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This issue presents the first half of a study that explores recurring waves of social mood in early history. In our study, we survey historical data and written records that reveal the social expressions of largedegree fluctuations in social mood in five societies--China, England, Russia, Rome and France--over the past two thousand years. History offers valuable perspective for modern times. The world is quite different today, yet the social expressions impelled by large-degree trends in mood are much the same. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article features the UK Data Service and discusses its system which may be adopted for curating social science data, creating and managing research data, discovering data for research, and for citing data. It explains that the UK Data Service follows the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) that has three parts.

The article reports on the launch of Collections for All, an advocacy campaign designed to support standards in collections management and emphasize the way in which documentation can be used to widen access and engagement by Museums Documentation Association in Great Britain. The aims of Museums Documentation Association director Nick Poole is to see the action plan in place in time for the Comprehensive Spending Review in 2007 to increased resources for collections management of the Museums, Libraries, and Archives Council. Furthermore, Poole also hoping that available funding channels like the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Esmee Fairbairm Foundation and the Arts and Humanities Research Council will support the campaign.

The article reports that the Version 3 of Cornucopia, Great Britain Museums, Libraries and Archives Council's (MLA) national database of museum, library and archive collections, is available for review at the website http://www.cornucopia.org.uk. The MLA has asked the participating organizations to check the website and make additions or corrections using the online editing tools. Cornucopia is a fully searchable online database of some 6000 collections held by almost 2000 cultural heritage institutions.

The article discusses the role of radio in the conceptualization of William Shakespeare's play "Hamlet" as a site of infinite adaptation in the years during and immediately after World War II in Great Britain. It is argued that radio is one of the most adaptive mediums wherein the listener subjectively creates the play that he or she hears. The "Hamlet"-focused culture of adaptation that was most visible in the work produced by the British Broadcasting Co.'s (BBC) "Third Programme" is described. The body of work derived from the play and produced as radio features is said to have reflected the Programme's institutional, artistic, and intellectual development.

The article explores views of people from various sectors about the Digital Britain White Paper, which outlines the government's vision for the digital future of Great Britain, and its possible repercussions. One view is that future economic competitiveness is maximized by growing digital participation. One researcher believes much more is needed to engage people who do not see the importance of digital technology in their lives. Another view states that the report misses the vital importance of media literacy in assisting create an engaged citizenry.

The article presents information on the informal adult learning consultation of the British government. The objective and function of the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) and the Campaigning Alliance for Lifelong Learning (CALL) is discussed. Adult learners and their organisations, and a wide range of community groups and providers, responded to the consultation in impressively large numbers.

The article offers library news brief as of October 2019. Topics discussed include Cambridge University Press released its open content platform Cambridge Open Engage, Virginia's academic library consortium will use the Wiley Open Access Account to allow VIVA researchers to publish in gold OA journals using a central fund for article-processing charges and Biblionix has improved the capability of its Apollo ILS/LSP Reserve Express feature.

Describes an oral history project in Great Britain that aims to create an archive charting the experiences of disabled people throughout the twentieth century. Significance of the project to people with cerebral palsy; Overview of the project; Reaction of some people with cerebral palsy to the project.

The article offers news brief related to different topics as of March 2017. Wiley partnered with the European Society of Evolutionary Biology and the Society for the Study of Evolution to publish a new open access (OA) journal "Evolution Letters," Online Computer Library Center (OCLCO) released Tipasa, the first cloud-based interlibrary loan management system and Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has launched a new open access (OA) program.

Presents music-related news briefs in Great Britain. Nash Ensemble founder and artistic director Amelia Freedman has received a Commander of the British Empire for her services to music in the Queen's birthday honors; Awarding of the designated status to The Music Library at Birmingham Central Library by the Department of Culture, Media and Sprat, via the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council.