http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/ Recent content on Ariadne Hugo -- gohugo.io en-gb Tue, 23 Jul 2019 13:23:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/78/editorial/ Tue, 23 Jul 2019 13:23:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/78/editorial/ Ariadne has changed many times over its 20+ year life so far, and this year is no exception. When we inherited Ariadne at Loughborough we upgraded the Drupal based system that Bath had been using for some time and we have run with that for a couple of years. However we’ve found it increasingly time consuming to maintain for little gain to the journal - many of the Drupal blogging features we don’t need or use get regular updates and security patches for example. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/77/editorial/ Tue, 23 Jul 2019 12:30:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/77/editorial/ In issue 77 of Ariadne, we have articles covering a range of topics: Prince Jacon Igwe discusses the role of a Social Media Librarian in academic libraries, and presents an innovative use of digital billboards to promote the library’s and institution’s work whilst increasing engagement with students, academics and the public. Social media is being increasingly used by academics to demonstrate their “impact” to funders and management. Having the library engage social media users to help spread the word about relevant University research and resources can therefore also be a demonstrable benefit the library is bringing to their academics. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/78/gucer/ Thu, 20 Jun 2019 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/78/gucer/ INTRODUCTION In March 2018, after more than two years of development, the creators of the Animal Welfare Act History Digital Collection (AWAHDC, awahistory.nal.usda.gov ) were poised to launch this unique new digital library. We had encountered and solved many problems with the workflows (as described in Gucer et al. 2019) throughout the process of designing and implementing this collection in house at the National Agricultural Library (NAL, nal.usda.gov). These backend problems had delayed the completion of our user interface until the last stages of the project, but in the late spring of 2018 were finally ready to go live with this interface—almost. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/78/goodman/ Fri, 05 Apr 2019 19:13:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/78/goodman/ In 2018, I was one of the lucky recipients of a UCISA bursary, which enabled me to attend the Educause conference in Denver, Colorado. The Educause conference is something that has been on my radar for 20 years, and it’s no coincidence that it is celebrating 20 years this year. The younger me would have been overawed at the sheer size of this event, but after having presented at and attended conferences for the last 20 years, I felt ready for it. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/78/cooper/ Thu, 07 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/78/cooper/ Introduction At the start of 2019 Ariadne[1] moved from being a Drupal[2] site to being a static site. This move realised a number of benefits for the journal including an improvement in the site performance and a reduction in the ongoing effort required for site maintenance. Why move away from Drupal? When the technical running of Ariadne moved from the University of Bath to Loughborough University in 2015 it was decided to upgrade Drupal to the latest version[3]. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/78/pienaar-et-all/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 18:10:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/78/pienaar-et-all/ Introduction The 2017 Library Edition of the well-known Horizon Report (NMC Horizon report, 2017) describes ‘Digital Scholarship Technologies’ as one of the important developments in technology for Academic and Research Libraries. According to the report “The concept of digital scholarship has origins in the late 1990s in the United Kingdom. Originally referred to as e-science, the idea of applying new technology and data analysis tools to scholarship cycled through other names like cyber-infrastructure and e-scholarship, before landing on the current umbrella term. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/78/towns/ Tue, 15 Jan 2019 16:57:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/78/towns/ Why am I here? At Loughborough University we have been working with Figshare (1) to provide a cloud hosted repository (2) to house the institution’s research outputs (datasets, presentations, diagrams and figures etc.) since 2015. At the same time the University’s ‘Institutional Repository’ (3) for publications (Journal articles, conference papers, book chapters etc.) has been hosted locally using an instance of DSpace (4). This DSpace instance has become more than a little long in the tooth and the University recently went out to tender to replace that system. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/78/singer-and-bilson/ Sun, 03 Jun 2018 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/78/singer-and-bilson/ The Guided Learner JourneyAt the University of Hertfordshire, a series of consultative workshops with academic staff and students established the aims and principles for the student Guided Learner Journey (GLJ) back in 2014. The GLJ aims included providing an excellent student learning experience, meeting sound pedagogic principles and student expectations, taking advantage of technological developments and a full range of online services for a holistic student experience. The GLJ also established key principles including a consistent delivery of learning activities and resources, students’ ability to comment on and supplement resources and learning activities and customisation and simpler mechanisms to provide links to journals, ebooks and other external resources. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/78/reach/ Tue, 27 Mar 2018 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/78/reach/ REACH, re-designing access to Cultural Heritage for a wider participation in preservation, (re)use and management of European culture, is a a three-year project on participatory governance of culture, started on the 1st of November 2017. The project is supported by the European Commission in the frame of the Horizonb2020 programme, and coordinated by Coventry University. The REACH Social Platform aims to establish a sustainable space for meeting, discussion and collaboration by all those with a stake in the field of culture and Cultural Heritage. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/77/prince-jacon-igwe/ Mon, 11 Sep 2017 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/77/prince-jacon-igwe/ Abstract Academic libraries across the world are steadily incorporating social media as means to achieving their primary concern of supporting teaching and research in their respective higher institutions. Yet, there appears to be little concern for constant and instant conversation with users on these platforms. As a remedy, this paper makes a case for social media librarianship whereby a dedicated librarian is given the mandate of handling the social media platforms as their primary duty. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/77/jason-cooper/ Tue, 13 Jun 2017 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/77/jason-cooper/ In 2014 Loughborough University launched Loughborough University London, a postgraduate campus located in London. Until this point Loughborough University’s Library [1] had been single site, so there were a number of factors to take into account to decide on the best way cater for the second site, including: Size- the London campus library was significantly smaller than the Loughborough campus library Shared online resources- the majority of online Library resources were accessible to users at either campus http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/77/helen-young/ Wed, 07 Jun 2017 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/77/helen-young/ Starr Hoffman sets out some clear aims in her preface to ‘Dynamic research support for academic libraries’. The book intends to: Inspire “you to think creatively about new services” Spark “ideas of potential collaborations within and outside the library…” Provide “specific examples of new services…” Provide “a broad array of examples across different types of institutions…” Shift you “from a mindset of … separate initiatives towards a broad view of ‘research support’ “p. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/77/adrienne-muir/ Tue, 30 May 2017 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/77/adrienne-muir/ This is a second, revised and updated, edition of Jane Secker’s 2009 book. For this edition Chris Morrison is a contributor. Both authors are prominent copyright experts working in higher education in the UK. They are also advocates of copyright education for professionals working in the sector. The second edition takes into account changes to UK copyright law in 2014 and developments in the field. The book has seven chapters, including the conclusions. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/77/tanya-butchers/ Sat, 25 Feb 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/77/tanya-butchers/ With a cover description that promises a book that “identifies the key skills and attitudes needed by the library leaders of today and tomorrow” I anticipated a collection of  practical, experience-based chapters describing situations the authors had found themselves in, accounts of how they had approached the issues, the lessons they learned and reflections on what they would do differently the next time. As a current library service manager within the UK Public sector I hoped to be able to identify with those situations, reflect on the accounts and apply some of the lessons to my own experiences. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/77/margaridadiasdasilva/ Tue, 03 Jan 2017 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/77/margaridadiasdasilva/ Abstract: Folksonomies arise in the context of the Information Society, spurred by the advent and widespread use of collaborative tools of Web 2.0, where the passive user has become both information producer and consumer. This paper attempts to answer the question: can we talk about folksonomies in archives? We start with the concept of folksonomy and an exploratory study in public archives, taking as an example the case of France, which seeks to know what the characteristics and specificities of folksonomies in archives are. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/76/editorial/ Wed, 30 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/76/editorial/ In this issue of Ariadne, we have article covering a range of topics.Lidu Gong starts us off with a description of the "heart centred" approach to customer service in a Māori oriented academic library service in New Zealand. To help deal with cultural differences between Māori users and traditional "Western" library services, the library staff at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa college adopt an approach based on knowledge of the Māori people, their customs, beliefs and standards of interaction. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/76/brewerton/ Mon, 31 Oct 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/76/brewerton/ The two main objectives of a conference are: i) to promote developments in a particular area and/or ii) to gather opinion on the state of play. In my case I’d been involved with a great project [1] and wanted the opportunity to bragtalk about it. As there didn’t seem to be any appropriate event to attend,  I ended up volunteering to organise one. Of course there are many better reasons why you might want to do this; it may be to support your colleagues or a professional body in their endeavours, it’s (now) part of your duties, or because you need to boost your CV. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/76/pearce/ Sat, 15 Oct 2016 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/76/pearce/ A great deal has been written about the benefits of open access and it should be intuitively obvious to all librarians (and really anyone) that universal free open access will be the optimum for the benefit of information availability for humankind. Thus, the EU is moving to open access all papers they fund by 2020. How this will occur is still being determined. The problem with open access has always been how to fund the publishing of academic journals appropriately. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/76/gadd/ Mon, 05 Sep 2016 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/76/gadd/ I was excited to see that Facet had brought out a “practical guide” to altmetrics. As far as I can see, there is only one other textbook on the market released in 2015, and in this fast-growing area I would say there is definitely room for another. However, as I ploughed further and further through it, I must confess to feeling a bit confused. Firstly, while the title suggests the book is a practical guide for librarians, researchers and academics, it was almost exclusively aimed at librarians (as you might expect from a book from Facet) and equally as theoretical as practical. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/76/gong/ Mon, 01 Aug 2016 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/76/gong/ Background: TWoA (Te Wānanga o Aotearoa) is a Māori institution, the second largest tertiary institution in New Zealand. The vision, mission and goal of TWoA are based on mātauranga Māori embedded in TWoA values and practice. The vision is ‘to provide holistic education opportunities of the highest quality’, and ‘to encourage all learners to learn and achieve to their fullest potential’. The mission is ‘whānau¹ transformation through education’. The values are Te Aroha (love), Te Whakapono (beliefs), Ngā Ture (rules), and Kotahitanga (unity) (twoa, 2016).