With apologies for any cross-posting:
Issue 44 of Ariadne was published on 30 July 2005:
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue44/
Main Articles:
* Creative Archive
- Paul Gerhardt describes the origins and development of the Creative
Archive Project at the BBC.
* Accessibility: The Current Situation and New Directions
- Kevin Carey describes accessibility by disabled people to digital
information systems across broadcasting, telecommunications and the
Internet, looks into the future and makes recommendations.
* Towards a Pragmatic Framework for Accessible e-Learning
- Lawrie Phipps, Neil Witt and Brian Kelly query the universal
applicability of the Web Accessibility Initiative's guidelines and
describe a framework which provides a broader context for their use.
* Involving Users in the Development of a Web Accessibility Tool
- Jenny Craven and Mikael Snaprud describe how the European Internet
Accessibility Observatory Project is involving users in the development
of a Web accessibility checking and monitoring tool.
* Web Accessibility Revealed:
The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council Audit
- Marcus Weisen, Helen Petrie, Neil King and Fraser Hamilton describe
a comprehensive Web accessibility audit involving extensive user
testing
as well as automatic testing of Web sites.
* Revealing All
- Ann Chapman describes Revealweb, a Web site that brings together
information about accessible resources for visually impaired people.
* Virtual Research Environments: Overview and Activity
- Michael Fraser provides an overview of the VRE and introduces three
JISC-funded projects in which Oxford University is participating.
* The RAMBLE Project
- Paul Trafford describes how mobile blogs for personal reflection may
be related to institutional learning environments, drawing on
experiences
from the RAMBLE Project.
* Supporting Local Data Users in the UK Academic Community
- Luis Martinez and Stuart Macdonald discuss the differing areas of
expertise within the UK data libraries with reference to their
relationship with National Data Centres, the role of DISC-UK and
other specialists.
Get Tooled Up:
* Evaluating Web Sites for Accessibility with Firefox
- Patrick Lauke outlines how Mozilla Firefox can be used in conjunction
with the Web Developer Toolbar to carry out a preliminary accessibility
review.
Workshop and Conference Reports: At the Event:
* Integration and Impact: The JISC Annual Conference
- Marieke Guy has collated reports on sessions from the JISC Annual
Conference held in Birmingham.
* IWMW 2005
- Miles Banbery reports on the 9th Institutional Web Management
Workshop held at the University of Manchester, UK, July 2005.
* Building Open Source Communities: 4th OSS Watch Conference
- Sebastian Rahtz and Randy Metcalfe report on a one-day conference
on open source software development communities organised by OSS
Watch held in Edinburgh, UK in July 2005.
* DCC Workshop on Persistent Identifiers
- Philip Hunter gives a personal view of this workshop held in Glasgow,
30 June - 1 July, 2005.
Ariadne Reviews:
* Content and Workflow Management for Library Web Sites - Holly Yu
- Martin White appreciates its detail but is concerned at the impact that
the publishing process has had on the currency and utility of the
content.
* The Academic Library - Peter Brophy
- Ruth Jenkins wishes this textbook had been available when she was a
library school student.
* Disaster Management for Libraries and Archives - edited by
Graham Matthews and John Feather
- Ian Lovecy looks at a useful consolidation of approaches to
disaster management.
* Managing Suppliers and Partners for the Academic Library - David Ball
- Tony Kidd examines this study's view of the importance of partnerships
in their widest context for the modern academic library.
..Plus our regular columns and expanded newsline.
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