Overview of content related to 'open source'

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.

Iain Wallace, Graeme West and David Donald give an account of the origins, nature and establishment of Spoken Word Services at Glasgow Caledonian University.

Sebastian Rahtz and Randy Metcalfe report on a one-day conference on open source software development communities organised by OSS Watch held in Edinburgh on 4 July 2005.

Pete Cliff considers a new book on data visualisation and hopes one day to implement some of the interesting ideas presented in this work.

Lina Coelho feels that digital reference has come of age and that this work is one of its adornments where reference information professionals are concerned.

Eric Jukes takes a look at the strengths and weaknesses of another book in the 'Accidental' series.

Brian Whalley reviews a work which helps Library and Information Science Staff at Higher Education Institutions to support their research students.

Stuart Hannabuss reviews a work which debunks some key assumptions about IPR and contends that current patent arrangements are ineffective.

While acknowledging the genuine usefulness of much of its content, Emma Tonkin provides helpful pointers towards a second edition.

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

Emma Tonkin reviews a fascinating introduction to over two decades of research into computerisation movements.

Pete Cliff learns something new in this 'Open Source' book every time he makes the tea.

Marieke Guy reports on a symposium which provided an opportunity for stakeholders to respond to the recent Blue Ribbon Task Force report on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access.

Phil Cross, Debra Hiom and Emma Place report on this workshop which was held at the University of Bath in February 2004.

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.

Dave Thompson sets out the pragmatic approach to preferred file formats for long-term preservation used at the Wellcome Library.

Alexander Ball and Manjula Patel provide an overview of the second annual conference of the Digital Curation Centre.

Amber Thomas explores the ways in which emerging research practices and Wikipedia illustrate the changing boundaries of academic work.