The editor introduces readers to the content of Ariadne Issue 70. <a href="/issue70">issue70</a> November 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/editorial">editorial</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</a> Stuart Lewis, Richard Jones and Simeon Warner explain some of the motivations behind the development of the ResourceSync Framework. <a href="/issue70">issue70</a> November 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/tooled">tooled up</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/749/author-info">richard jones</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/16074/author-info">simeon warner</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/958/author-info">stuart lewis</a> Paul Meehan, Paul Needham and Ross MacIntyre explain the enormous time and cost benefits in using SUSHI to support rapid gathering of journal usage reports into the JUSP service. <a href="/issue70">issue70</a> November 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1108/author-info">paul meehan</a>, <a href="/category/authors/paul-needham">paul needham</a>, <a href="/category/authors/ross-macintyre">ross macintyre</a> Chris Awre reports on the Hydra UK event held on 22 November 2012 at the Library of the London School of Economics. <a href="/issue70">issue70</a> November 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/761/author-info">chris awre</a> Selenay Aytac reviews a collection of essays on user studies and digital library development that provides a concise overview of a variety of digital library projects and examines major research trends relating to digital libraries. <a href="/issue70">issue70</a> November 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/16096/author-info">selenay aytac</a> Martin White reviews a very individual perspective on the extent to which the growth and structure of the World Wide Web is governed by the fundamental laws of physics and mathematics. <a href="/issue70">issue70</a> November 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/798/author-info">martin white</a> Stephanie Taylor writes about how she made the most of a conference to promote and inform the work of a project. <a href="/issue69">issue69</a> July 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/954/author-info">stephanie taylor</a> In the light of a workshop run by the Geological Society of London and Wikimedia UK, Brian Whalley reflects on the attitudes and practice of academia in respect of present-day Wikipedia content. <a href="/issue69">issue69</a> July 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/226/author-info">brian whalley</a> Alex Ball reports on a one-day workshop on metadata supporting the citation of research data, held at the British Library, London, on 6 July 2012. <a href="/issue69">issue69</a> July 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/919/author-info">alex ball</a> Marieke Guy attended the annual Eduserv Symposium on 10 May 2012 at the Royal College of Physicians, London to find out what are the implications of big data for Higher Education Institutions. <a href="/issue69">issue69</a> July 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/732/author-info">marieke guy</a> Rosemary Russell reports on a two-day workshop on research information management and CERIF held in Bristol over 27-28 June 2012. <a href="/issue69">issue69</a> July 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/371/author-info">rosemary russell</a> Sally Rumsey reviews a book which describes and explains the topics of interest central to practitioners involved with research data management. <a href="/issue69">issue69</a> July 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/545/author-info">sally rumsey</a> Chris Rusbridge reviews an edited volume that aims to fill a gap in ‘literature designed specifically to guide archivists’ thinking about personal digital materials’. <a href="/issue69">issue69</a> July 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/439/author-info">chris rusbridge</a> Brian Whalley reviews a book about a new theory of ‘information need’ that builds upon the ideas of Allen and Taylor from the 1960s to provide a basis for information searching. <a href="/issue69">issue69</a> July 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/226/author-info">brian whalley</a> Simon Choppin reports on a two-day software workshop held at The Queen’s College, Oxford over 21 - 22 March 2012. <a href="/issue68">issue68</a> April 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/category/authors/simon-choppin">simon choppin</a> Matthew Brack reports on the one-day international workshop 'The Future of the Past of the Web' held at the British Library Conference Centre, London on 7 October, 2011. <a href="/issue68">issue68</a> March 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/15037/author-info">matthew brack</a> Marieke Guy reports on the two-day conference looking at the results of the IMPACT Project in making digitisation and OCR better, faster and cheaper. <a href="/issue68">issue68</a> March 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/732/author-info">marieke guy</a> Ray Harper reports on a one-day conference which launched the DREaM Project, held by the Library and Information Science Research Coalition in London on 19 July 2011. <a href="/issue68">issue68</a> March 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/15033/author-info">ray harper</a> Sophia Ananiadou and colleagues describe an ambitious new initiative to accelerate Europe-wide language technology research, helped by their work on promoting interoperability of language resources. <a href="/issue67">issue67</a> July 2011 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/14470/author-info">dean andrew jackson</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/806/author-info">john keane</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/807/author-info">john mcnaught</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/14466/author-info">paul thompson</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/14469/author-info">philip j r day</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/805/author-info">sophia ananiadou</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/14471/author-info">steve pettifer</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/14468/author-info">teresa k attwood</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/14467/author-info">yoshinobu kano</a> Constance Rinaldo, Judith Warnement, Tom Baione, Martin R. Kalfatovic and Susan Fraser describe results from a study to identify and develop a cost-effective and efficient large-scale digitisation workflow for special collections library materials. <a href="/issue67">issue67</a> July 2011 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1155/author-info">constance rinaldo</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1156/author-info">judith warnement</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1158/author-info">martin r. kalfatovic</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1159/author-info">susan fraser</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1157/author-info">tom baione</a> Alex Ball reports on the 2nd UK User Group meeting for DataCite, held at the British Library in London, in April 2011. <a href="/issue67">issue67</a> July 2011 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/919/author-info">alex ball</a> Bethan Ruddock reports from the launch event for the UK Reading Experience Database, held at the Betty Boothroyd Library, the Open University, Milton Keynes, on 24 February 2011. <a href="/issue67">issue67</a> July 2011 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1089/author-info">bethan ruddock</a> 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. <a href="/issue67">issue67</a> July 2011 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1165/author-info">kirsty pitkin</a> Marion Tattersall, Carmen O'Dell and John Lewis report on Institutional Challenges in the Data Decade, organised by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) in partnership with the White Rose University Consortium and held 1-3 March 2011 at the University of Sheffield. <a href="/issue67">issue67</a> July 2011 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1167/author-info">carmen odell</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1168/author-info">john lewis</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1166/author-info">marion tattersall</a> Alex Ball reports on the 6th International Digital Curation Conference, held on 7-8 December 2010 in Chicago. <a href="/issue66">issue66</a> January 2011 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/919/author-info">alex ball</a> Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 65. <a href="/issue65">issue65</a> October 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/editorial">editorial</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</a> Allan Parsons presents a strategic view of the need to develop the academic liaison librarianship role. <a href="/issue65">issue65</a> October 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1126/author-info">allan parsons</a> James A. J. Wilson, Michael A. Fraser, Luis Martinez-Uribe, Paul Jeffreys, Meriel Patrick, Asif Akram and Tahir Mansoori describe the approaches taken, findings, and issues encountered while developing research data management services and infrastructure at the University of Oxford. <a href="/issue65">issue65</a> October 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1132/author-info">asif akram</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1127/author-info">james a. j. wilson</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1129/author-info">luis martinez-uribe</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1131/author-info">meriel patrick</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1128/author-info">michael a. fraser</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1130/author-info">paul jeffreys</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1133/author-info">tahir mansoori</a> Emma Tonkin takes a look at a book on the work of the taxonomist and notes both merits and disappointments. <a href="/issue65">issue65</a> October 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/809/author-info">emma tonkin</a> Sarah Hammond explores UK public libraries' growing participation in social media to reach their audiences online, with a focus on blogging. <a href="/issue64">issue64</a> July 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1105/author-info">sarah hammond</a> Angela Joyce, Linda Kerr, Tim Machin, Paul Meehan and Caroline Williams look back at the history and achievements of Intute, and reflect on lessons learned as the service enters its final year. <a href="/issue64">issue64</a> July 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/629/author-info">angela joyce</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/882/author-info">caroline williams</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/395/author-info">linda kerr</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1108/author-info">paul meehan</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1107/author-info">tim machin</a> Brian Westra describes a data services needs assessment for science research staff at the University of Oregon. <a href="/issue64">issue64</a> July 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1112/author-info">brian westra</a> Keith Doyle provides a personal perspective on a conference organised by UKOLN for those involved in the provision of institutional Web services. <a href="/issue64">issue64</a> July 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/931/author-info">keith doyle</a> Philip Hunter and Robin Taylor report on the Open Repositories Conference held in Madrid between 6 -9 July 2010 at the Palacio de Congresos. <a href="/issue64">issue64</a> July 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/356/author-info">philip hunter</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1113/author-info">robin taylor</a> Shailey Minocha reflects on the one-day symposium organised by Eduserv in May 2010. The aim of the event was to discuss whether and how mobile technology will play a significant role in the delivery of UK Higher Education in the future. <a href="/issue64">issue64</a> July 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1114/author-info">shailey minocha</a> Brian Whalley reports on a meeting dealing with academic data management and some JISC projects concerned with institutional responses to the need to manage research data more effectively. <a href="/issue64">issue64</a> July 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/226/author-info">brian whalley</a> Pete Cliff learns something new in this 'Open Source' book every time he makes the tea. <a href="/issue63">issue63</a> April 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/578/author-info">pete cliff</a> Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 62. <a href="/issue62">issue62</a> January 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/editorial">editorial</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</a> 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. <a href="/issue62">issue62</a> January 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1067/author-info">andrew flinn</a> 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 href="/issue62">issue62</a> January 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1072/author-info">cecilia loureiro-koechlin</a>