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The aim of this case study is to present one library's experiences consulting with a usability expert during the design and implementation phases of a new academic library website and the lessons learned during the process.

The library staff worked with the consultant so that he understood the work of the librarians and goals for the website. Together the consultant and library staff developed a series of tests to measure the usability of the site. The librarians implemented the tests, gradually taking the leadership role in the process.

The study confirms the value of usability testing as a tool to bring to light some of the ambiguities and complexities of a library website for users. The study demonstrates that librarians have developed an expertise and knowledge base that transfers well to the evaluation of websites and online resources. The experience of the University of Michigan AAE Library reveals that usability testing should be an ongoing exercise so that the website remains relevant to the users.

This study advises librarians of the value of testing and that, on the one hand, test results confirm what one imagines about the users' experiences, but on the other hand they reveal the unexpected strategies and understandings of the users.

This case study provides a useful example of the value of working with a usability expert, a discussion of what to expect during the process, and advice about the role of the librarian in such an endeavor.

Reviews the current debate in the USA concerning the general dissatisfaction with administrator preparation and resulting tensions between the award of the PhD versus the EdD, with a preference for the award of the latter articulated by critical observers of the profession. Design considerations are highlighted for the implementation of EdD curricula in Australia, where the professional doctorate is now being offered at a number of universities. Implications are drawn from the US experience regarding the need to legitimate the EdD as a valued qualification of standing in its own right and clearly focused on meeting the needs of practitioners. Describes a curriculum process model, initially developed at the University of Texas at Austin, with the potential and capacity to guide and inform university‐based administrator preparation as well as on going professional development over the course of a career span of intermediate length. Concludes that appropriate models are needed which gave shape and form to a professionally oriented EdD, abstracting from relevant theoretical principles and derived from a knowledge base that can be justified on its own terms.

The purpose of this paper is to show the quality control process and techniques of an open-source digital library (DL)/institutional repository (IR) in an institution. It will also demonstrate the challenges for quality control of a digital library in an institution.

It will explain metadata quality control and structural quality control and some matters that are important for an ideal IR. It also describes data migration from one repository to another.

Metadata without quality is just junk. Library personnel should have adequate library science educational qualifications to do the DL work. Non-professionals may create junk in the IR. Quality control can ensure the standard of a digital IR.

This study drowns upon the practical experience of DSpace quality control of a private university library in Bangladesh.

Resurgent interest in the life and work of the Italian Cambridge economist Piero Sraffa is leading to New Directions in Sraffa Scholarship. This chapter introduces readers to some of these developments. First and perhaps foremost is the fact that as of September 2016 Sraffa’s archival material has been uploaded onto the website of the Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge University, as digital colour images; this chapter introduces readers to the history of these events. This history provides sharp relief on the extant debates over the role of the archival material in leading to the final publication of Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities, and readers are provided a brief sketch of these matters. The varied nature of Sraffa scholarship is demonstrated by the different aspects of Sraffa’s intellectual legacy which are developed and discussed in the various entries of our Symposium. The conclusion is reached that we are on the cusp of an exciting phase change of tremendous potential in Sraffa scholarship.

Who will lead Ambridge in the years to come? Theories rooted in psychology and political science, when applied to family dynamics in The Archers, allow for some educated guesses. Social learning theory suggests that children who see their parents vote, run for office and participate in other civic activities are more likely to do the same in adulthood. Emma Grundy did just that when she followed in the footsteps of her father, Neil Carter, in winning a seat on the parish council. Previous research has found that birth order also can shape future leaders, with the eldest child more likely to benefit developmentally from parents' undivided attention in the early years, and also more likely to establish a hierarchy of power over younger siblings. With these factors in mind, who are the most probable contenders to lead Ambridge in the spheres of politics, business and civic affairs? The extant research points to Pip Archer, Lily Pargetter, Phoebe Aldridge and George Grundy. The unique circumstances of Ruairi Donovan's childhood suggest he may also be a formidable candidate. And, as is the case in so many contexts, one would be wise not to overlook Molly Button.

Organizations, like people, can learn from their experience. The 1978 Camp David Conference learned from its experience. From difficulty, success and later problems we can take a lesson in how to do it. Physical isolation and a powerful mediator were the key. Repeated changes in the internal operation kept it moving.