Ariadne

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Welcome to Ariadne, Web Magazine for Information Professionals Feature articles from the most recent issue In issue 78 of Ariadne, we have articles covering a range of topics:JasonCooper has documented the process used to migrate Ariadne s hosting platform fromDrupal to Hugo git.Makerspaces are a popular addition to libraries, both academic andpublic. HeilaPienaar, Isakvan der Walt and SeanKruger describe how the Universityof Pretoria Library built a Digital Scholarship Centre on thesuccess of the Library s Makerspace. They show how such a centre canbe established, how it can fit with inter-disciplinary work and howMakerspaces and Digital Scholarship Centres overlap.HelenSinger and JaneBilson provide an explanation of how theUniversity of Hertfordshire followed ‘Guided Learner Journey’principles by embedding resources in their VLE. This will be ofinterest to many academic librarians looking at how library readinglists can be leveraged to make more impact and improve the studentexperience.Over in the USA, KathrynGucer presents a case study of how Agile methods canimprove web site usability testing. This was based on herexperiences working with the Animal Welfare Act History DigitalCollection at the USDA s National Agricultural Library. They used alow-cost, in-house Agile approach and she explains how this testingmethod allowed them to quickly home in, and correct, usability problemsand misconceptions in the design of the collection s new web userinterface.We also have a couple of event reviews to round out this issue: DanTowns tells us of his experienceFigshare Fest 2018 where he joined many Institutional Repositoryand Research Data Managers. Meanwhile RichardGoodman provides a conference reportfrom Educause 2018, the large educational techology conferenceheld in Denver, Colorado, USA.

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