Brian Kelly, Dominik Lukeš and Alistair McNaught highlight the risks of attempting to standardise easy-to-read language for online resources. <a href="/issue70">issue70</a> November 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/16114/author-info">alistair mcnaught</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/203/author-info">brian kelly</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/16113/author-info">dominik lukes</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> Sarah Rayner and Olivia Walsby report on a three-day conference on Emerging Technologies in Academic Libraries, hosted by NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) in Trondheim, Norway over 1 - 3 October 2012. <a href="/issue70">issue70</a> November 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/16095/author-info">olivia walsby</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/16094/author-info">sarah rayner</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> 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> 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> Mansur Darlington describes two methods for presenting online OERs for engineering design that were developed and explored as part of the Higher Education Academy/JISC-funded DelOREs (Delivering Open Educational Resources for Engineering Design) Project. <a href="/issue68">issue68</a> March 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/15041/author-info">mansur darlington</a> Alan Hopkinson and Tigran Zargaryan give an overview of their experience of digitising paper-based materials in the Fundamental Scientific Library of the National Academy of Sciences, Armenia including some of the obstacles encountered during image processing and optical character recognition. <a href="/issue68">issue68</a> March 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/category/authors/alan-hopkinson">alan hopkinson</a>, <a href="/category/authors/tigran-zargaryan">tigran zargaryan</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> While acknowledging the genuine usefulness of much of its content, Emma Tonkin provides helpful pointers towards a second edition. <a href="/issue68">issue68</a> March 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/809/author-info">emma tonkin</a> Sylvie Lafortune reports on the 37th annual conference of the International Association for Social Science Information Services and Technology (IASSIST), held over 30 May – 3 June 2011 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. <a href="/issue68">issue68</a> March 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/973/author-info">sylvie lafortune</a> Michael Day reviews a recently published book on the selection and preparation of archive and library collections for digitisation. <a href="/issue67">issue67</a> July 2011 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/407/author-info">michael day</a> Henry S. Thompson describes how recent developments in Web technology have affected the relationship between URI and resource representation and the related consequences. <a href="/issue65">issue65</a> October 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/924/author-info">henry s. thompson</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> Dorothea Salo examines how library systems and procedures need to change to accommodate research data. <a href="/issue64">issue64</a> July 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1110/author-info">dorothea salo</a> Martin Donnelly and Graham Pryor report on the fourth Research Data Management Forum event, on the theme "Dealing with Sensitive Data: Managing Ethics, Security and Trust," organised by the Digital Curation Centre (DCC) and Research Information Network (RIN) in Manchester, England, over 10 - 11 March, 2010. <a href="/issue63">issue63</a> April 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1098/author-info">graham pryor</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1097/author-info">martin donnelly</a> Vic Lyte, Sophia Jones, Sophia Ananiadou and Linda Kerr describe an innovative tool to showcase UK research output through advanced discovery and retrieval facilities. <a href="/issue61">issue61</a> October 2009 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/395/author-info">linda kerr</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/805/author-info">sophia ananiadou</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1058/author-info">sophia jones</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1057/author-info">vic lyte</a> Peri Stracchino and Yankui Feng describe a year's progress in building the digital library infrastructure outlined by Julie Allinson and Elizabeth Harbord in their article last issue. <a href="/issue61">issue61</a> October 2009 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1060/author-info">peri stracchino</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1061/author-info">yankui feng</a> Jane Stevenson gives a personal view of the recent UK conference organised by the International Society of Knowledge Organization. <a href="/issue60">issue60</a> July 2009 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1004/author-info">jane stevenson</a> Heila Pienaar and Martie van Deventer identify the requirements of a Virtual Research Environment (VRE) for malaria researchers in South Africa. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue59">issue59</a> April 2009 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/977/author-info">heila pienaar</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/976/author-info">martie van deventer</a> Leo Waaijers urges Open Access-mandating research funders to extend OA publishing conditions by stimulating the market. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue59">issue59</a> April 2009 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/950/author-info">leo waaijers</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/14808/author-info">michel wesseling</a> Leo Waaijers writes about copyright, prestige and cost control in the world of open access while in two appendices Bas Savenije and Michel Wesseling compare the costs of open access publishing and subscriptions/licences for their respective institutions. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue57">issue57</a> October 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/950/author-info">leo waaijers</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/14808/author-info">michel wesseling</a> Jane Stevenson describes the results of usability testing for the Archives Hub Web site. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue57">issue57</a> October 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1004/author-info">jane stevenson</a> Stuart Hannabuss reviews a work which debunks some key assumptions about IPR and contends that current patent arrangements are ineffective. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue57">issue57</a> October 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/783/author-info">stuart hannabuss</a> Janifer Gatenby identifies criteria for determining which data in various library systems could be more beneficially shared and managed at a network level. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue56">issue56</a> July 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/994/author-info">janifer gatenby</a> Nick Lewis outlines the University of East Anglia's experience of implementing Ex Libris's Primo, a new search and retrieval interface for presenting the library catalogue and institutional databases and e-resources. <a href="/issue55">issue55</a> April 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/688/author-info">nick lewis</a> Phil Bradley looks at the major contenders and discusses the value of this type of search engine. <a href="/issue54">issue54</a> January 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/534/author-info">phil bradley</a> Pete Cliff tries to remember A-level mathematics as he dives into the fascinating world of machine learning and statistics and how to apply these techniques to Web-accessible datasets. <a href="/issue54">issue54</a> January 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/578/author-info">pete cliff</a> Sue Manuel and Charles Oppenheim discuss the concept of Google as a repository within the wider context of resource management and provision in Further and Higher Education. <a href="/issue53">issue53</a> October 2007 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/220/author-info">charles oppenheim</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/908/author-info">sue manuel</a> Conrad Taylor reports on the KIDMM knowledge community and its September 2007 one-day conference about data, information and knowledge management issues. <a href="/issue53">issue53</a> October 2007 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/953/author-info">conrad taylor</a> Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. <a href="/issue51">issue51</a> April 2007 <a href="/category/article-type/news-and-events">news and events</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</a> Phil Bradley takes a look at some of the search engines that he noticed in 2006 and provides quick assessments. <a href="/issue50">issue50</a> January 2007 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/534/author-info">phil bradley</a> Alexander Ball and Manjula Patel provide an overview of the second annual conference of the Digital Curation Centre. <a href="/issue50">issue50</a> January 2007 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/919/author-info">alex ball</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/601/author-info">manjula patel</a> Greg Tourte and Emma Tonkin describe the set-up and use of video streaming technology at the IWMW 2006 event. <a href="/issue49">issue49</a> October 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/809/author-info">emma tonkin</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/901/author-info">greg tourte</a> David E. Bennett reports on the three day residential CILIP Cataloguing and Indexing Group Annual Conference, University of East Anglia, during September 2006. <a href="/issue49">issue49</a> October 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/904/author-info">david e. bennett</a> Miguel Ferreira, Ana Alice Baptista and Jose Carlos Ramalho propose a Service-Oriented Architecture to help cultural heritage institutions to accomplish automatic digital preservation. <a href="/issue48">issue48</a> July 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/887/author-info">ana alice baptista</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/888/author-info">jose carlos ramalho</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/886/author-info">miguel ferreira</a> Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. <a href="/issue48">issue48</a> July 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/news-and-events">news and events</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</a> Terry Reese discusses the creation of a shared knowledge base system within OSU's open-source metasearch development. <a href="/issue47">issue47</a> April 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/873/author-info">terry reese</a> Emma Tonkin suggests that rising new ideas are often on their second circuit - and none the worse for that. <a href="/issue47">issue47</a> April 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/809/author-info">emma tonkin</a> Theo van Veen shows with the help of an example, how standardised descriptions of services can help users control the integration of services from different providers. <a href="/issue47">issue47</a> April 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/875/author-info">theo van veen</a>