Jenny Brace explains why giving time to versioning within a repository is worthwhile and outlines the best practice to implement. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue56">issue56</a> July 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/991/author-info">jenny brace</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> Emma Tonkin looks at the current landscape of persistent identifiers, describes several current services, and examines the theoretical background behind their structure and use. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue56">issue56</a> July 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/809/author-info">emma tonkin</a> Adrian Tribe reports on a three-day conference designed for professionals involved in the provision of institutional Web services, organised by UKOLN and held at King's College, University of Aberdeen in July 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/997/author-info">adrian tribe</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> Stephen Emmott reports on a one-day workshop aimed at all those interested in issues relating to institutional Web resource preservation. The event was held by the JISC-PoWR team at the University of London 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/526/author-info">stephen emmott</a> Vicky Mays and Ian Dolphin review the Sun Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) meeting held in San Francisco in May 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/683/author-info">ian dolphin</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/999/author-info">vicky mays</a> Mahendra Mahey reports on the third international Open Repositories 2008 Conference, held at the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton in April 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/879/author-info">mahendra mahey</a> Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue56">issue56</a> July 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/news-and-events">news and events</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</a>