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> Alex Ball reports on a conference on ‘Open Data and Information for a Changing Planet’ held by the International Council for Science’s Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA) at Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan on 28–31 October 2012. <a href="/issue70">issue70</a> November 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/919/author-info">alex ball</a> Marieke Guy reports on the 78th IFLA General Conference and Assembly held in Helsinki, Finland over 11-17 August 2012. <a href="/issue70">issue70</a> November 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/732/author-info">marieke guy</a> Marieke Guy reports on the largest gathering of information professionals in Europe. <a href="/issue70">issue70</a> November 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/732/author-info">marieke guy</a> Tertia Coetsee describes a community of practice for post-graduate students where RefShare is deployed for digital storage and retrieval, alongside Blackboard for the purposes of communication. She also describes the role of the information specialist in the programme. <a href="/issue69">issue69</a> July 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1143/author-info">tertia coetsee</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> Martin White reviews a collection of essays on cloud computing that attempts to clarify the technology and its applications for librarians and information professionals. <a href="/issue69">issue69</a> July 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/798/author-info">martin white</a> Amy Gibbons reports on the second in a series of workshops organised by the Research Information Network to explore the impact of the Freedom of Information Act on the Higher Education sector, held at University College London on 1 April 2011. <a href="/issue67">issue67</a> July 2011 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1164/author-info">amy gibbons</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> Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 66. <a href="/issue66">issue66</a> January 2011 <a href="/category/article-type/editorial">editorial</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</a> Tertia Coetsee describes a community of practice for postgraduate students in phytomedicine using RefShare, to enhance collaborative research. <a href="/issue66">issue66</a> January 2011 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1143/author-info">tertia coetsee</a> Maureen Pennock and Chris Clark introduce an innovative initiative from the British Library to map a 12-month soundscape of the UK. <a href="/issue66">issue66</a> January 2011 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1146/author-info">chris clark</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/865/author-info">maureen pennock</a> Heather Briston and Karen Estlund provide a narrative of the process adopted by the University of Oregon in order to integrate electronic records management into its staff's workflow. <a href="/issue65">issue65</a> October 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1122/author-info">heather briston</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/14803/author-info">karen estlund</a> Tom J Pollard and J Max Wilkinson report on DataCite's First Summer Meeting, a two-day event focused on making datasets visible and accessible, held in Hannover, Germany, in June 2010. <a href="/issue64">issue64</a> July 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1116/author-info">j max wilkinson</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1115/author-info">tom pollard</a> Marta Nogueira describes how three Web 2.0 applications (Facebook, Flickr, YouTube) can work as a virtual extension for archives and other cultural organisations, by identifying benefits obtained from the use of Web 2.0 applications. <a href="/issue63">issue63</a> April 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1081/author-info">marta nogueira</a> Elizabeth Coburn reports on ASIS&T's 11th Annual Information Architecture Summit, held in Phoenix, Arizona over 9-11 April 2010. <a href="/issue63">issue63</a> April 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1096/author-info">elizabeth coburn</a> Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. <a href="/issue63">issue63</a> April 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/news-and-events">news and events</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</a> Michael Day reviews an edited volume published to commemorate the founding of the Institute of Information Scientists in 1958. <a href="/issue63">issue63</a> April 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/407/author-info">michael day</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> 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. <a href="/issue62">issue62</a> January 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/798/author-info">martin white</a> Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. <a href="/issue62">issue62</a> January 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/news-and-events">news and events</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</a> Pete Cliff hopes he'll not forget this marvellous book, even when the author seems to suggest it might be better if he did! <a href="/issue62">issue62</a> January 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/578/author-info">pete cliff</a> Kirsty McGill provides a live blogger perspective on the three-day Institutional Web Managers Workshop, held by UKOLN at the University of Essex, Colchester, in July 2009. <a href="/issue61">issue61</a> October 2009 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1165/author-info">kirsty pitkin</a> Lina Coelho is delighted by this pick-and-mix collection of reflections on the technological future of libraries. <a href="/issue61">issue61</a> October 2009 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/716/author-info">lina coelho</a> Marianne Takle describes the National Library of Norway's digitisation strategy and how the National Library is taking on a key role in the country's digital library service. <a href="/issue60">issue60</a> July 2009 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1049/author-info">marianne takle</a> Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. <a href="/issue60">issue60</a> July 2009 <a href="/category/article-type/news-and-events">news and events</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</a> Paul Walk reports on an 'unconference' for developers working in and around the JISC Information Environment and institutional systems, hosted by UKOLN at the University of Bath in June 2008. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue56">issue56</a> July 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/918/author-info">paul walk</a> 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. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue56">issue56</a> July 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/783/author-info">stuart hannabuss</a> 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. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue56">issue56</a> July 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/784/author-info">lyn parker</a> Margaret Henty provides an Australian perspective on improving the environment in which eResearch is conducted through developing institutional capability and providing appropriate skills training. <a href="/issue55">issue55</a> April 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/979/author-info">margaret henty</a> Pete Williams, Ian Rowlands, Katrina Dean and Jeremy Leighton John describe initial findings of the AHRC-funded Digital Lives Research Project studying personal digital collections and their relationship with research repositories such as the British Library. <a href="/issue55">issue55</a> April 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/983/author-info">ian rowlands</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/985/author-info">jeremy leighton john</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/984/author-info">katrina dean</a>, <a href="/category/authors/peter-williams">peter williams</a> Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. <a href="/issue55">issue55</a> April 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/news-and-events">news and events</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</a> Stuart Hannabuss analyses a very useful addition to the realm of information, knowledge and library studies. <a href="/issue55">issue55</a> April 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/783/author-info">stuart hannabuss</a> Gill Ferrell reports on a one-day workshop about Blogs and Social Networks, held in Birmingham in November 2007. <a href="/issue54">issue54</a> January 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/970/author-info">gill ferrell</a> Stuart Hannabuss looks at an interesting Nile cruise of a book about intellectual property. <a href="/issue54">issue54</a> January 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/783/author-info">stuart hannabuss</a> Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. <a href="/issue53">issue53</a> October 2007 <a href="/category/article-type/news-and-events">news and events</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/650/author-info">shirley keane</a> Kara Jones reports on the ALPSP 'Publishing and the Library of the Future' one-day seminar held at St Anthony's College, Oxford, in July 2007. <a href="/issue52">issue52</a> July 2007 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/932/author-info">kara jones</a> Paul Walk reports on the Eduserv Foundation Symposium which took as its theme 'Virtual Worlds, Real Learning?' and which was primarily concerned with educational uses for Second Life. <a href="/issue52">issue52</a> July 2007 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/918/author-info">paul walk</a> Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. <a href="/issue52">issue52</a> July 2007 <a href="/category/article-type/news-and-events">news and events</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</a> Andrew Treloar and David Groenewegen describe three inter-related projects to support scholarly outputs and the e-research life cycle which have been funded by the Australian Commonwealth Government. <a href="/issue51">issue51</a> April 2007 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/926/author-info">andrew treloar</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/925/author-info">david groenewegen</a>