UKOLN News

The Autumn issue of Ariadne was published on 30 October and includes an article by Paul Miller who explores some of the recent buzz around the concept of “Web 2.0″ and asks what it means for libraries and related organisations. Chris Awre and co-authors write on using JSR 168 and WSRP to enable search within portal frameworks, Balviar Notay and Catherine Grout contribute on developments in digitisation programmes, online delivery services and specialised search engines from a JISC perspective, while Morag Greig and William Nixon describe findings of the DAEDALUS Project and the Glasgow ePrints Service. The issue also contains an article on online repositories for learning materials together with two perspectives in relation to digital repositories from colleagues in the Netherlands. Michael Day reviews for us another volume of the mighty ARIST.

Revealweb received a “Getting the Message Across Award” at the National Information Forum Awards ceremony on 19 October 2005 at the Law Society, London. The awards acknowledge excellence and imagination in the provision of information to disabled people and others severely disadvantaged by lack of appropriate information. The citation noted “the selection panel were impressed by the innovatory aspect of the service, the fact that it is free and the sheer scale of the resource”. UKOLN supports Revealweb by providing advice and help on bibliographic issues.

A paper on “A Standards Framework for Digital Library Programmes”, written by staff from the JISC-funded UKOLN, CETIS, AHDS and TechDis services, was presented recently at the international ichim05 conference.

Places are still available so, to avoid disappointment, please register now for PV 2005: “Ensuring long-term preservation and adding value to scientific and technical data”, to be held at The Royal Society, Edinburgh, from 21-23 November 2005.