http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/76/ Recent content in Issue 76 on Ariadne Hugo -- gohugo.io en-gb Wed, 30 Nov 2016 00:00:00 +0000 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). http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/76/thebridge/ Mon, 01 Aug 2016 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/76/thebridge/ The format of this second edition is apparently similar to that of the first (2009), with the regular use of short scenarios or ‘vignettes’. The first of these heads the preface, and others are then used frequently within each chapter to illustrate new subjects. This approach is designed to increase the readability of the text (in which it succeeds) while aiming to offer examples of ‘real-life’ everyday situations for those managing libraries in secondary schools. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/75/kirriemuir2/ Sat, 21 May 2016 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/75/kirriemuir2/ Overview [Disclosure: As Director of UKOLN, Lorcan Dempsey hired me in 1995 to be the Information Officer and Ariadne web editor.] This 2014 publication presents a selection of posts from the blog [1] of Lorcan Dempsey [2], the Vice-President of research at OCLC for several years. The posts are presented largely as they were originally made public; the editor notes that: "Of course, time goes on, and some websites, services, tools, and links are undoubtedly gone. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/76/williams/ Tue, 26 Apr 2016 23:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/76/williams/ The Event Meeting the Reading List Challenge was held for the 6th year running at Loughborough University, as a two day conference on April 5th-6th 2016. Meeting the Reading List Challenge brings together librarians, developers and suppliers to discuss the current issues relating to reading lists; this year the event focused on the challenges of implementation, engagement and best practice. This conference report is structured thematically, exploring some of the key ideas from the event, alongside my own personal reflections. http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/76/kirriemuir/ Fri, 05 Feb 2016 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue/76/kirriemuir/  Introduction British Library [bl] Labs [bll] are currently running an initiative funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation [awmf], where they look for new or novels ways of manipulating, enhancing or presenting their considerable digital collection and data holdings.The Labs are holding a Spring 2016 roadshow [roadshow]. One stop was in Nottingham, where the Labs organised a joint workshop with the Digital Humanities and Arts Praxis project [praxis] from the University of Nottingham. The location enticed me to attend.