• Open Access and monographs
• Developing a library strategic response to Artificial Intelligence
• A case study on innovative education in scholarly communication and open research at the University of Essex
• Celebrating advances in information retrieval -  the timeless conundrum 
• Leadership, intellectual freedom and looking to the future
• Accessibility, sharing, language and truth decay
• Perspectives of a health information professional
• Leadership, shifting digital landscapes and the impact of AI
• Opportunities, threats, shared values and ethical considerations.

We are also pleased to feature a series of UKeiG editorials originally published in CILIP's Information Professional magazine.

• Conversations with a retired information scientist about the appropriate use of Artificial Intelligence
• A digital revolution in education
• X-it - Bluesky thinking
• LibTech EdTech – transition, challenges and contradictions
• Rewired – changing digital landscapes
• Contemplating an age of computational rationalisation
• Keep calm and recalibrate
• Are we staring disintermediation down the barrel of an AI gun?

eLucidate showcases digital knowledge, expertise, R&D and innovation. Content includes digital literacy, information science, retrieval and search technologies, AI, social media, research support, data management, scholarly communication and publishing.

If you'd like to submit content for publication, please email the editor Gary Horrocks at info.ukeig@cilip.org.uk.

CPD Programme for 2025

UKeiG is pleased to announce these professional development courses and events. 

Y ouTube, Instagram, TikTok and beyond: video marketing for libraries and cultural organisations, 13 November 2025, 10am-1.00pm

Generative AI and Retrieval Augmented Generation for librarians, information and knowledge professionals, 27 November 2025, 1.00-4.00pm

David Ball

It is with sadness that we announce the death of David Ball. He was the Chair of UKeiG for 7 years (and on the committee since 2012), and also on the committee of ILIG since 2018. David was hospitalised on 10 Feb and was treated for infective endocarditis which, ultimately, turned out to be unsuccessful.  David died on 15 May in a local hospice with close family around him. His funeral will be held at a crematorium and woodland burial ground just outside Bournemouth on Wednesday 4th June.

David Ball was a consultant specialising in scholarly communication, e-books, virtual learning environments, design and management of academic libraries. As University Librarian and Head of Academic Development Services at Bournemouth University from 1994 to 2012, he created a vibrant library service, winning two major national awards. In 2012 became a consultant. Open Access clients include: Public Library of Science (PLoS), the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Public Health England, OAPEN, Enabling Open Scholarship (EOS).

David was the SPARC Europe Project Officer on two major European Open Science projects: PASTEUR4OA (which aimed to support the development and implementation of policies to ensure Open Access to all outputs from publicly funded research) and FOSTER (which aimed to support researchers to incorporate Open Science in their daily workflow). He has also worked on a number of SPARC Europe projects, including Open Data Champions. While spending a year in Uganda, he worked with the Coalition of Uganda University Libraries (CUUL), funded by EIFL, on Open Access policy development and implementation.