Issue 67, July 2011, event report
Kirsty Pitkin reports on a two-day practical hack event focusing on Open Educational Resources (OER), held by DevCSI and JISC CETIS in Manchester on 31 March - 1 April 2011.
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Issue 67, July 2011, review
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.
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Issue 67, July 2011, review
Michael Day reviews a recently published book on the selection and preparation of archive and library collections for digitisation.
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Issue 67, July 2011, review
Sylvie Lafortune reviews a book taking a hard look at academic libraries, how they are being redefined and what skills will be required of the staff who will move them forward.
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Issue 66, January 2011, feature article
Peter Boot shows how log analysis can be employed to assess a site's usability, usage, and users, using the Van Gogh letter edition as an example.
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Issue 66, January 2011, feature article
Richard Collmann describes how experience using a portable Virtual 3D Object Rig in cultural institutions has led to significant improvements in apparatus design and workflow.
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Issue 66, January 2011, feature article
Marieke Guy describes new tools and services that can help you get your event heard.
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Issue 66, January 2011, feature article
Maureen Pennock and Chris Clark introduce an innovative initiative from the British Library to map a 12-month soundscape of the UK.
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Issue 66, January 2011, feature article
Jane Ronson looks at how Zetoc has developed and what the future holds for the service.
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Issue 66, January 2011, event report
Alex Ball reports on the 6th International Digital Curation Conference, held on 7-8 December 2010 in Chicago.
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Issue 66, January 2011, event report
Tore Hoel reports on the CETIS 2010 Conference, 15 - 16 November 2010 at the National College for Leadership of Schools and Childrens' Services Conference Centre, Nottingham.
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Issue 66, January 2011, event report
Jodi Schneider reports on a three-day workshop about the future of scientific communication, held in San Diego CA, USA, in January 2011.
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Issue 66, January 2011, review
Katrina Clifford reviews a work covering the long-heralded change in the cataloguing rule set - RDA (Resource Description and Access).
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Issue 66, January 2011, review
Lina Coelho takes a look at Scott Berkun's challenging view of what innovation and creativity really mean.
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Issue 66, January 2011, review
Elly Cope reviews the second edition of this book in which the author explains how RSS and blogging can be used by librarians and libraries.
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Issue 66, January 2011, review
Muhammad Rafiq takes a look at a work on the open source community and open source software.
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Issue 65, October 2010, feature article
Mahendra Mahey and Paul Walk discuss the work of the Developer Community Supporting Innovation (DevCSI) Project which focuses on building capacity for software developers in UK Further and Higher Education to support innovation in the sector.
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Issue 65, October 2010, feature article
Malcolm Wolski and Joanna Richardson outline an Australian initiative to address technology challenges within current research paradigms.
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Issue 65, October 2010, event report
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.
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Issue 65, October 2010, event report
David Fuegi and Monika Segbert-Elbert report on the annual Europeana Conference, held at the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam in October 2010.
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Issue 65, October 2010, review
Eilidh Mackay reviews a work which takes a concept-based approach to contemporary acquisitions practices.
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Issue 65, October 2010, review
Charles Oppenheim takes a look at an introduction to Information Science but fails to be impressed.
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Issue 65, October 2010, review
Emma Tonkin takes a look at a book on the work of the taxonomist and notes both merits and disappointments.
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Issue 65, October 2010, review
Martin White reviews the proceedings of a 2009 M-Libraries conference on mobile applications in libraries.
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Issue 65, October 2010, review
Brian Whalley looks at a student survival aid in the information age that should also be valuable for tutors.
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Issue 64, July 2010, feature article
Brian Gambles presents the Library of Birmingham vision and strategy for addressing the challenge of mobile digital services.
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Issue 64, July 2010, feature article
Sarah Hammond explores UK public libraries' growing participation in social media to reach their audiences online, with a focus on blogging.
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Issue 64, July 2010, feature article
Rose Holley describes a major development in the Australian national digital information infrastructure.
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Issue 64, July 2010, feature article
Helen Leech describes a collaborative project to increase front-line staff's understanding and use of Web 2.0 in public libraries.
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Issue 64, July 2010, event report
Keith Doyle provides a personal perspective on a conference organised by UKOLN for those involved in the provision of institutional Web services.
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Issue 64, July 2010, event report
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.
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Issue 64, July 2010, event report
Philip Hunter and Robin Taylor report on the Open Repositories Conference held in Madrid between 6 -9 July 2010 at the Palacio de Congresos.
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Issue 64, July 2010, event report
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.
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Issue 64, July 2010, event report
Liza Zamboglou and Lorraine Paterson report on the Usability Professionals' Association's International Conference held in Munich, Germany in May 2010.
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Issue 64, July 2010, review
Ed Bremner reviews a work on building and supporting online communities.
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Issue 64, July 2010, review
Michael Day reviews a Festschrift celebrating the work of Professor Peter Brophy, founder of the Centre for Research in Library and Information Management.
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