Library futures: Nipissing University, Canada

Traditional research methods are still in high demand, says Nancy Black – and library staff continue to play a vital role

Library futures: University of Oxford

We need to shape the skills of library staff to meet user needs while maintaining specialist knowledge, says Richard Ovenden

University libraries are shaping the future of learning and research

Far from reaching its due-by date, academic library architecture is reflecting and predicting how we learn now and into the future

Oxford library comes a step closer to buying archive of photographic pioneer

Bodleian's £2.2m appeal to buy William Henry Fox Talbot's notes and records gets £200,000 from Art Fund charity

Rosalind Franklin, DNA scientist, celebrated by Google doodle

British biophysicist and x-ray crystallographer helped discover DNA's structure but controversially missed out on Nobel prize

Walmart’s $150 tablet aimed at children is missing the point

The XO tablet is the work of One Laptop Per Child, a non-profit set up to deliver computers to developing nations

Seven rules of successful research data management in universities

Sound research rests on the ability to evidence, verify and reproduce results – managing your data enables all three

A more affordable way to get kids e-reading

Making e-readers more accessible is a great way of improving child literacy, writes James Bridle

James Martin obituary

Futurologist and IT pioneer who gave millions to Oxford University

Could social media bridge the divide between business and education?

Education isn't equipping students for the world of work, says James Jefferson – could a new virtual apprenticeship, co-created by universities and business, be the answer?

Kenya’s laptops for schools dream fails to address reality

Mark Graham: Kenya wants to be Africa's digital heart but its e-learning strategy ignores the need for more trained teachers and less inequality

Inside Pegi and why Saints Row IV won’t be banned in Britain

Keith Stuart: Saints Row IV has just been denied an age rating in Australia, effectively banning the game in that country. Could that happen in the UK? We visit the Video Standards Council to find out

The Winnie app proves the pooh-poohers wrong

The decision to abridge Winnie-the-Pooh for an app is far from the assault on children's literacy the critics claim it to be, writes Anna Baddeley