Buzz - Second Life

• 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.

• Editorial Introduction to Issue 68

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

• 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.

• Intute Reflections at the End of an Era

  Angela Joyce, Linda Kerr, Tim Machin, Paul Meehan and Caroline Williams look back at the history and achievements of Intute, and reflect on lessons learned as the service enters its final year.

• 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.

• News and Events

  Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.

• Book Review: Information Tomorrow

  Lina Coelho is delighted by this pick-and-mix collection of reflections on the technological future of libraries.

• 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 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.

• News and Events

  Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.

• The Librarian's Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) 2008

  Keir Hopwood reports on three-day conference about current and future trends in the practice of information literacy teaching in Higher Education and beyond.

• Exploiting the Potential of Blogs and Social Networks

  Gill Ferrell reports on a one-day workshop about Blogs and Social Networks, held in Birmingham in November 2007.

• Saving Energy in the Workplace

  Eddie Young outlines some of the issues faced by a Systems Administrator when trying to save energy in the workplace.

• Editorial Introduction to Issue 53: Unlocking Our Televisual Past

  Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 53.

• Newsline

  Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.

• The Second Life of UK Academics

  John Kirriemuir introduces a series of studies investigating how the Second Life environment is being used in UK Higher and Further Education.

• Eduserv Foundation Symposium 2007: Virtual Worlds, Real Learning?

  Paul Walk reports on the Eduserv Foundation Symposium which took as its theme 'Virtual Worlds, Real Learning?' and which was primarily concerned with educational uses for Second Life.

• 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.

• The JISC Annual Conference 2007

  Philip Pothen and colleagues provide an overview of the proceedings of this Spring's JISC Annual Conference.

• What Happens When We Mash the Library?

  Paul Miller looks at recent attempts to make library resources more appealing, including the Talis competition to build library 'mashups'.