Organisation - University of Sheffield

• Developing Adaptable, Efficient Mobile Library Services: Librarians as Enablers

  Lizzie Caperon describes how library resources can be targeted towards effective mobile services as mobile devices become increasingly prevalent in Higher Education.

• Mining the Archives: Metadata Development and Implementation

  Martin White looks through the Ariadne archive to track the development and implementation of metadata in a variety of settings.

• Book Review: Information Consulting - Guide to good practice

  Martin White reviews a book written by three experienced consultants that seeks to support information professionals in setting themselves up as consultants.

• Mining the Archive: eBooks

  Martin White looks through the Ariadne archive to track the development of ebooks.

• Book Review: Understanding Information and Computation

  Martin White reviews a very individual perspective on the extent to which the growth and structure of the World Wide Web is governed by the fundamental laws of physics and mathematics.

• Book Review: User Studies for Digital Library Development

  Selenay Aytac reviews a collection of essays on user studies and digital library development that provides a concise overview of a variety of digital library projects and examines major research trends relating to digital libraries.

• Mining the Archive: The Development of Electronic Journals

  Martin White looks through the Ariadne archive to trace the development of e-journals as a particular aspect of electronic service delivery and highlights material he considers as significant.

• Online Information 2012

  Marieke Guy reports on the largest gathering of information professionals in Europe.

• Upskilling Liaison Librarians for Research Data Management

  Andrew Cox, Eddy Verbaan and Barbara Sen explore the design of a curriculum to train academic librarians in the competencies to support Research Data Management.

• Book Review: Getting Started with Cloud Computing

  Martin White reviews a collection of essays on cloud computing that attempts to clarify the technology and its applications for librarians and information professionals.

• Book Review: Information Need - A Theory Connecting Information Search to Knowledge Formation

  Brian Whalley reviews a book about a new theory of ‘information need’ that builds upon the ideas of Allen and Taylor from the 1960s to provide a basis for information searching.

• Wikipedia: Reflections on Use and Acceptance in Academic Environments

  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.

• Collaborations Workshop 2012: Software, Sharing and Collaboration in Oxford

  Simon Choppin reports on a two-day software workshop held at The Queen’s College, Oxford over 21 - 22 March 2012.

• Book Review: Innovations in Information Retrieval

  Martin White reviews a collection of essays on a wide range of current topics and challenges in information retrieval.

• Developing Research Excellence and Methods (DREaM) Project Launch Conference

  Ray Harper reports on a one-day conference which launched the DREaM Project, held by the Library and Information Science Research Coalition in London on 19 July 2011.

• The Future of the Past of the Web

  Matthew Brack reports on the one-day international workshop 'The Future of the Past of the Web' held at the British Library Conference Centre, London on 7 October, 2011.

• 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.

• 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.

• International Digital Curation Conference 2010

  Alex Ball reports on the 6th International Digital Curation Conference, held on 7-8 December 2010 in Chicago.

• Locating Image Presentation Technology Within Pedagogic Practice

  Marie-Therese Gramstadt contextualises image presentation technology and methods within a pedagogic framework for the visual arts.

• Eduserv Symposium 2010: The Mobile University

  Shailey Minocha reflects on the one-day symposium organised by Eduserv in May 2010. The aim of the event was to discuss whether and how mobile technology will play a significant role in the delivery of UK Higher Education in the future.

• Institutional Web Management Workshop 2010

  Keith Doyle provides a personal perspective on a conference organised by UKOLN for those involved in the provision of institutional Web services.

• Public Library 2.0: Culture Change?

  Sarah Hammond explores UK public libraries' growing participation in social media to reach their audiences online, with a focus on blogging.

• Book Review: Information Science in Transition

  Michael Day reviews an edited volume published to commemorate the founding of the Institute of Information Scientists in 1958.

• News and Events

  Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.

• 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.

• The Librarians' Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) 2009

  Rosie Jones reports on a three-day conference about Information Literacy held by CILIP CSG Information Literacy Group at Cardiff University over 30 March - 1 April 2009.

• e-Framework Implements New Workplan

  Ian Dolphin and Phil Nicholls describe recent and forthcoming developments from the e-Framework Partnership for Education and Research.

• Blended Learning and Online Tutoring: Planning Learner Support and Activity Design

  Lyn Parker does not consider that the second edition has changed considerably from the first edition despite the publishers' blurb to the contrary. Nonetheless, she feels there is much of value.

• Libraries of the Future

  Michelle Pauli reports on the National e-textbook Debate and Libraries of the Future panel sessions held by JISC in Birmingham over 14-15 April 2008.

• The Librarian's Information Literacy Annual Conference (LILAC) 2008

  Keir Hopwood reports on three-day conference about current and future trends in the practice of information literacy teaching in Higher Education and beyond.

• Book Review: Teaching Web Search Skills

  Verity Brack takes a look at this book for Web trainers, teachers and instructors.

• Book Review: Blended Learning and Online Tutoring

  Lyn Parker considers that this book meets its aim of providing practical advice for tutors and staff developers engaged in online activities and blended learning.

• The Tasks of the AHDS: Ten Years on

  Alastair Dunning reviews 10 years in the history of the Arts and Humanities Data Service.

• Book Review: Understanding and Communicating Social Informatics

  Sheila Corrall reviews a new landmark book which explains and promotes a distinctive approach to information-related research spanning traditional disciplinary and professional boundaries.

• Book Review: Developing the New Learning Environment

  Stephen Town welcomes this new text on a key issue for the future of academic librarians, and suggests some broader questions for consideration.

• Editorial Introduction to Issue 46: Ten Years of Pathfinding

  John MacColl, Lorcan Dempsey and John Kirriemuir reflect in turn on the rationale and history of the founding of Ariadne.

• What Users Want: An Academic 'Hybrid' Library Perspective

  Reg Carr reflects on the development of a user-centred approach in academic libraries over recent decades and into the era of the hybrid library.

• Book Review: Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 2004 (Volume 38)

  Michael Day reviews a recent volume of this key annual publication on information science and technology.

• Book Review: How to Find Information

  Verity Brack reviews a new practical guide for researchers wanting to improve their information skills and finds it a very useful addition.

• Recasting the Past: Digital Histories

  Vanessa Carr reports on a one day conference about digitising historical records, held jointly by the Association for History and Computing UK and the Royal Historical Society.

• Digital Resources for the Humanities

  Alastair Dunning reviews for us this year's conference on Digital Resources in the Humanities held at the University of Newcastle over 5-8 September 2004.

• Book Review: Developing Web-based Instruction

  Lyn Parker finds this compilation a useful overview of the issues involved in developing e-learning and a valuable addition to the literature.

• Public Libraries: Weblogs: Do They Belong in Libraries?

  Penny Garrod takes a look at weblogs and weblogging activities in libraries and considers some of the ways they can be used to support public library users.

• Book Review: Extreme Searchers' Internet Handbook

  Verity Brack reviews a book on Internet resources and finds it a useful volume for Internet beginners and Google-centric searchers.

• Can We Save Our Audio-visual Heritage?

  Daniel Teruggi describes PrestoSpace, the new FP6 Integrated project for the preservation of our disappearing audio-visual heritage.

• EEVL News: EEVL, VLEs, Institutional and Library Portals

  Malcolm Moffat discusses the use of EEVL functionality in VLEs and Portals.

• IT for Me: Getting Personal in South Yorkshire Public Libraries

  Liz Pearce and Neil Smith introduce the IT for Me Project which aims to provide personalised access to online resources in South Yorkshire's public libraries.

• News from BIOME

  Jenny Hall reports on recent news from BIOME, the Health and Life Sciences hub of the Resource Discovery Network.

• Developing the JISC Information Environment Service Registry

  Verity Brack and Amanda Closier provide us with an overview of the aims and latest work in the development of the JISC IE Service Registry.

• News from BIOME

  Donald Mackay, Rod Ward and Jenny Hall provide us with the first of a series of bulletins on developments within the BIOME area of activity.

• The Bath Profile Four Years On: What's Being Done in the UK?

  Fraser Nicolaides gives us his take on the conference to review the implementation of the Bath Profile in the UK, July 2003.

• Collection Description Focus Showcase: Mapping the Information Landscape

  Verity Brack reports on this one-day showcase of Collection Description projects and services held at the British Library, London, 25 March 2003.

• Web Watch: An Accessibility Analysis of UK University Entry Points

  Brian Kelly reports on the accessibility of entry points of UK University Web sites.

• Web Watch: Carrying Out Your Own Web Watch Survey

  Brian Kelly describes how you can carry out your own WebWatch benchmarking survey across your own community.

• BIOME: Progressing through Partnerships

  Paula Manning reports on recent collaborations.

• Clumps Come Up Trumps

  Helena Gillis, Verity Brack, John Gilby and Marian Hogg review the four eLib CLUMP projects now at the end of their funding periods.

• EEVL

  Roddy Macleod manager of the EEVL project explains the new profile, new office: and coming soon: a new service.

• BIOME News

  Paula Manning announces that the BIOME Site is now live, and reports on the new Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Gateway.

• Virtual Universities: Institutional Issues for Information Professionals

  Jonathan Foster examines the institutional implications of networked approaches to learning for information professionals.

• Web Focus: The Use of Third-Party Web Services

  Brian Kelly discusses the use of third-party web services.

• What Have the CLUMPs Ever Done for Us?

  Peter Stubley puts the CLUMPs in perspective.

• Bibliotecas Universitarias Consorcio

  Agnès Guyon reports on a seminar in Aveiro, Portugal, 26th and 27th April 1999.

• Hybrid Libraries

  Stephen Pinfield describes the role of Hybrid Libraries and Clumps

• DEDICATE

  Nancy Fjaellbrant and Philippa Levy DEDICATE, the European Telematics project for online professional development in information literacy and user education, descended from eLib NetLinkS.

• Down Your Way: The Radcliffe Science Library

  Sarah Ashton meets the Deputy Keeper of the Scientific Book, Dave Price.

• Netskills Corner: The 2nd International Symposium on Networked Learner Support (NLS)

  Walter Scales summarises the 2nd International Symposium on Networked Learner Support (NLS), held on the 23rd and 24th June 1997 in Sheffield.

• 2nd International Symposium on Networked Learner Support

  Sarah Ashton introduces the forthcoming 2nd International Symposium on Networked Learner Support, to be held in Sheffield on 23-24 June 1997.

• Minotaur: David Allen and Tom Wilson

  David Allen and Tom Wilson lament the return of IT strategies.

• Public Libraries Corner

  In the Public Libraries Corner for this issue, a guest writer, Catherine Wrathall, writes about the current provision of Internet-based community information in public libraries.

• British Library Corner: Setting Priorities for Digital Library Research, The Beginnings of a Process?

  Graham Jefcoate describes the background behind the recently announced British Library Research and Innovation Centre call for proposals in the field of digital library research.

• Information Strategies Get Down to Business

  John MacColl on the JISC approach to Information Strategies.

• Around the Table

  Around the Table: Sheona Farquhar looks at sites in science and engineering.

• Netlinks Symposium

  Sarah Ashton reports from the Netlinks Symposium, organised by the Netlinks eLib project and the Department of Information Studies in the University of Sheffield.

• Wire: Brian Kelly

  Brian Kelly is put under the virtual spotlight to answer a few questions via email on his past, present, and thoughts on matters networking.

• Andrew Cox

• Barbara Sen

• Brian Whalley

• Carmen O'Dell

• Eddy Verbaan

• John Lewis

• Liz Pearce

• Lyn Parker

• Marion Tattersall

• Martin White

• Phil Nicholls

• Ray Harper author bio

• Seb Schmoller

• Sheila Corrall

• Verity Brack