Ariadne Web Magazine http://www.ariadne.ac.uk Ariadne is a Web magazine for information professionals in archives, libraries and museums in all sectors. Since its inception in January 1996 it has attempted to keep the busy practitioner abreast of current digital library initiatives as well as technological developments further afield. It concentrated originally on reporting in depth to the information community at large on progress and developments within the UK Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib), covering matters such as information service developments and information networking issues worldwide. It now additionally reports on newer JISC-funded programmes and services as well as developments in the field of Museums, Libraries and Archives within the UK and abroad. en-gb (C) 1996-2010 - Ariadne (University of Bath) and original authors 2010-01-30 ariadne@ukoln.ac.uk Ariadne logo http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/icon/small-icon.gif http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/ Editorial: The Wisdom of Communities http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/editorial/ The editor introduces Issue 62. Readers Survey http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/survey/ The editor invites you to give your views on Ariadne. Towards a Toolkit for Implementing Application Profiles http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/chaudhri-et-al/ Talat Chaudhri, Julian Cheal, Richard Jones, Mahendra Mahey and Emma Tonkin propose a user-driven methodology for the iterative development, testing and implementation of Dublin Core Application Profiles in diverse repository software environments. Moving Targets: Web Preservation and Reference Management http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/davis/ Richard Davis discusses the role of Web preservation in reference management. in an article based on a presentation given at the Innovations in Reference Management workshop, January 2010. 'An attack on professionalism and scholarship'?: Democratising Archives and the Production of Knowledge http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/flinn/ Andrew Flinn describes some recent developments in democratising the archive and asks whether these developments really deserve to be viewed as a threat to professional and academic standards. Get Tooled Up: Xerxes at Royal Holloway, University of London http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/grigson-et-al/ Anna Grigson, Peter Kiely, Graham Seaman and Tim Wales describe the implementation of an open source front end to the MetaLib federated search tool. Uncovering User Perceptions of Research Activity Data http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/loureiroKoechlin/ Cecilia Loureiro-Koechlin discusses the outcomes and lessons learned from user tests performed on the Oxford Blue Pages, a tool designed to display information about researchers and their activities at the University of Oxford. A Research Revolution: The Impact of Digital Technologies http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/maidmentOtlet-redfearn/ Dicky Maidment-Otlet and Judy Redfearn describe a new JISC activity to highlight how digital technologies are changing research. Abstract Modelling of Digital Identifiers http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/nicholas-et-al/ Nick Nicholas, Nigel Ward and Kerry Blinco present an information model of digital identifiers, to help bring clarity to the vocabulary debates from which this field has suffered. eBooks: Tipping or Vanishing Point? http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/tonkin/ Emma Tonkin investigates ebooks and takes a look at recent technological and business developments in this area. Intranet Management: Divine Comedy or Strategic Imperative? http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/white/ Martin White suggests that a failure to recognise the value of intranets is a symptom of a failure to recognise information as a strategic asset. Fedora UK & Ireland / EU Joint User Group Meeting http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/fedora-eu-rpt/ Chris Awre reports on the first coming together of two regional user groups for the Fedora digital repository system, hosted by the University of Oxford in December 2009. The Future of Interoperability and Standards in Education: A JISC CETIS Event http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/cetis-stds-2010-rpt/ Sarah Currier reports on an international working meeting involving a range of educational interoperability standards bodies and communities, organised by JISC CETIS. The Digital Preservation Roadshow 2009-10: The Incomplete Diaries of Optimistic Travellers http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/dp-rdshw-rpt/ William Kilbride and Malcolm Todd report on the Digital Preservation Roadshow - an eleven month tour of the UK and Ireland designed to provide archivists and record managers with practical advice and support in managing digital resources. Subject Repositories: European Collaboration in the International Context http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/bl-subject-repos-rpt/ Dave Puplett reports on the conference Subject Repositories: European Collaboration in the International Context held at the British Library in January 2010. The conference launched Economists Online (EO), an innovative economics subject repository. Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/cliff-rvw/ Peter Cliff hopes he'll not forget this marvellous book, even when the author seems to suggest it might be better if he did! Copyright: Interpreting the law for libraries, archives and information services http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/oppenheim-rvw/ Charles Oppenheim sees much to like in the new edition of this work by a well-known authority but identifies one potentially major drawback. My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue62/whalley-rvw/ Brian Whalley reviews a look at this problem from an American anthropologist and finds there is more in it than just a consideration of plagiarism. 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