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• Book Review: The Information Society - A Study of Continuity and Change

  Muhammad Rafiq offers us a detailed review of a work, now in its sixth edition, which examines the information society, its origin, development, its associated issues and the current landscape.

• Book Review: Managing Research Data

  Sally Rumsey reviews a book which describes and explains the topics of interest central to practitioners involved with research data management.

• The Institutional Web Management Workshop (IWMW) 2012

  Kirsty Pitkin reports on the 16th Institutional Web Management Workshop held at the University of Edinburgh's Appleton Tower between 18 - 20 July 2012.

• Welsh Libraries and Social Media: A Survey

  Alyson Tyler outlines the results of a survey of Welsh libraries, their access to, and use of, social media, and offers a sample business case.

• Editorial Introduction to Issue 68

  The editor introduces readers to the content of Ariadne issue 68.

• The Informatics Transform: Re-engineering Libraries for the Data Decade

  Liz Lyon proposes that libraries re-position, re-profile and ramp up their engagement with research data management, scholarly communications and citizen science.

• A Double-edged Sword: What Are the Implications of Freedom of Information for the HE Sector?

  Amy Gibbons reports on the second in a series of workshops organised by the Research Information Network to explore the impact of the Freedom of Information Act on the Higher Education sector, held at University College London on 1 April 2011.

• Institutional Challenges in the Data Decade

  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.

• E-books and E-content 2010: Data As Content

  Brian Whalley reports on a meeting dealing with academic data management and some JISC projects concerned with institutional responses to the need to manage research data more effectively.

• Making Datasets Visible and Accessible: DataCite's First Summer Meeting

  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.

• 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.

• 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, England, over 10 - 11 March, 2010.

• Intranet Management: Divine Comedy or Strategic Imperative?

  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.

• News and Events

  Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.

• Book Review: Copyright Compliance

  Stuart Hannabuss argues that the book's online big sister, Keeping Within the Law (KWtL), launched at the same time, is really the place to go and the source to buy.

• The 2008 Mashed Museum Day and UK Museums on the Web Conference

  Mia Ridge reports on the Mashed Museum day and the Museums Computer Group UK Museums on the Web Conference, held at the University of Leicester in June 2008.

• Book Review: Digital Copyright

  Stuart Hannabuss looks at an interesting Nile cruise of a book about intellectual property.

• News and Events

  Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.

• Newsline

  Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.

• News and Events

  Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.

• The JISC Annual Conference 2007

  Philip Pothen and colleagues provide an overview of the proceedings of this Spring's JISC Annual Conference.

• Book Review: Essential Law for Information Professionals

  Stuart Hannabuss picks another winner but wonders whether legal essentialism is enough for information professionals.

• Book Review: Managing Electronic Records

  Lise Foster finds much to think about in this wide-ranging collection of essays on the fast-developing field of electronic records management.

• News and Events

  Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.

• Web 2.0: Building the New Library

  Paul Miller explores some of the recent buzz around the concept of 'Web 2.0' and asks what it means for libraries and related organisations.

• Supporting Digital Preservation and Asset Management in Institutions

  Leona Carpenter describes a JISC development programme tackling the organisational and technical challenges facing Higher and Further Education in the UK.

• A Librarian's Experience of E-Government

  Jane Inman describes the route she has taken as a librarian through the expanding landscape of e-government and highlights the skills librarians can bring to this arena.

• Assessing the Impact of the Freedom of Information Act on the FE and HE Sectors

  Steve Bailey describes how the FE and HE sectors have prepared for the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act and what challenges still lay ahead.

• Editorial Introduction to Issue 42: Less Could Mean More

  Richard Waller provides an editorial introduction to Ariadne issue 42.

• Freedom of Information and the Historian

  Stephen Twigge reports on a one-day conference on Freedom of Information and the Historian jointly hosted by The National Archives and the Institute of Historical Research.

• Freedom of Information in University College Dublin 2001-2004

  Rena Lohan outlines how access rights conferred by FOI legislation have affected administrative operations in University College Dublin.

• Book Review: The Information Society - A Study of Continuity and Change

  Lise Foster finds this a useful scene setter for the novice and valuable reminder for the professional of the challenges facing today's librarian.

• Book Review: Staying Legal

  Stuart Hannabuss examines an interesting collection of essays and, with reservations, likes the second edition a lot more.

• A National Archive of Datasets

  Jeffrey Darlington describes how structured datasets produced by UK Government departments and agencies are being archived and made available to users.

• The 7th Institutional Web Management Workshop

  Catherine Ewart gives us her view of IWMW 2003, University of Kent, June 2003.

• The Digital Preservation Coalition

  Neil Beagrie reports on proposals to establish a Digital Preservation Coalition in the UK.

• Interoperability: What Is It and Why Should I Want It?

  Paul Miller explains what interoperability is and why you should want it.

• Exploring Planet SOSIG: Law, Statistics and Demography

  Planet SOSIG: Exploring Planet SOSIG: Law, Statistics and Demography: Janette Cochrane, Sue Pettit and Wendy White. Planet SOSIG continues its review of the main SOSIG subject sections, highlighting the resources that the Internet can offer to those working in the different fields of the social sciences.

• Electronic Access: Archives in the New Millennium

  Michael Day reports from Kew on the Public Record Office view of the Brave New World of online archives.

• Data Archive at the University of Essex

  Denise Lievesley and Bridget Winstanley describe this national resource centre for computer-readable data in the social sciences and humanities.

• Alta Vista Vs. Lycos

  Tracey Stanley presents the results of a detailed comparison of the two main search engines of today, Lycos and Alta Vista.