eLucidate - May issue now available

The May issue of eLucidate is now available. This month's issue includes:

COUNTER: Getting the Measure of e-Books. An article by Jenny Walker, executive vice-president for Xrefer, and based in the Xrefer London office.

Abstract: This article is based on a workshop given by the author at the 2007 UK Serials Group Conference, entitled “Understanding, Implementing and Using the COUNTER Code of Practice for Books and Reference Works”. Ebooks seem set to flourish in 2007, with great interest from publishers and librarians alike. The COUNTER Code of Practice for Books and Reference Works, first released in 2006, provides standardization that can help with the tracking, comparison and analysis of ebook usage. Publishers and aggregators of ebooks and online reference works are urged to adopt and implement these standards at their earliest convenience; and feedback is actively sought from all interested parties.

Online - latest news from Johanna Westwood, University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Internet. Web 2.0 & Libraries: Best practices for social software – a book review from Susan Miles.

Intranets. This month, Martin White of Intranet Focus has compiled an Intranet Miscellany- a round-up of recent intranet books and reports.

Reference Management. Updates and news on reference software packages from Tracy Kent, Librarian for Physics and Computer Science University of Birmingham

Public sector news from Jane Inman, Chair of ALGIS.

Meeting report on eInformation for eScience by Stephen Bull.

Intranets Forum: Planning your intranet strategy - report from Dion Lindsay.

Current Awareness - compiled and edited by Jane Grogan.

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