Debra Hiom, in the first of a two-part series on the Resource Discovery Network, looks back at the development of the RDN and its activities to date. <a href="/issue47">issue47</a> April 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/193/author-info">debra hiom</a> Debra Hiom provides a timeline of the RDN's development, which accompanies her main article. <a href="/issue47">issue47</a> April 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/193/author-info">debra hiom</a> R. John Robertson introduces a project examining the potential benefits of OAI-PMH Static Repositories as a means of enabling small publishers to participate more fully in the information environment. <a href="/issue47">issue47</a> April 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/874/author-info">r. john robertson</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> Julie Allinson, Marieke Guy and Maureen Pennock find themselves contemplating e-frameworks, digital curation and repositories at the JISC Annual Conference. <a href="/issue47">issue47</a> April 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/876/author-info">julie allinson</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/732/author-info">marieke guy</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/865/author-info">maureen pennock</a> Neil Beagrie and Mark Bide report on a one-day invitational workshop on Digital Policy Management sponsored by The British Library, JISC and UKOLN under the aegis of the British Library/JISC Partnership, held in the British Library Conference Centre on 24 April 2006. <a href="/issue47">issue47</a> April 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/878/author-info">mark bide</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/623/author-info">neil beagrie</a> Julie Allinson and Mahendra Mahey report on a 2-day JISC Digital Repositories Meeting focusing on project clusters working together and other related issues held by JISC in Warwick, UK over 27-28 March 2006. <a href="/issue47">issue47</a> April 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/876/author-info">julie allinson</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/879/author-info">mahendra mahey</a> Neil Beagrie and Rachel Bruce report on a two-day invitational conference on The Digital Library and its Services sponsored by The British Library, JISC and UKOLN under the aegis of the British Library/JISC Partnership, held in the British Library Conference Centre on over 6-7 March 2006. <a href="/issue47">issue47</a> April 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/623/author-info">neil beagrie</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/744/author-info">rachel bruce</a>