The UK electronic information Group is delighted to announce the publication of Volume 16, issue 2 2020 of its journal eLucidate on a new web platform, using the Public Knowledge Project’s Open Journal Systems (OJS) hosted by the Universityof Alberta.
https://elucidate-ukeig.org.uk/
PKP is a multi-university initiative developing free open source software and conducting research to improve the quality and reach of scholarly publishing. Open Journal Systems (OJS) is an open source software application for managing and publishing scholarly articles and issues online. Originally developed and released by PKP in 2001 to improve access to research, it is a widely used opensource international journal publishing platform.
In the first phase of this OJS project the entire sixteen year run of eLucidate, previously only available to readers as an entire issue PDF download, can now be searched and downloaded on an article by article basis. Abstracts, keywords and subject categories are being added to enhance the search functionality, but this is an ongoing process, so please bear with us.
The second phase of the project will utilise OJS as a tool for managing eLucidate’s editorial workflow, including peer review. OJS is also integrated with scholarly publishing services including Crossref, ORCiD, and DOAJ and is recommended by Google Scholar for ease of indexing and discoverability.
Please refer to the latest eLucidate editorial for further information.
David Ball, Chair of UKeiG, welcomed the launch, saying 'this represents a major step forward for eLucidate, in terms of its continuation as a Diamond Open Access journal and of the discoverability and accessibility of its content. The comprehensive functionality of the OJS software will be of great benefit to readers, authors and the editorial team of eLucidate. We are most grateful to the University of Alberta for their support and hosting.'
Special thanks go to Sonya Betz and Emily Zheng from the University of Alberta Libraries team for patiently holding our hands throughout this project, and to UKeiG management committee member Ralph Samuels for his time, effort and oversight of the project.
Volume 16, issue 2 2020 contents:
The current issue opens with a fascinating feature on Linked Data (LD) for libraries, archives and other cultural heritage institutions. Lucy McKenna is in the final year of her PhD in the ADAPT Centre, Trinity College Dublin and invites library and information professionals to evaluate an LD interlinking framework that she has developed as part of her research. She is also looking for information professionals who would like to trial the framework locally to create interlinks from their organization's LD datasets.
Martin White, Managing Director of Intranet Focus Ltd, issues a note of caution as the omnipresent Microsoft Office 365 makes further inroads into enterprise wide federated search capability. He offers invaluable advice on key questions that you should ask your IT department before they lead you by the nose to a total O365 search solution. At the end of the day, a sound business case based upon an information management and digital workplace strategy, is fundamental to success. ‘A federated search implementation must add value to the user experience and to the achievement of business objectives.’
Last year UKeiG was delighted to announce that the winners of two UKeiG bursary places for the 2019 CILIP Conference 2019 were Natasha Chowdory and Stephen Furlong. Stephen’s reflections on the event were published in Volume 16 (1) of eLucidate, and we are delighted to publish Natasha’s in this issue. We’re also delighted that Natasha is the winner of UKeiG's inaugural Early Career Award, and we celebrate that in this issue. Her article views the conference with a knowledge and information management (K&IM) perspective, and she introduces several themes, including diversity and inclusion, artificial intelligence, digital futures and evolving skills sets.
On the theme of K&IM, Real Knowledge Management’s Dion Lindsay offers his thoughts on Katherine Schopflin and Matt Walsh’s ‘Practical Knowledge and Information Management’ (Facet Publishing, 2019.)
Aberystwyth University’s Joy Cadwallader updates us on all things online from COVID-19 to VAT on e-publications. ‘VAT on e-books and online newspapers was abolished in the March 2020 budget but sadly not for audiobooks, a particular blow for the disability campaigners such as the RNIB.’
As UKeiG prepares to launch the call for nominations for the 2020 Strix Award, we announce that this year’s annual memorial lecture will take place in London on the afternoon of Thursday, 26th November at the Royal Society of Chemistry. We celebrate the award in this issue.
eLucidate features contributions from experts in the field, keeping readers up to date with developments and innovations in the digital information industry, considering the impact on information professionals and consumers of e-information. Core topics for consideration include digital literacy, effective information retrieval and search technologies, intranets, social media, open access, e-publishing and e-industry research and development.
For further information about eLucidate go to:
https://elucidate-ukeig.org.uk/ or email:
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