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> Rosemary Russell and Brigitte Jörg report on the bi-annual euroCRIS membership and Task Groups meetings which took place in Madrid on 5-6 November 2012. <a href="/issue70">issue70</a> November 2012 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/16089/author-info">brigitte jorg</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/371/author-info">rosemary russell</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> 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> Mike Jones, Simon Price, Nikki Rogers and Damian Steer describe the rationale, aims and progress of MyMobileBristol, highlighting some of the challenges and opportunities that have arisen during the project. <a href="/issue67">issue67</a> July 2011 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/11/author-info">damian steer</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/8/author-info">mike jones</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/10/author-info">nikki rogers</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/9/author-info">simon price</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> Peter Boot shows how log analysis can be employed to assess a site's usability, usage, and users, using the Van Gogh letter edition as an example. <a href="/issue66">issue66</a> January 2011 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1142/author-info">peter boot</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> Marie-Therese Gramstadt contextualises image presentation technology and methods within a pedagogic framework for the visual arts. <a href="/issue65">issue65</a> October 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1124/author-info">marie-therese gramstadt</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> David Fuegi and Monika Segbert-Elbert report on the annual Europeana Conference, held at the Westergasfabriek in Amsterdam in October 2010. <a href="/issue65">issue65</a> October 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1088/author-info">david fuegi</a>, <a href="/category/authors/monika-elbert-0">monika elbert</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> 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> Andrew Walsh reports on a new international conference on emerging technologies within academic libraries organised by the library of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and held in Trondheim, Norway in April 2010. <a href="/issue64">issue64</a> July 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1118/author-info">andrew walsh</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> Jim Ridolfo, William Hart-Davidson and Michael McLeod present a case example on building a digital archive with cultural and scholarly stakeholder groups - to provide a model for balancing stakeholder needs. <a href="/issue63">issue63</a> April 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1084/author-info">jim ridolfo</a>, <a href="/category/authors/michael-mcleod-0">michael mcleod</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1085/author-info">william hart-davidson</a> Jane Stevenson and Bethan Ruddock describe the work that the Archives Hub team has been doing to promote the sharing of content. <a href="/issue63">issue63</a> April 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1089/author-info">bethan ruddock</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1004/author-info">jane stevenson</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> Anna Grigson, Peter Kiely, Graham Seaman and Tim Wales describe the implementation of an open source front end to the MetaLib federated search tool. <a href="/issue62">issue62</a> January 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1068/author-info">anna grigson</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1070/author-info">graham seaman</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1069/author-info">peter kiely</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1071/author-info">tim wales</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> Chris Awre reports on the first coming together of two regional user groups for the Fedora digital repository system, hosted by the University of Oxford in December 2009. <a href="/issue62">issue62</a> January 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/761/author-info">chris awre</a> Dave Puplett reports on the conference Subject Repositories: European Collaboration in the International Context held at the British Library in January 2010. The conference launched Economists Online (EO), an innovative economics subject repository. <a href="/issue62">issue62</a> January 2010 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/963/author-info">dave puplett</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> Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. <a href="/issue61">issue61</a> October 2009 <a href="/category/article-type/news-and-events">news and events</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</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> Debra Morris describes the EdSpace Institutional Exemplar Project and the early development of EdShare for sharing learning and teaching materials within and beyond the institution. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue59">issue59</a> April 2009 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1028/author-info">debra morris</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> Astrid Recker reports on the 3rd IFLA Presidential Meeting, held by the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) in Berlin over 19-20 February 2009. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue59">issue59</a> April 2009 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1038/author-info">astrid recker</a> Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue59">issue59</a> April 2009 <a href="/category/article-type/news-and-events">news and events</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</a> Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 58. <a href="/issue58">issue58</a> January 2009 <a href="/category/article-type/editorial">editorial</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</a> Georg Eckes and Monika Segbert describe a Best Practice Network funded under the eContentplus Programme of the European Commission, which is building a portal for access to film archival resources in Europe. <a href="/issue58">issue58</a> January 2009 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1020/author-info">georg eckes</a>, <a href="/category/authors/monika-elbert-0">monika elbert</a> Rob Davies describes a Best Practice Network under the eContentPlus Programme to make available locally sourced digital content to the Europeana Service. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue57">issue57</a> October 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1002/author-info">rob davies</a> Christina Claridge reports on the conference, held 3-5 September 2008, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue57">issue57</a> October 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/1007/author-info">christina claridge</a> Tobias Blanke, Ann Borda, Gaby Bright and Bridget Soulsby report on the annual eResearch Australasia Conference, held in Melbourne, Australia, 29 September - 3 October, 2008. <a href="/category/issue-number/issue57">issue57</a> October 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/830/author-info">ann borda</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1012/author-info">bridget soulsby</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1011/author-info">gaby bright</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/1010/author-info">tobias blanke</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>