Issue 56

• Editorial Introduction to Issue 56: More Light Than Heat

  Richard Waller introduces Ariadne issue 56.

• Versioning in Repositories: Implementing Best Practice

  Jenny Brace explains why giving time to versioning within a repository is worthwhile and outlines the best practice to implement.

• New Schemas for Mapping Pedagogies and Technologies

  Grainne Conole reflects on the implications of Web 2.0 for education and offers two new schemas for thinking about harnessing the potential of technologies.

• Integrating Journal Back Files Into an Existing Electronic Environment

  Jason Cooper describes how Loughborough University Library integrated a number of collections of journal back files into their existing electronic environment.

• The Networked Library Service Layer: Sharing Data for More Effective Management and Cooperation

  Janifer Gatenby identifies criteria for determining which data in various library systems could be more beneficially shared and managed at a network level.

• A Desk Too Far?: The Case for Remote Working

  Marieke Guy examines both the benefits and the pitfalls of working remotely from the standpoint of both employees and their organisation.

• Being Wired Or Being Tired: 10 Ways to Cope With Information Overload

  Sarah Houghton-Jan explores different strategies for managing and coping with various types of informational overload.

• Lost in the JISC Information Environment

  Tony Ross gives a personal reflection on his intellectual struggle to comprehend the JISC Information Environment.

• Search Engines: Google Still Growing

  Phil Bradley finds it difficult to ignore some of the latest developments from Google - particularly the ones that are actually quite good.

• Persistent Identifiers: Considering the Options

  Emma Tonkin looks at the current landscape of persistent identifiers, describes several current services, and examines the theoretical background behind their structure and use.

• Institutional Web Management Workshop 2008: The Great Debate

  Adrian Tribe reports on a three-day conference designed for professionals involved in the provision of institutional Web services, organised by UKOLN and held at King's College, University of Aberdeen in July 2008.

• 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.

• A DRY CRIG Event for the IE Demonstrator

  Paul Walk reports on an 'unconference' for developers working in and around the JISC Information Environment and institutional systems, hosted by UKOLN at the University of Bath in June 2008.

• Preservation of Web Resources: Making a Start

  Stephen Emmott reports on a one-day workshop aimed at all those interested in issues relating to institutional Web resource preservation. The event was held by the JISC-PoWR team at the University of London in June 2008.

• Sun Preservation and Archive Special Interest Group: May 2008 Meeting

  Vicky Mays and Ian Dolphin review the Sun Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) meeting held in San Francisco in May 2008.

• Open Repositories 2008

  Mahendra Mahey reports on the third international Open Repositories 2008 Conference, held at the School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton in April 2008.

• News and Events

  Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events.

• Book Review: Visualizing Data

  Pete Cliff considers a new book on data visualisation and hopes one day to implement some of the interesting ideas presented in this work.

• Book Review: What's the Alternative?

  Lina Coelho takes an enthusiastic view of the opportunities open to library and information professionals presented in this career-enhancing book.

• Book Review: Information Literacy Meets Library 2.0

  Emma Delaney considers the effects of Web 2.0 on delivering information literacy to library students and end-users.

• 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.

• 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.

• Book Review: Web Accessibility

  Martin White reviews a book that provides advice for managers on how to ensure that Web sites, intranets and library services are fully compliant with guidelines and legislation on accessibility.