering open access to almost 25,000 publications by 207 prominent scholars across the Netherlands. -
DAEDALUS: Delivering the Glasgow EPrints Service
Morag Greig and William Nixon describe the key aims and findings of the DAEDALUS Project and the Glasgow ePrints Service. -
Online Repositories for Learning Materials: The User Perspective
Amber Thomas and Andrew Rothery explore how online repositories are being used to store and share e-learning content, and show how taking the user perspective might challenge the emerging approaches to repository development. -
Repositories, Copyright and Creative Commons for Scholarly Communication
Esther Hoorn considers ways librarians can support scholars in managing the demands of copyright so as to respond to the needs of scholarly communication. -
Book Review: Building an Electronic Resource Collection
Sarah Pearson considers whether the 2nd edition of this practical guide for building an electronic resource collection can satisfy the needs of both new and experienced practitioners. -
Installing Shibboleth
Simon McLeish describes the experience of Shibboleth installation in a Higher Education environment, and suggests ways to make this experience more user-friendly. -
Supporting Digital Preservation and Asset Management in Institutions
Leona Carpenter describes a JISC development programme tackling the organisational and technical challenges facing Higher and Further Education in the UK. -
United Kingdom Serials Group Conference 2005
Sarah Pearson reports on the annual 3-day UK Serials Group (UKSG) conference recently held at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. -
A Tradition of Scholarly Documentation for Digital Objects: The Launch of the Digital Curation Centre
Philip Hunter reports on the launch of the DCC at the National eScience Centre in Edinburgh, November 2004. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
The Dawning of DARE: A Shared Experience
Annemiek van der Kuil and Martin Feijen describe the first year of the DARE Project and its foundation of the OAI repositories of Dutch academic output. -
The Tapir: Adding E-Theses Functionality to DSpace
Richard Jones demonstrates how the Theses Alive Plugin for Institutional Repositories (Tapir) has provided E-Theses functionality for DSpace. -
Editorial Introduction to Issue 40: Horses for Courses
Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 40. -
Targeting Academic Research With Southampton's Institutional Repository
Jessie Hey describes how user needs have influenced the evolutionary development of 'e-Prints Soton' as the University of Southampton Research Repository. -
At the Event: The EPrints UK Workshop
Phil Cross, Debra Hiom and Emma Place report on this workshop which was held at the University of Bath in February 2004. -
Filling Institutional Repositories: Practical Strategies from the DAEDALUS Project
Morag Mackie describes some strategies that can be used to help populate an institutional repository. -
News and Events
Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. -
DSpace Vs. ETD-db: Choosing Software to Manage Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Richard Jones examines the similarities and differences between DSpace and ETD-db to determine their applicability in a modern E-theses service. -
OAI: The Fourth Open Archives Forum Workshop
Manjula Patel provides us with an overview of the 4th Open Archives Forum Workshop. -
Trends in Self-Posting of Research Material Online by Academic Staff
Theo Andrew sheds some light on current trends in posting research material online with a case study from The University of Edinburgh. -
Climbing the Scholarly Publishing Mountain With SHERPA
John MacColl and Stephen Pinfield explore the SHERPA project, which is concentrating on making e-prints available online. -
OCLC-SCURL: Collaboration, Integration and Recombinant Potential
Pete Johnston reports on the New Directions in Metadata conference, 15-16 August, in Edinburgh