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In this issue the main articles are as follows:
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue63/#main-articles
* Mobilising the Internet Detective
- Diana Massam, Andrew Priest and Caroline Williams describe a recent
project to adapt the online Internet Detective tutorial, to deliver a
user-friendly mobile site which reflects their market research into user
preferences for mobile content.
* Don't You Know Who I Am?
- John Paschoud looks into identity and access management in the
pre-digital and digital age, and describes how the JISC Identity
Management Toolkit can help us manage identities better.
* Usability Inspection of Digital Libraries
- Lorraine Paterson and Boon Low highlight findings from the usability
inspection report conducted for the UX2.0 research project.
* A Pragmatic Approach to Preferred File Formats for Acquisition
- Dave Thompson sets out the pragmatic approach to preferred file
formats for long-term preservation used at the Wellcome Library.
* Balancing Stakeholder Needs: Archive 2.0 as Community-centred Design
- 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.
* Planning the Future of the National Library of Mongolia
- Monika Segbert-Elbert and David Fuegi describe the National Library of
Mongolia’s plans to modernise its infrastructure and services.
* Moving towards Interoperability: Experiences of the Archives Hub
- Jane Stevenson and Bethan Ruddock describe the work that the Archives
Hub team has been doing to promote the sharing of content.
* Archives in Web 2.0: New Opportunities
- 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.
In this issue the at-the-event articles are as follows:
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue63/#at-the-event
* Turning on the Lights for the User: NISO Discovery to Delivery Forum
- Laura Akerman and Kim Durante report on Discovery to Delivery,
Creating a First-Class User Experience, a NISO Forum on today's
information seekers and current standards developments held in March
2010 at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center.
* Volcanic Eruptions Fail to Thwart Digital Preservation - The Planets Way
- Matthew Barr, Amir Bernstein, Clive Billenness and Manfred Thaller
report on the final Planets training event Digital Preservation – The
Planets Way held in Rome over 19 – 21 April 2010.
* The 2010 Information Architecture Summit
- Elizabeth Coburn reports on ASIS&T's 11th Annual Information
Architecture Summit, held in Phoenix, Arizona over 9-11 April 2010.
* The Fourth DCC-RIN Research Data Management Forum
- 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, over
10 - 11 March, 2010.
* RDA: Resource Description and Access
- Wendy Taylor and Helen Williams report on CILIP's Executive Briefings
on RDA: Resource Description and Access held at CILIP on 23 March 2010
and repeated at the Bloomsbury Hotel on 30 March 2010.
In this issue the reviews are as follows:
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue63/#news
* Approximately 97 Things
- Pete Cliff learns something new in this ‘Open Source’ book every time
he makes the tea.
* Information Science in Transition
- Michael Day reviews an edited volume published to commemorate the
founding of the Institute of Information Scientists in 1958.
* Library Mashups: Exploring new ways to deliver library data
- Aldalin Lyngdoh reviews a book on the basics of mashups and how they
have been used in libraries worldwide.
* Supporting Research Students
- Brian Whalley reviews a work which helps Library and Information
Science Staff at Higher Education Institutions to support their research
students.
* The iPad and the Educator: First Impressions
- Brian Whalley reports on his initial impressions of the new Apple iPad
in the first three weeks since its release in the USA and what it has to
offer the mobile educator.
In addition there is the usual round-up of news and events:
* Newsline: News and events
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