Issue 58, January 2009, feature article
Georg Eckes and Monika Segbert describe a Best Practice Network funded under the eContentplus Programme of the European Commission, which is building a portal for access to film archival resources in Europe.
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Issue 58, January 2009, event report
Julian Cheal reports on the 5-day JISC's Developer Happiness Days event held at Birckbeck College, London over 16 - 21 February 2009.
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Issue 58, January 2009, review
Marieke Guy gets in touch with her inner PowerPoint Zen.
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Issue 58, January 2009, review
Sylvie Lafortune reviews a much needed work on offering GIS services in libraries.
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Issue 58, January 2009, review
Emma Tonkin takes a look at an impressive new book on the topic of metadata design, implementation and evaluation in theory and practice.
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Issue 58, January 2009, review
Sarah Ward considers a work which brings together perspectives on learner support from academics, librarians and student support professionals.
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Issue 57, October 2008, feature article
R. John Robertson, Mahendra Mahey and Phil Barker introduce work investigating an alternative model of repository and service interaction.
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Issue 57, October 2008, feature article
Jane Stevenson describes the results of usability testing for the Archives Hub Web site.
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Issue 57, October 2008, feature article
Sally Rumsey and Ben O'Steen describe OAI-ORE and how it can contribute to digital preservation activities.
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Issue 57, October 2008, feature article
Jakob Voss combines OpenSearch and unAPI to enrich catalogues.
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Issue 57, October 2008, event report
Frances Boyle and Jane Humphreys report on the one-day workshop on digital preservation planning jointly organised by the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) and Planets held at the British Library, on Tuesday 29 July 2008.
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Issue 57, October 2008, event report
Tobias Blanke, Ann Borda, Gaby Bright and Bridget Soulsby report on the annual eResearch Australasia Conference, held in Melbourne, Australia, 29 September - 3 October, 2008.
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Issue 57, October 2008, review
Pete Cliff used to think 'Website Optimisation' simply meant compressing images and avoiding nested tables, but in this he book finds out how much more there is to it, even in the Age of Broadband.
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Issue 57, October 2008, review
Marieke Guy reviews a text that could offer the blueprint for moving records management into the 21st century.
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Issue 57, October 2008, review
Stuart Hannabuss reviews a work which debunks some key assumptions about IPR and contends that current patent arrangements are ineffective.
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Issue 57, October 2008, review
Ralph LeVan looks at a comprehensive work on how to consume and repurpose Web services.
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Issue 57, October 2008, review
Mahendra Mahey reviews a book which examines popular Internet culture and how it may be having negative effects on many of us.
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Issue 56, July 2008, feature article
Emma Tonkin looks at the current landscape of persistent identifiers, describes several current services, and examines the theoretical background behind their structure and use.
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Issue 56, July 2008, event report
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.
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Issue 56, July 2008, event report
Mia Ridge reports on the Mashed Museum day and the Museums Computer Group UK Museums on the Web Conference, held at the University of Leicester in June 2008.
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Issue 56, July 2008, event report
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.
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Issue 56, July 2008, review
Pete Cliff considers a new book on data visualisation and hopes one day to implement some of the interesting ideas presented in this work.
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Issue 56, July 2008, review
Lina Coelho takes an enthusiastic view of the opportunities open to library and information professionals presented in this career-enhancing book.
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Issue 56, July 2008, review
Emma Delaney considers the effects of Web 2.0 on delivering information literacy to library students and end-users.
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Issue 56, July 2008, review
Stuart Hannabuss argues that the book's online big sister, Keeping Within the Law (KWtL), launched at the same time, is really the place to go and the source to buy.
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Issue 56, July 2008, review
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.
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Issue 56, July 2008, review
Martin White reviews a book that provides advice for managers on how to ensure that Web sites, intranets and library services are fully compliant with guidelines and legislation on accessibility.
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Issue 55, April 2008, feature article
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.
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Issue 55, April 2008, feature article
Mick Eadie describes the development of the Dublin Core Images Application Profile project recently funded through the JISC.
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Issue 55, April 2008, feature article
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.
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Issue 55, April 2008, review
Lina Coelho takes a look at this collection of winning strategies for success in public libraries during challenging times.
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Issue 55, April 2008, review
Stuart Hannabuss analyses a very useful addition to the realm of information, knowledge and library studies.
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Issue 55, April 2008, review
Stephanie Taylor finds in Information and Emotion: The Emergent Affective Paradigm in Information Behavior Research and Theory new ways to understand the emotions of users in a collection of work from the US information behaviour community.
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Issue 55, April 2008, review
Emma Tonkin reviews a fascinating introduction to over two decades of research into computerisation movements.
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Issue 55, April 2008, review
Martin White reviews a book that sets out to provide very practical guidance on managing software projects.
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Issue 54, January 2008, feature article
Edgardo Civallero writes on preservation and dissemination of intangible South American indigenous heritage and updating information using Web-based tools.
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