Ariadne (Issue 48, July 2006)

New Issue: Ariadne (Issue 48, July 2006)
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue48/

Main Articles include:
Library Systems: Synthesise, Specialise, Mobilise
Robin Murray examines how the changing landscape for library systems is altering their service model.

Intute: The New Best of the Web
Caroline Williams describes Intute in the context of the online information environment and outlines aspirations for the future.

Introducing unAPI
Dan Chudnov and a team of colleagues describe unAPI, a tiny HTTP API for serving information objects in next-generation Web applications.

The Library Catalogue in the New Discovery Environment: Some Thoughts
Lorcan Dempsey explores how the library catalogue will develop alongside evolving network discovery systems.

UK Digital Preservation Needs Assessment: Where We Go From Here
Najla Semple and Maggie Jones outline the background and findings of the Digital Preservation Coalition's UK Needs Assessment and the Mind the Gap report.

Accoona: Super-Charged Super Target Searching
Phil Bradley puts a relative newcomer through its paces and finds some very useful features together with potential for improvement.

The Tasks of the AHDS: Ten Years On
Alastair Dunning reviews 10 years in the history of the Arts and Humanities Data Service.

ShibboLEAP: Seven Libraries and a LEAP of Faith
Martin Moyle introduces the ShibboLEAP Project, a multi-institution Shibboleth adoption in London, and hopes that later adopters will benefit from its findings.

A Foundation for Automatic Digital Preservation
Miguel Ferreira, Ana Alice Baptista and José Carlos Ramalho propose a Service-Oriented Architecture to help cultural heritage institutions to accomplish automatic digital preservation.

Book Reviews:
Blended Learning and Online Tutoring. A good practice guide.
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.

Managing Change
Donald Maclean reviews a text that lays down guidelines for information managers attempting to analyse, implement and evaluate change within their organisation.

Evaluating the Impact of your Library
David Parkes reviews a new book, targeted at managers, which is both a tool to help evaluate your library and an analysis of Impact Evaluation methodology.

The Librarians Internet Survival Guide, 2nd Edition
Re-visiting this work in its new and second edition for Ariadne, Lina Coelho finds it amply repays the effort.