Ariadne
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networking, Web, IT, higher education
A Web and print magazine of Internet issues for librarians
and information specialists
Information Services, University of Abertay, Dundee
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Ariadne - The Web Version
journal, magazine, elib, electronic libraries, digital libraries,
networking, Web, IT, higher education
A Web and print magazine of Internet issues for librarians
and information specialists
UKOLN, University of Bath
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Ariadne - The Web Version - Issue 1
Traugott Koch is the Electronic Information Services Officer at
Lund University, Sweden.
Traugott Koch
Spotlight on BUBL
Bernard Naylor, the University Librarian at the University of
Southampton, on the information hurricane that is battering the
world of Libraries.
Bernard Naylor
Naylor: Eye of the Storm
Using the Internet we recently interviewed Traugott Koch,
Electronic information services librarian, LUND University Library
on his views about the Internet and Networking.
Traugott Koch
Wire:Traugott Koch
From the Trenches, a regular column written by Jon Knight, delves
into the more technical aspects of networking and the World Wide
Web.
Jon Knight
From the Trenches - HTML: Which Version?
An informal report of the 4th WWW Conference in Boston, December
1995.
John Kirriemuir
Report from Boston: The 4th WWW Conference
In Interface, we interview LIS professionals with interesting views
on the networking age. As Director of the US Coalition for
Networked Information, the views of Paul Evan Peters are of
interest to library and information people around the world. Alison
Kilgour caught up with him at a recent UK conference.
Paul Evan Peters
Interface: Paul Evan Peters
In this section, we present an introduction to the Electronic
Libraries Programme (otherwise known as eLib). In addition, there
are a few notes on keeping in touch with things eLib, as well as
the other eLib features in this issue.
eLib Starts to Deliver
EduLib is an eLib project from the training and awareness section
of the programme. Jane Core describes the project, and how it will
affect librarians in the Higher Education community.
Jane Core
EduLib: The National Network of Electronic Library accredited
Trainers
CLIC is a project from the Electronic Journals area of the
Electronic Libraries Programme. Henry Rzepa, from the Chemistry
Department at Imperial College, explains the need for journals in
the field of Chemistry that use leading edge technology for
molecular information storage, retrieval and manipulation.
Henry Rzepa
The CLIC Electronic Chemistry Journal Project
Frank Norman, project co-ordinator, describes OMNI, what it can do
for you (and you for it). OMNI is an eLib project from the Access
to Network Resources programme area. It consists of a well-
maintained and expanding database of medical and health resources
that can be accessed through JANET/Internet. This database can be
searched, via a World Wide Web browser; in addition, catalogues of
the resources are available for browsing.
Frank Norman
OMNI: Organising Medical Networked Information
Welcome to Netskills Corner. Netskills Corner will be a regular
feature in Ariadne, providing information on new developments on
the Internet and advice on the use of Internet tools and services.
This first article gives a review of Microsoft's browser for
Windows 95: Internet Explorer.
Brian Kelly
Netskills Corner: Internet Explorer
In Sideline, we aim to provide an entertaining and detailed glimpse
of an odd corner of professional life. In this first column, John
MacColl gives us his irreverent thoughts on a recent eLib project
managers meeting.
John MacColl
Sideline: project managers meet
Downtime is a regular section containing items to help you unwind
from the rigours of networking. Regular items in Downtime will be a
poem, cartoon and (starting from the next issue) a caption
competition.
Jill Bamber
Downtime
John Burnside, fellow in creative writing at the University of
Dundee, gives us his thoughts on adapting to "change".
John Burnside
John Burnside
This section will feature the views of individuals who are
sceptical of the value of the Net as a whole, or some particular
aspect of it. In this edition Jim Smith finds that the Internet is
no place to do research
Jim Smith
Sceptics Column: Jim Smith
In this edition of 'Down Your Way" we present a profile of an
individual academic library and its Internet services. Loughborough
University has a reputation for technological excellence. Its
Information Service was revamped last year, and is becoming
increasingly dependent upon the Internet. Alison Kilgour reports.
Alison Kilgour
Down Your Way: Loughborough University
In View from the Hill, we talk to celebrities about the love, or
lack of it, for things networking and IT. In this first article,
Douglas Dunn, Scottish poet and Professor of English, talks to John
MacColl about his preference of print over electronic words.
Douglas Dunn
View from the Hill: Douglas Dunn
Ariadne - The Web Version - Issue 2
The section of Ariadne featuring items to help you unwind...
Downtime
John Burnside looks at electronic publishing from a writers
perspective. In his view, the electronic page does not provide the
experience he wants as a writer or for his readers.
John Burnside
Burnside Writes
Chris Bailey does a cross-country dash to attend a conference at
Heathrow.
Chris Bailey
Sideline
One of my previous lecturers jokingly said that once you had a
title, logo and an acronym for your project, 80% of the work was
done. Except I'm not so sure she was joking, now. Ariadne took
(relatively) little time to be decided on as a title, but as it
turned out, many other projects around the world, and one in
particular in the UK, shared this greek mythological name. This has
caused problems; for example, lists of digital libraries/training
projects occasionally get us mixed up with the Ariadne project at
Lancaster. Dr. David Nichols from this Lancaster projects gives a
brief run-down of other projects that have taken the name Ariadne.
Dr. David Nichols
A thread of Ariadnes
Ruth Jenkins and her library's academics have not yet reached
information nirvana in the form of the net.
Ruth Jenkins
Minotaur (Sceptics column)
Alison Kilgour continues her travels with a visit to Glasgow
University Library
Alison Kilgour
Down your Way: Glasgow University Library
Lorcan Dempsey interviews Matthew Evans
Lorcan Dempsey
View from the Hill: Matthew Evans
NETWORKED INFORMATION IN AN INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT, FEB. 9-10,
Ramada Hotel, Heathrow.
Chris Bailey
At the Event: Networked Information
Jon Knight reveals all on Linux, a cheap and flexible operating
system. [Ed: this article has been validated at HTML2, which is why
it looks marginally different to other aticles, in terms of style,
in Ariadne].
Jon Knight
From the Trenches - On the cheap: Linux
John MacColl on why E-print archives are the key to paperless
journals
John MacColl
E-print Archives Key To Paperless Journals
This edition of Netskills Corner gives a report on a collaborative
distance seminar on World Wide Web Futures and invites Ariadne
readers to the next seminar.
Brian Kelly
Netskills Corner: Two Heads Are Better Than One
The Faroe Islands and the Internet: In his own words, Erhard
Jacobsen from the Faroe Islands National Library describes this
little known country and its relatively big strides into networking
and Internet connectivity.
Erhard Jacobsen
The Faroe Islands and the Internet
The Great Search Engine Debate - Tracey Stanley compares Alta Vista
and Lycos (comparison done at the end of February/start of March
1996).
Tracey Stanley
Alta Vista vs. Lycos
Recently, a wave of new projects under the umbrella of the
Electronic Libraries Programme was announced. A consequence of this
is that a large majority of the HE institutions in the UK are
involved in at least one eLib project (is yours?), as well as many
non HE organisations and institutions. Here, we give brief details
of some of these new projects.
Nigel Gardner
eLib: some new projects
Derek Law, explains his vision of co-operation between the library
sectors blossoming through the use of Metropolitan Area Networks
Derek Law
A MAN for all reasons? Derek Law
Chris Lilley, recently made the co-ordinator for graphics and fonts
at the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium), answered an interview
template, via email, on February 16th 1996. Here are his replies...
Chris Lilley
Wire: Chris Lilley, interviewe
In an extension to the Around the Table article in the paper
edition of Ariadne, Isobel Stark, a BIDS trainer amongst other
things, gives us her thoughts on one of the UK's most well-known
networking services. Linked from this article are responses from
BIDS people.
Isobel Stark
Spotlight on BIDS
SOSIG was established two years ago with funding from the Economics
and Social Research Council (ESRC). The Electronic Libraries'
Programme (eLib) funds a Documentation and Training Officer, Lesly
Huxley, under the Access to Networked Resources umbrella to raise
awareness of - and train people to use - SOSIG.
Lesly Huxley
SOSIG: Social Science Information Gateway
Ian Lovecy from Bangor University describes SEREN, a project from
the Electronic Document Delivery section of the eLib programme.
SEREN aims to provide the software to enable the Welsh HE community
to maximise use of the library resource-base in Wales before
turning to BLDSC and other suppliers.
Ian Lovecy
SEREN: Sharing of Educational Resources in an Electronic Network in
Wales
The Netskills team believe that the need for training has never
been greater
Netskills: a major training programme
On February 7th 1996, John Kirriemuir travelled to Newcastle to
interview Jill Foster, director of Netskills and Mailbase. Despite
having been involved in a two-day Netskills training course, Jill
spoke fluently on the background behind these two projects, the
future of Netskills and related matters.
Jill Foster
Jill Foster, in interview
This is the transcript of a talk that Charles Oppenheim, copyright
advisor to the eLib programme, gave at the LITC on February 19th
1996
Charles Oppenheim
Legal Issues associated with Electronic Copyright Management
Systems
On 7th-8th February, John Kirriemuir attended the Netskills launch,
which was combined with a Netskills training session; an overview
of the event appears below. In addition, pictures of the launch
(warning: very large files) are available.
John Kirriemuir
Netskills launch
Welcome to issue 2 of Ariadne on the Web, the World Wide Web
version of the magazine for the discerning UK Library and
Information professional. If this is your first time within the
confines of Ariadne, you are well advised to visit the section
giving information all about Ariadne before proceeding further.
Contents Page for Issue 2
From: John Kirriemuir, Web editor of Ariadne
John Kirriemuir
Editorial for Issue 2
Ariadne - The Web Version - Issue 3
Brian Whalley, from the School of Geosciences at the Queen's
University of Belfast, describes what academics want from their
journals and uses the example of the Journal of Glacial Geology and
Geomorphology to illustrate how these criteria can be met by an on-
line Journal.
Brian Whalley
Electronic Journals, evolutionary niches
Rachel Heery, the ROADS Research Officer, describes this project
from the Access to Network Resources area of the Electronic
Libraries Programme. The deliverables of this project will
constitute a large portion of the underlying software for most of
the other projects in the same programme area, as well as other
eLib and non-eLib projects, and therefore is one of the more
crucial facets of the overall programme.
Rachel Heery
ROADS: Resource Organisation And Discovery in Subject-based
services
We point out the advantages of being on the lis-elib mailing list,
and briefly describe the other public eLib mailing lists currently
in use.
Mailing lists: Keeping up with eLib
John Burnside takes a very brief look at some of the poetry
available on the Web.
John Burnside
Burnside Writes
John MacColl discusses the issues involved in the digitisation of
short loan collections.
John MacColl
An end to Rationing? New Projects Break Down the Short Loans
Barrier
Sheona Farquhar travels to Bielefeld in Germany, in search of
warmth and enlightenment.
Sheona Farquhar
Sideline
"Access versus Holdings: a virtual impossibility?" The
UC&R Study Conference, 28th-30th March, New Hall College,
Cambridge. A personal and selective view by Jim Huntingford.
Jim Huntingford
Access versus Holdings: a virtual impossibility?
Mary Hope, Senior Lecturer in Software Engineering at Thames Valley
University, fears for our children.
Mary Hope
Minotaur (Sceptics column)
John Kirriemuir meets Rob Ainsley, a music editor with an inside
knowledge of Internet publishing.
John Kirriemuir
View from the Hill: Rob Ainsley
The Internet should be simple to use and easily accessible, argues
George Brett. Alison Kilgour met him in Bath.
George Brett
George H Brett II, in interview
In this months "From the Trenches", Jon Knight discovers
that integrating CD-ROMs into your network is not the proverbial
"bed of roses" some CD-ROM equipment companies would have
us believe...
Jon Knight
From the Trenches: Networking (Notworking) CD-ROMS
Terry Hanson, of the University of Portsmouth Library, reveals his
opinions of mailbase (preceded by some background on the nature of
mailing lists).
Terry Hanson
Spotlight on Mailbase
Lorcan Dempsey talks about developing resource discovery services
in the UK and suggests the need for some co-ordinated development
activity.
Lorcan Dempsey
Meta Detectors
Dave Beckett and Neil G. Smith describe AC/DC. AC/DC is an
experimental, collaborative research project that indexes and
allows searches over all public academic WWW servers in the UK.
This article describes why AC/DC was created, how it is built and
the future.
Neil G. Smith
The ACademic DireCtory - AC/D
Alan Vince, the managing editor of Internet Archaeology, describes
an electronic journal that will apply the multimedia aspects of the
Web to the field of archaeological research.
Alan Vince
Internet Archaeology
Dr Anne Morris, project manager, describes a project from the
Supporting Studies area of the eLib programme.
Dr Anne Morris
FIDDO: Focused Investigation of Document Delivery Options
Nearly half a year after the projects official start date,
ADAM has a fledgling information gateway to information on the
Internet in art, design, architecture and media. Tony Gill, ADAM
Project Leader, outlines what has been achieved so far, and some of
the challenges that lie directly ahead.
Tony Gill
A project called ADAM
A report by Nigel Ford on the conference "New Text Search
Engines", held at the Bath Spa Hotel, 15-16 April, and
organised by Infonortics.
Nigel Ford
Anoraks and cardigans (2): New Text Search Engines, Bath, April
1996
Andrew Cooper, the assistant secretary of CURL (with substantial
input from Sarah Davnall), describes the launch of this important
Online Public Access Catalogue.
Andrew Cooper
CURL OPAC launch
Dennis Nicholson, BUBL Co-ordinator, and Joanne Gold, Information
Officer of BUBL, describes LINK, the successor to this already
popular and crucial network meta-resource.
Dennis Nicholson
LINK: A new beginning for BUBL
Nigel Gilbert describes Sociological Research Online, a project
from the Electronic Journals section of the Electronic Libraries
Programme. SocResOnline is a (free) Web-based journal for people
involved in Sociology and Sociology-related fields; it contains
refereed articles, a substantial number of reviews and debating
forums.
Nigel Gilbert
Sociological Research Online
A report by Tessa Bruce, manager of the ResIDe eLib project, on the
third Electronic Library and Visual Information Research (ELVIRA)
conference.
Tessa Bruce
Anoraks and cardigans (1): Elvira, Milton Keynes, April/May 1996
In the interest of keeping up with the cutting edge of Web
developments, Brian Kelly heroically volunteered to attend the
fifth World Wide Web Conference, held in Paris from 6-10th May
1996. This is his report.
Brian Kelly
Netskills Corner: Paris in the Spring
Sarah Ormes writes: In the last edition of Ariadne I reported on
the results of the Library and Information Commission public
library Internet survey which looked at how many public libraries
had Internet access. The survey also very briefly examined how
those public libraries with Internet connections were using them.
In this article I will look at this activity in much more detail.
By examining the research and services that are currently taking
place it is possible to begin to draw conclusions about what the
future of the Internet in public libraries is likely to be.
Sarah Ormes
Internet Activity in Public Libraries
Here we give a brief introduction to a few of the items that will
appear in Issue 4 of Ariadne on the Web (due out mid-July 1996)
Hazel Gott
Coming in Issue Four
Some more clean and healthy fun of an irrelevant and irreverant
nature...
Downtime
This paper, by Charles Oppenheim, is based on one given to the eLib
co-ordinators' meeting at Warwick University on 18th March 1996. It
is presented here as a reference to eLib projects, and as an
indication to people working in other digital library projects or
the electronic copyright/publishing fields of some of the issues
that have to be considered. Note that Ariadne is not liable for any
mishaps that may occur through acting upon the information/advice
in this article; when in doubt, always seek proper legal advice
before acting.
Charles Oppenheim
Copyright issues for eLib project co-ordinators
Paul Hollands: One of the problems that the academic community
faces with respect to the Internet is that certain types resources
are, by nature, subject to rapid change (eJournals and eZines for
example). How do you remember when to look for the latest edition
of your favourite Web publications? Once you have found that ideal
specialist list of sources, how do you know when new items are
added? From the web author's point of view an even greater
difficulty is keeping links within your own documents up to date.
Paul Hollands
Keeping track of changes to Web-based resources
Walter Scales brings us a behind the scenes look at how a Netskills
training session is created and run.
Walter Scales
Netskills Goes to Bradford
Alison Kilgour visits University of York Library.
Alison Kilgour
Down your Way: University of York Library
As speculation mounts on when, as opposed to whether, Digital will
be mirroring Alta Vista in the UK/Europe, and, what exactly they
mean by "will have partners who can localize the pages and
include regional content", late night pre-Ariadne launch
thoughts turn to matters indexing.
ohn Kirriemuir
Editorial
Ariadne - The Web Version - Issue 4
In Sideline, people give an alternative view of conference
attendance. Jim Huntingford is Subject Librarian for Accountancy,
Management and Law at The University of Abertay, Dundee.
Jim Huntingford
Sideline: Skinheads in Cambridge
Ralph Hancock with this issue's poem. This poem appears in the Web
magazine Living Poets , Volume 1, Number VII, April 1996. It is
reprinted by permission of the editor.
Ralph Hancock
Poem: Aurelia Aurita
Sarah Ashton describes the presentations at the 1st International
Symposium on Networked Learner Support, held in mid-June in
Sheffield. Sarah is an MA in Librarianship student in the
Department of Information Studies, at the University of Sheffield.
Sarah Ashton
1st International Symposium on Networked Learner Support
Emma Wright describes the 1996 JUGL (JANET User Group for
Libraries) Annual Conference, held in Preston in early July . Emma
works for the Netskills eLib project.
Emma Wright
The 1996 JUGL Annual Conference
John Burnside describes his first tentative step at Web page
design
John Burnside
John Burnside writes
In Minotaur, the collective voice of Internet enthusiasts is
countered by words of scepticism or caution. Dinty Moore, author of
The Emperor's Virtual Clothes, worries about who will be the
gatekeepers of online information in the future.
Dinty Moore
Minotaur: Dinty Moore
In this edition of Copyright Corner, Charles Oppenheim looks at
some of the effects of Moral Rights legislation on electronic
library developments.
Charles Oppenheim
Moral Rights and the Electronic Library
John MacColl talks to Peter Nathan, acting president and
distinguished professor of Psychology at the university of Iowa.
John MacColl
Interface: Peter Nathan
A physical environment for virtual space? Alison Kilgour visits
Heriot-Watt's Internet Resource Centre.
Alison Kilgour
Down your way: Heriot-Watt
John MacColl meets Ian Kingston, a professional whose traffic
problems are confined to data.
John MacColl
View from the hill: Ian Kingston
Malcolm Campbell, fresh from watching this weeks Casualty, gives a
red-tinged view on the joys of real-time Network use.
Malcolm Campbell
Cartoon Corner
Ian Budden points to resources for humanities scholars.
Ian Budden
Around the Table
Jon Knight and Martin Hamilton describe Caching, possibly the most
crucial tool available to frequent Web users, and point out why
Libraries should be aware of it.
Jon Knight
Cashing in on Caching
In this issues Netskills corner, Brian Kelly reminds us that
summers come and go, but good Web design should always be with us.
Brian Kelly
Redesigning your Web Pages?
Brian Kelly, senior Netskills trainer and author of the regular
Netskills Corner column in Ariadne, is put under the virtual
spotlight to answer questions on his past, present, and thoughts on
matters networking.
Brian Kelly
Wire: Brian Kelly
Two years on into its run, Hazel Gott gives an overview of the
Follett Lecture Series, where overseas experts in the fields of
Library and Information Science speak in various UK
Hazel Gott
The Follett Lecture Series
Joanna Tiley describes TLTP. The teaching and Learning Technology
Programme, funded by the UK Higher Education Funding Councils of
the UK, is a collection of 70+ projects aimed to "make
teaching and learning more productive and efficient by harnessing
modern technology".
Joanna Tiley
TLTP: the Teaching and Learning Technology Programme
Julian Cook gives an overview of MIDRIB, a project from the images
area of the programme.
Julian Cook
MIDRIB (Medical Images: Digitised Reference Information bank)
Tessa Bruce outlines ResIDe an electronic reserve system to be
piloted with students and staff in the Faculty of the Built
Environment at the University of the West of England, Bristol.
Tessa Bruce
ResIDe (electronic reserve for UK Universities)
Hugh Wellesley-Smith, Deputy Librarian at the Edward Boyle Library,
University of Leeds and one of the joint leaders of this
digitisation project, outlines the conversion of 18th and 19th
century journals into an electronic form.
Hugh Wellesley-Smith
ILEJ (Internet Library of Early Journals)
Dr Kay Flatten from the School of Information Studies, University
of Central England, focuses on the Interim Report of TAPin, the
Training and Awareness programme in networks.
Dr Kay Flatten
TAPin (Training and Awareness Programme in networks)
Nicola Clare presents the case for an electronic journal dedicated
to legalities and technology.
Nicola Clare
JILT (Journal of Information, Law and Technology)
What is eLib doing to us all? Catherine Edwards describes a project
from the supporting studies area of the programme which may provide
some answers.
Catherine Edwards
IMPEL2: Monitoring Organisational and Cultural Change in Academic
Libraries
David Kay, Strategic Development Director of Fretwell-Downing
Informatics Ltd, describes the European Advanced Communications
Technologies and Services programme.
David Kay
The importance of ACTS
Earlier this summer, Netskills launched Kit 1, "Introduction
to the Internet and the WWW", a modular package for trainers.
Walter Scales describes the rationale for such training kits, as
well as the development of Kit 1.
Walter Scales
Netskills Kit 1 - Introduction to the Internet
Ben Toth, from the South and West NHS Executive, describes the
establishment and maintenance of a regional Health Web site.
Ben Toth
NHS Libraries: at home on the Web
In our occasional column featuring far-flung places, J. Correia, in
his own words, fills us in on how Macau is embracing the Internet.
J. Correia
Down your very long way away: Macau
Lynne J Brindley, Librarian and Director of Information Services at
the London School of Economics, writes on the fundamental issue of
networked information user's needs.
Lynne J Brindley
Are they being served?
Ruth Jenkins, subject specialist from the Edward Boyle library in
Leeds University, summarises Richard Lucier's recent Follett
Lecture.
Ruth Jenkins
Charging ahead?
We announce the winning entry of the last competition, and present
you with a new and somewhat frightening picture to put a caption
to...
Caption Competition
Steve Pollitt, Director of CeDAR, provides a review of an extensive
programme of research and development aimed at the end-user which
promises to have a dramatic impact on the design of interfaces for
information retrieval systems.
Steve Pollitt
CeDAR: Centre for Database Access Research
Dan Greenstein and Jennifer Trant give a detailed account of its
aims and organisation, as well as the various processes involved in
capturing and storing the data.
Dan Greenstein
AHDS: Arts and Humanities Data Service
In the spring, we held a competition for those eLib projects that
had, to date, produced and mounted their own set of Web pages.
Here, we announce the winner...
Best eLib project Web pages
Libtech '96, at the University of Hertfordshire, this year on the
4th and 5th of September, is one of the big events in the UK
Library and Information Networking calendar. John Kirriemuir gives
a brief run-down of the eLib involvement, to date, with this years
event.
John Kirriemuir
eLib goes to Libtech '96
In this edition of the Public Libraries Corner, Sarah Ormes,
freshly returned from Luxembourg, presents an extensive report on
the 8th of July Public Libraries in the Information Society
Workshop.
Sarah Ormes
Public Libraries Corner
Ariadne - The Web Version - Issue 5
Malcolm Campbell returns to a prominent theme from the last issue
of Ariadne
Malcolm Campbell
Cartoon Corner
Steve Hitchcock describes the Open Journals project. This involves
the use of an innovative approach to handling the hyperlinks
between Web-based resources, which could have significant
implications for on-line journals and publishing.
Steve Hitchcock
Open Journals
Roy Tennant, Project Manager of the Digital Library Research &
Development at the University of California, Berkeley, describes
the Web4Lib mailing list, an electronic discussion forum for
library Web managers.
Roy Tennant
Web4Lib: The Library Web Manager's electronic discussion list
Mark Kerr, Research Assistant on the NewsAgent for Libraries
Project, describes a News and Current Awareness Service for the LIS
community.
Mark Kerr
NewsAgent for Libraries
Dan Fleming, co-director of the eLib 'Formations' project and
lecturer in media studies at the University of Ulster, looks at
some of the issues involved in adding value to a pre-prints system
by using groupware such as Lotus Notes.
Dan Fleming
Lotus Eaters On-Line: Forming an Alliance Between Groupware and the
Web in a Pre-Prints System
Ruth Glynn outlines the HELIX project, one of the new Images
projects from the eLib programme.
Ruth Glynn
HELIX (Higher Education Library for Image eXchange)
Penny Garrod and Ivan Sidgreaves describe a training and awareness
project at the University of Plymouth.
Penny Garrod
SKIP (SKills for new Information Professionals)
In Sideline, people give an alternative view of conference
attendance. John Kirriemuir is the Information Officer for UKOLN
and the editor of the Web version of Ariadne.
John Kirriemuir
Sideline: Seagulls and Boomerangs
Ian Tilsed, Computing Development Officer at the University of
Exeter Library, describes the building of the main University
subject tree, or index, of Internet Resources.
Ian Tilsed
Subject Trees: The Exeter Experience
We announce the winning entry of the last competition, and present
you with a new and somewhat frightening picture to put a caption
to...
Caption Competition
John MacCulloch and Jane Batchelor, from UKERNA, detail their
training course designed for those installing, running, supporting,
or managing a JANET Connection.
John MacCulloch
UKERNA:Training the Networkers
A new kid on the block; Marily Deegan describes the International
Institute for Electronic Library Research, a significant new centre
of research based at De Montfort University.
Marily Deegan
The International Institute for Electronic Library Research
Gerry Taggart gives a brief outline of this HEFCE funded programme
of projects geared towards teaching and learning using IT.
Gerry Taggart
FDTL: The Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning
Sue Welsh, the OMNI maintainer, examines the perils of using the
Internet as a substitute for your local family practitioner.
Sue Welsh
OMNI Corner: Patient information on the Web: a Doctor on your
Desktop?
In the copyright corner for this issue, Charles Oppenheim takes a
look at some of the Web sites and Bulletin Boards that contain
information on copyright issues.
Charles Oppenheim
Some Copyright Sites and Bulletin Boards on the Internet
John Burnside with a few brief words on the perception of knowledge
John Burnside
John Burnside writes
In Minotaur, the collective voice of Internet enthusiasts is
countered by words of scepticism or caution. In this issue,
publishing consultant Valerie Mendes puts the PC in its place.
Valerie Mendes
Minotaur: Valerie Mendes
Sheona Farquhar looks at sites in science and engineering
Sheona Farquhar
Around the Table
John MacColl orders lunch with a portion of e-mail.
John MacColl
view from the Hill
Clare Davies announces the fourth in this series of annual
Electronic Library research conferences.
Clare Davies
ELVIRA 4 : The 4th UK Digital Libraries Conference (Electronic
Library and Visual Information Research) Milton Keynes, 6-8 May
1997
Julia A. Rudy, CAUSE/EFFECT Editor and Director of Publications at
CAUSE, an international, nonprofit professional association for
managers and users of information resources on college and
university campuses, describes CAUSE/EFFECT. The CAUSE WWW site is
also mirrored in the U.K. at http://cause-www.niss.ac.uk/
Julia A. Rudy
CAUSE/EFFECT
Jon Knight discusses some of the options available to the designers
and implementors of HTML FORMs for providing authentication of
users in a library environment.
Jon Knight
Securing HTML FORMs
Graham Jefcoate, a Research Analyst from the British Library
Research and Innovation Centre will be writing this regular column
for the remaining issues of Ariadne. In this issue, Graham gives us
the text of his Libtech talk on "text and the Internet".
The views expressed in this article are personal and do not
necessarily reflect those of the British Library.
Graham Jafcoate
British Library Corner Text and the Internet
William Y. Arms, D-Lib publisher and Amy Friedlander, the editor,
describe this successful Web-based magazine that carries more
technically-minded articles on all aspects of digital/electronic
libraries research.
William Y. Arms
D-Lib Magazine
Kevin Ward, the editor of the Katherine Sharp Review, gives an
overview of the first two years of this major journal for
Librarians, and looks to its future.
Kevin Ward
The Katharine Sharp Review
In the first of a regular column on Search Engines, Tracey Stanley,
who wrote the most read Ariadne article to date (comparing Alta
Vista and Lycos), looks at InfoSeek Ultra, a new search engine
which claims to allow searching on a index of 50 million Web pages.
Tracey Stanley
InfoSeek Ultra: (Yet another) Web Search Engine
Thomas Parry Library, University of Wales Aberystwyth houses one of
the UK's leading collections of library and information science. In
1995 the library won funding for a project to explore the
development of the collection using Internet resources. Here,
Andrew Cox reviews the project's achievements at the end of the
first year, and describes PICK, our gateway to quality Internet
resources in LIS.
Andrew Cox
PICK: library and information science resources on the Internet
Ariadne Reader Survey
The CTI, set up in 1989, offers a UK-wide service to academic
staff in higher education institutions through its network of 24
subject-based centres.Joyce Martin, Acting Head of the CTI Support
Service, describes this HEFCE funded initiative.
Joyce Martin
CTI (Computers in Teaching Initiative)
Klaas Wierenga, the director of DESIRE, describes this pan-European
project in which the academic network services of the UK have a
large stake.
Klaas Wierenga
DESIRE: Development of a European Service for Information on
Research and Education
Peter Burden of the University of Wolverhampton's School of
Computing and Information Technology describes history behind his
clickable maps of the UK, an essential and well established (though
unfunded) resource for quickly locating academic and research Web
sites.
Peter Burden
Putting the UK on the Map
Jaqueline Pieters describes the evolution of the SURF Foundation, a
major IT co-ordination service for the Dutch academic sector.
Jaqueline Pieters
The SURF foundation
Lori Widzinski, the editor, describes the evolution of MC Journal:
The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship.
Lori Widzinski
MC Journal: The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship
The European Libraries Programme - instant cash for libraries who
can hitch a ride on the Euro gravy train? Or another limited budget
R&D programme for those content to live on bread and water?
Rosalind Johnson of the UK National Focal Point for the European
Libraries Programme explains all.
Rosalind Johnson
European Libraries Programme
In this Netskills Corner article, Brian Kelly looks beneath the
surface of HTML pages and provides advice on the design of the
underlying directory structure.
Brian Kelly
Netskills Corner: Beneath The Surface of Your Web Pages
Paul Miller describes Dublin Core and means by which it can be
implemented.
Paul Miller
Metadata for the masses
Tamara Sumner and Simon Buckingham Shum of the Knowledge Media
Institute of the Open University, describe the design and
implementation of the Journal of Interactive Media in Education,
aswell as some of the issues behind the approach that this journal
takes to the process of scholarly review.
Tamara Sumner
Open Peer Review & Argumentation: Loosening the Paper Chains on
Journals
Ian Winship
The Students Guide to the Internet by Ian Winship and Alison
McNab
Derek Law threw down the gauntlet to public libraries in a recent
issue of ARIADNE. Appropriately, an EARL picked it up. Alison
Kilgour reports.
Alison Kilgour
Interface: EARL
John MacColl outlines some of the key points in JISCs five
year strategy document.
John MacColl
JISC Projects Ahead
Kelly Russell, the assistant co-ordinator of the eLib programme,
reflects on how the project (and the programme as a whole) can be
reflected in terms of success and/or failure.
Kelly Russell
eLib update: So, how are we doing?
In her own words, Jadranka Stojanovski, the head of the Rudjer
Boskovic Institute Library, describes the post-war progress made in
implementing IT and networks in Croatian Libraries.
Jadranka Stojanovski
Croatian Libraries: The war is behind us, what brings the future?
Amy Friedlander, the editor of D-Lib, looks at, and towards, some
of the benefits of the Web and digital technology towards how we do
and present research.
Amy Friedlander
Net Gains for Digital Researchers
Neal Chan describes Provenance, a Canadian-based Web magazine for
Information Professionals.
Neal Chan
Provenance
Seamus Ross provides the programme for a symposium which seeks to
explore how information technology has affected research in the
humanities and social sciences
Seamus Ross
British Academy Symposium: Information Technology and Scholarly
Disciplines Friday 18 and Saturday 19 October 1996
John Kirriemuir and Isobel Stark with some notes from the main
annual UK library exhibition. Click on the thumbnail (small)
picture if you want a much larger version (these may take some time
to download).
John Kirriemuir
libtech 96
Jasper Tredgold, who provides technical support to SOSIG, the main
global subject gateway to Social Science resources, shares his
views on on matters networking and Web.
Jasper Tredgold
Wire: Jasper Tredgold
Isobel Stark takes a look at the soon to be released trial BIDS web
interface.
Isobel Stark
BIDS hits the Web
Sarah Ormes looks at the increase of net access in public
libraries.
Sarah Ormes
Public Libraries Corner: Commercial Partnerships in the Public
Library
Melanie Lawes describes the 1996 UKOLUG (UK On-Line Users Group)
Annual Conference, held in Warwick in July. Melanie is an assistant
librarian at the Natural History Museum in London.
Melanie Lawes
The 1996 UKOLUG State of the Art Conference
Ariadne - The Web Version - Issue 6
In Minotaur, the collective voice of Internet enthusiasts is
countered by words of scepticism or caution. In this issue, Nick
Gibbins gives an overview of some of the potential features that
the Web does not contain, but a more functional successor to it
might.
Nick Gibbins
Minotaur: Nick Gibbins
John MacColl on the JISC approach to Information Strategies
John MacColl
Information Strategies Get Down to Business
Sue Welsh, the OMNI Project Officer, reports from the Visible Human
Project Conference of October 1996, an event that brought together
many of the people involved with one of the most high profile
Internet-based medical resources.
Sue Welsh
OMNI Corner: Meeting the Visible Human
Jon Knight investigates what is meant by the current buzzword
intranet and looks at how it may be applied in a library
environment. A suggestion for a low cost entry level intranet
solution is also given.
Jon Knight
Intranets and Libraries
John Burnside on his first classroom experience of "real"
information.
John Burnside
John Burnside writes
Lesly Huxley, the SOSIG Documentation and Training Officer,
describes the workshops that SOSIG, one of the projects from the
Access to Network Resource section of the eLib Programme run. SOSIG
was briefly described in issue 2 of Ariadne.
Lesly Huxly
SOSIG: Training to Support Social Science Teaching and Research
John Lindsay, reader in Information Systems Design at Kingston
University, comments on the evolution of the UK academic network
infrastructure, and the problems arguably generated along the way.
John Lindsay
Infopolecon
Tracey Stanley takes a good look at a new version of an old index,
Yahoo, which is aimed at the UK and Ireland.
Tracey Stanley
Yahoo: UK and Ireland
Gillian Austen, External Relations Manager at the recently founded
Institute for Learning and Research Technology at the University of
Bristol, gives an overview of its structure and objectives.
Gillian Austen
The Institute for Learning and Research Technology
Paula Kingston outlines the ACORN project, which aims to develop a
transferable model for the whole process of providing electronic
access to short loan journal articles.
Paula Kingston
ACORN
Sarah Ashton describes the Current Practice Case Base, an index of
links to sites that demonstrate a use of networked learner support.
Sarah Ashton
NLS Case Base
Alan Smeaton discusses the development and implementation of
BORGES, an information filtering service for WWW pages and USENET
news.
Alan Smeaton
Lessons learned from developing and delivering the BORGES
information filtering tool
Kelly Russell from the eLib programme describes this seminar, which
heavily featured speakers and current issues relevant to the UK
digital libraries movement.
Kelly Russell
10th Annual Anglo-Nordic Seminar, 11-13 October, 1996, Lund, Sweden
Alison Kilgour meets John Hatt, traveller's companion turned
virtual tourist.
Alison Kilgour
View from the Hill
Isobel Stark visits one of the most prominent new university
library buildings of recent years.
Isobel Stark
Down your way: John Moores
A rainy night in Georgia? The Library is still busy, as Miriam
Drake explains to Alison Kilgour.
Alison Kilgour
Interface: Miriam Drake
Ian Brown describes the transition from paper-based to Web-based
textbooks, and outlines a novel solution for the production of
teaching material within academia.
Ian Brown
From Books to Bits
Many legal resources are ideal for searching online. Noel Whitty
highlights some sites for lawyers.
Noel Whitty
Around the Table
Clare McClean describes a day given over to the more technical
issues arising from the Electronic Libraries Programme.
Clare McClean
Elib Technical Issues Concertation Day
How to grow Gossamer and keep it untangled George Munroe describes
the experiences in establishing a large institutional web site.
George Munroe
How to grow Gossamer and keep it untangled
Robert van der Zwan describes a two week summer school in digital
library developments at one of Europes main research centres
in this field.
Robert van der Zwan
Ticer Summer School on the Digital Library, 4 -16 August 1996,
Tilburg University, The Netherlands
David Houghton discusses a method by which documents marked up
using Standard Generalised Markup Language (SGML) can be used to
generate a database for use in conjunction with the World Wide Web.
David Houghton
Displaying SGML documents on the World Wide Web
Mary Fletcher introduces a new seeker after Web resources. CATRIONA
II is a project from the Access to Network Resources section of the
eLib programme.
Mary Fletcher
CATRIONA II
Ann Chapman describes the BNBMARC Currency Survey, a performance
measurement survey on the supply of bibliographic records.
Ann Chapman
The BNBMARC Currency Survey
Julian Cook describes a major database of medic
Julian Cook
MIDRIB
Peter Burnhill gives a briefing note on what EDINA and the Data
Library are doing about the World Wide Web (W) and the Z39.50
Protocol (Z).
Peter Burnhill
EDINA: WWW, Z39.50 and all that!
Morna Findlay and Elaine Blair report on the passing of a milestone
for UK academias premier Mailing List resource.
Morna Findlay
Mailbase - unique electronic discussion list service for UK higher
education tops 100,000 users
Glen Monks, who provides technical support to UKOLN speaks on his
view of the web and it's future.
Glen Monks
Wire: Glen Monks
Simon Stobart and Susan Kerridge give some of the preliminary
results of a JISC- funded investigation into the use of Search
Engines such as Alta Vista and Lycos within the UK.
Simon Stobart
An investigation into World Wide Web Search Engine use from within
the UK - preliminary findings
Jon Knight from the ROADS eLib project visits the Open Journals
eLib project to investigate what research they are undertaking into
electronic journal architecture and navigation.
Jon Knight
Open Journal trip report
Clare Davies reports on this years event in an annual conference
series addressing user-centred aspects of library and information
science.
Clare Davies
Allerton 1996 - 'Change' and plus ça change
Tony Gill presents a few bits and pieces of news regarding the ADAM
eLib project, which was featured in issue 3 of Ariadne.
Tony Gill
ADAM: Bits and Pieces
Marylaine Block describes the construction of Where the Wild Things
Are: Librarian's Guide to the Best Information on the Net
Marylaine Block
Where the Wild Things are
Graham Jefcoate describes the background behind the recently
announced British Library Research and Innovation Centre call for
proposals in the field of digital library research.
Graham Jefcoate
British Library Corner Setting Priorities for Digital Library
Research: The Beginnings of a Process?
In the copyright corner for this issue, Charles Oppenheim takes a
look at the Shetland Times versus Shetland News copyright case, and
its implications for users of the World Wide Web
Charles Oppenheim
Copyright battles: The Shetlands
Sarah Ashton reports on an event of interest to the Document
Delivery community.
Sarah Ashton
Access v Holdings, 30th October, 1996, Cranfield, UK
Sarah Ormes looks at children's libraries and literacy, and
describes the Treasure Island Web pages, a resource that shows how
the potential of the Web can be used to make classic texts more
accessible to a younger audience.
Sarah Ormes
Public Libraries Corner:Treasure Island on the Web
Roddy MacLeod describes a Web-based resources newsletter, produced
by the Internet Resource Centre of Heriot-Watt University .
Roddy MacLeod
The Internet Resources Newsletter from Heriot-Watt University
Ariadne - The Web Version - Issue 7
In the Search Engines column for this issue, Tracey Stanley
describes Web-based Intelligent Searching Agents, and takes a
closer look at a few examples you may wish to play with.
Tracey Stanley
Intelligent Searching Agents on the Web
In her regular appearance in Ariadne, Sue Welsh, introduces a new
experiment in network indexing underway at OMNI.
Sue Welsh
OMNI Corner: Harvesting
Dee Wood reports on the Electronic Submission and Peer Review
Project
Dee Wood
ESPERE
John Burnside, with some thoughts on pornography and the Internet
John Burnside
Burnside Writes
In our regular column where people are interviewed over email, Nick
Gibbins is put under the spotlight on matters Javascript, eLib and
desert islands.
Nick Gibbins
Wire: Nick Gibbins
Mike Holderness counts the cost of Internet access
Mike Holderness
Minotaur: Mike Holderness
John MacColl discusses the success of Adobe Acrobat and PDF.
John MacColl
Acrobat A High Flyer
Jon Knight looks at how Dublin Core and Apple's new MCF metadata
file format might make useful and interesting bed fellows.
Jon Knight
Will Dublin form the Apple Core?
Bruce Royan outlines an epic millennium project to digitise much of
the culture and heritage of Scotland.
Bruce Royan
SCRAN: A taste of Scotland and food for thought
Rob Carlson, Internet Coordinator of the ALA, introduces us to the
acclaimed Web site of the largest Library Association in the World.
Rob Carlson
A brief history of the American Library Association Web Site
Catherine Hanratty issues a call to ERIMS
Catherine Hanratty
The Electronic Readings in Management Studies Project
Graham Alsop explains how an interactive electronic magazine can
improve teaching methods.
Graham Alsop
DeLiberations
Jon Knight investigates the inner workings of the MARC record's
binary distribution format and presents the first cut at a Perl
module to read and write MARC records.
Jon Knight
Handling MARC with Perl
Catherine Sladen describes an information gateway for Business
Studies and Economics
Catherine Sladen
Biz/ed
Anne McCombe describes a service that provides a wide range of
datasets to the wider communities.
Anne McCombe
MIDAS - Manchester Information, Datasets and Associated Services
Paul Hollands is the human part of a project to promote the use of
Internet based information services among teaching and research
staff at the university; in his own words, this is how the project
has progressed to date.
Paul Hollands
Promoting the Internet to staff at a UK University
Denise Lievesley and Bridget Winstanley from The Data Archive,
University of Essex, outline the philosophy behind, and need for,
The Data Archive.
Denise Lievesley
Access to data for research and teaching
Anne Mumford summarises the meeting organised by the British
Universities Film and Video Council at the National Film Theatre on
18 December 1996, which looked into the problems and issues
surrounding using academic networks for multimedia applications.
Anne Mumford
Networking Moving Images
Schelle Simcox describes a Web-based public library, designed in
many ways to mimic, and improve on, features of and within a real,
large library.
Schelle Simcox
IPL: The Internet Public Library
Laura Weiss outlines a major American survey that looked at the
disparity between key librarians views of the future, and what the
public who used those libraries really wanted.
Laura Weiss
Public Libraries, Public Support? The Mission Behind Buildings,
Books and Bytes
John MacColl quizzes John Kelleher of the Tavistock Institute about
the E-word.
John MacColl
View from the Hill: John Kelleher
Paul Miller travels to Durham and reports on a mammoth archival
digitisation project.
Paul Miller
Down your Way: Durham
Do authors choose to appear in print journals for the wrong
reasons? Do print journals continue for the wrong reasons? In
short, are print research journals a corrupt form of scholarly
communication? We asked Fytton Rowland, to provide a defence of the
traditional scholarly journal. In our next issue we shall provide a
perspective from the other side of the debate.
Fytton Roland
Print Journals: Fit for the Future?
Steve Hitchcock and Les Carr of the Open Journal Project [1] link
up with Ian Budden.
Steve Hitchcock
Interface: Steve Hitchcock and Les Carr
What can medics get out of the Internet? Sue Welsh of the eLib OMNI
project visits some of the medical sites.
Sue Welsh
Around the Table: Health and Medicine
Andrew Harnack and Eugene Kleppinger outline the case for better
referencing of electronic sources
Andrew Harnack
Creating Models for Electronic Citations
Sheila and Robert Harden describe the making of their public
library Web pages.
Robert Harden
Mind the Gap!
In the first of a regular column on this subject, Cathy Murtha
outlines the problems that audio- visually impaired people
encounter when trying to use network-based resources.
Cathy Murtha
Web Access for the Disabled
After several months experience of dealing with copyright and the
eLib programme, Charles Oppenheim returns to the major issues that
have arisen. This text is based on a talk to be given to the
Electronic Copyright User Platform Awareness Day, London, 26/2/97.
Charles Oppenheim
Copyright Issues in Projects Funded by the Electronic Libraries
Programme
After the recent disappointing turn-down of the millenium bid to
connect public libraries to the Internet, Sarah Ormes wonders where
we go from here.
Sarah Ormes
Public Libraries Corner: Life after the Millenium Bid
The British Library's Digital Library Programme gives Ariadne an
exclusive on its Private Finance Initiative.
British Library Corner: The Private Finance Initiative
Debra Hiom, of the SOSIG eLib project, describes the second annual
OMNI Seminar
Debra Hiom
Signposting the Digital Landscape - 2nd Annual OMNI Seminar
Andy Powell and Mark Gillet discuss methods of electronic
authentication
Andy Powell
Controlling Access in the Electronic Library
Ariadne - The Web Version - Issue 8
US
virtual libraries; electronic libraries; academic libraries;
Mitchell, Steve
research, reports, information technology, electronic libraries,
academic libraries
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
INFOMINE
UK
electronic libaries; catalogues; opacs
Cousins, Shirley
products, new products, library technology, cataloguing, electronic
libraries
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
COPAC: the new nationally accessible Union Catalogue
UK
Russell, Rosemary
electronic libraries
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, information management, planning
MODELS: MOving to Distributed Environments for Library Services
Worldwide
electronic libraries; academic libraries; document delivery
Blinko, Kerry
research, reports, information technology, software
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
JEDDS: Joint Electronic Document Delivery Software project
UK
Reeve, Alan
electronic libraries; information gateways
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, reports, information retrieval, Web pages, academic
libraries
RUDI: Resource for Urban Design Information Services
UK
information technolgy; parallel publishing;
Worsfold, Emma
publications, reports, publishing, newspapers, parallel publishing
copyright Ariadne/original authors
Late Night News: the Electronic Telegraph
UK
information technolgy; electronic libaraies; funding
MacColl, John
research, funding, management, finance
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
CEI Looks for Bold Response
UK
health information; user education; multimedia
Garrud, Paul
products, reports, information sources, user training, health
information
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Patient Education - a Role for Multimedia
Worldwide
Kirriemuir, John W
periodicals; ariadne; editorial; electronic libaries
copyright Ariadne/original authors
publications, editorial, library technology, electronic libraries,
eLib
Editorial from the Web version of Ariadne Issue 8
Worldwide
electronic journals
Harnad, Stevan
publications, reports, publishing, electronic publishing,
electronic journals
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
CEI Looks for Bold Response
UK
periodicals; ariadne; editorial; electronic libaries
MacColl, John
publications, editorial, library technology, electronic libraries,
eLib
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Editorial from the Print version of Ariadne Issue 8
US
library catalogues; remote acess; information technolgy
Drew, Wilfred
publications, reports, information technology, software,
cataloguing
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Reaching the OPAC - Java Telnet
Worldwide
electronic libaries; electronic journals
Wusterman, Judith
publications, reports, library technology, electronic publishing
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Formats for the Electronic Library
UK
virtual libraries; electronic libraries; academic libraries;
engineering
Moffat, Malcolm
research, reports, information technology, electronic libraries,
academic libraries
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
A Glimpse at EEVLs' Evaluation
Ariadne - The Web Version - Issue 9
Elizabeth Gadd and Paula Kingston report on progress with Project
ACORN.
UK
Kingston, Paula
research, reports, publishing, academic libraries, electronic
publishing, electronic libraries
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Project ACORN: Watching those oaks grow...
In these days of European integration, Freda Carroll, Eurotext
project co-ordinator, describes a project that will make European
Union documents accessible online.
Europe
Carroll, Freda
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, information retrieval, academic libraries,
electronic libraries, grey literature
Eurotext: A resource bank of learning materials for European
studies The NHS Anglia and Oxford Internet Project
Linda Kerr introduces a project from the Access to Network
Resources section of the eLib programme which takes a holistic
approach to providing access to high quality on-line engineering
resources.
Worldwide
Kerr, Linda
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, reports, information retrieval, academic libraries,
electronic libraries
Casting an EEVL eye over Engineering Resources The NHS Anglia and
Oxford Internet Project
Martin Melaugh reports on a site devoted to the Northern Ireland
conflict.
UK
Melaugh, Martin
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, information technology, academic libraries,
electronic libraries, electronic publishing
CAIN: Conflict Archive on the INternet
Judy Palmer and Myles Chippendale describe an initiative that is
using the Internet to connect widely dispersed health libraries.
UK
Chippendale, Myles
research, reports, library technology, networking, information
services
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
The NHS, the Internet and libraries The NHS Anglia and Oxford
Internet Project
Leah Halliday believes there is SCOPE for a major shift in the
publication of study texts.
UK
Halliday, Leah
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, library technology, academic libraries,
electronic libraries, electronic publishing
SCOPE
Chris Taylor provides details on an Australian electronic document
delivery service that is based on standard Internet protocols.
Worldwide
Taylor, Chris
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, publishing, electronic publishing
REDD: Regional Electronic Document Delivery Service
Cathy Murtha gives some details of an upgrade to a popular Web
production tool that will make Web page creation easier for many
disabled people.
Murtha, Cathy
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, reviews, information technology, Web pages
Web Access for the Disabled - HOTmetal PRO Helps to Bring Access to
the Web
Sarah Ashton introduces the forthcoming 2nd International Symposium
on Networked Learner Support, to be held in Sheffield on 23-24 June
1997.
UK
Ashton, Sarah
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
events, announcements, users, user studies
2nd International Symposium on Networked Learner Support
Bradshaw, Rebecca
education, library schools, work experience
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
From Aberystwyth to ADAM: Using the skills acquired on a library
school course in the real world
Nick Gibbins reports from the Hypertext Conference held in
Southampton in April 1997.
UK
Gibbins, Nick
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
events, reviews, information technology, electronic media
The Eighth ACM International Hypertext Conference
Ian Bloor reports on the recently held Elvira (Electronic Library
Visual and Information Research) event.
UK
Bloor, Ian
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
events, reports, library technology, information science
Elvira 4: May 1997, Milton Keynes.
In her regular column, OMNI's Sue Welsh looks at the sites which
keep you up to date in health and medicine.
Worldwide
Welsh, Sue
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reviews, information sources, Medicine
OMNI-Corner: Read All About It
Betsy Anagnostelis and Sue Welsh describe the recent launch of the
MIDRIB (Medical Images Digitised Reference Information Bank)
project, and describe the medical image resource the project will
create.
UK
Welsh, Sue
products, new products, information retrieval systems, image
systems
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
MIDRIB Launch
Alison McNab, Betsy Anagnostelis and Alison Cooke compare and
contrast the methods used to identify and indicate which Internet-
based resources are of high "quality".
Worldwide
Anagnotelis, Betsy
publications, reports, information technology, networks,
information services
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Never mind the quality, check the badge-width!
Elizabeth Gadd outlines the approaches and experiences of Project
ACORN in training and promoting their new electronic 'short-loan'
collection.
Worldwide
Gadd, Elizabeth
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, users, academic libraries, information services
Preparing students for a new electronic service
The Librarian, ably assisted by Mike Holderness, considers one of
the obstacles to the unhindered dissemination of human knowledge,
and makes a modest proposal.
Worldwide
Holderness, Mike
libraries, library technology, homour
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
publications, interviews, library technology, librarianship
The Librarian of Babel
We asked the same set of questions to Jon Knight and Martin
Hamilton; these are their replies.
Kirriemuir, John W
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
people, interviews, library technology, academic libraries
Wire: Interview via email - Jon Knight and Martin Hamilton, in
session
In the first of a regular column, Emma Worsfold describes the role
and purpose of SOSIG, and launches a scheme where European
Librarians can participate in adding relevant, quality content to
this Social Science Gateway.
Worldwide
Worsfold, Emma
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reviews, information management, searching
Planet SOSIG - A New Internet Role for Europe's Librarians
In the Public Libraries Corner for this issue, Sarah Ormes gives a
report on the recent MODELS 5 workshop and its outcomes.
Worldwide
Ormes, Sarah L
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, libraries, searching
Public Libraries Corner - MODELS 5: workshop report and futures
In the Search Engines Corner for this issue, Tracey Stanley looks
at Live Topics, a more flexible and user-controlled way of
searching the Alta Vista Web Page index.
Worldwide
Stanley, Tracey
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, revised products, information retrieval, search engines
Search Engines Corner - Alta Vista LiveTopics
Sheona Farquhar gains an insight into the problems of the
information-poor.
Farquhar, Sheona
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Interface: Dr Isola Ajiferuke
Amy Tucker peers into the future of Physics journal publishing with
Anne Dixon.
Worldwide
Tucker, Amy
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
people, interviews, publishing, Physics
View from the Hill: Anne Dixon
David Allen and Tom Wilson lament the return of IT strategies.
Wilson, Tom
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
people, interviews, information technology, information services
Minotaur: David Allen and Tom Wilson
Isobel Stark has a look at the new library building (from where the
Web version of Ariadne is produced) at the University of Bath.
UK
Stark, Isobel A
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reviews, buildings, library buildings
Down Your Way: University of Bath
Debra Hiom from SOSIG takes us on a guided tour of major Internet-
based Social Science resources.
Hiom, Debra
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reviews, information sources, Social Science
Around the Table: Social Sciences
Ariadne - The Web Version - Issue 10
Worldwide
electonic libraries; electronic information; information retrieval;
Lynch, Clifford
people, interviews, information retrieval, electronic media
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Clifford Lynch in interview
Worldwide
information technology
Haywood, Trevor
events, interviews, information technology, computers
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Revolutionaries and Captives in the Information Society JISC/Caul
collaboration agreement
UK
higher education, universities, computuer, information technology
Durham, Tony
research, reviews, information technology, education, computers
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Cybercollege Scorecard How does your University score?
UK
funding bodies, research, co-operation, UK, Australian
Russell, Kelly
events, announcements, information technology, electronic
libraries, electronic publishing, online, access control
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Press Release JISC/Caul collaboration agreement
Worldwide
electronic journals; electronic publishing
Edwards, Judith
products, reports, publishing, electronic media, electronic
publishing
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Electronic Journals Problem or panacea?
UK
electronic libraries, digitial libraries, research prjects, funding
Jefcoate, Graham
research, funding, library technology, electronic libraries
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Setting priorities for Digital Library research JISC/Caul
collaboration agreement
UK
electronic publishing; academic libraries, inter library loans
Williams, Fiona
research, reports, information technology, electronic libraries,
electronic publishing, online, access control
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Electronic Document Delivery A ttrial in an academic library
Worldwide
Powell, Andy
metadata; Dublin core; information management
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, information retrieval, cataloguing, metadata
Dublin Core Management
UK
eLib; electronic libraries; cultural change
Davies, Clare
research, reports, information technology, electronic libraries,
academic libraries, planning
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
eLib: Changing the Lightbulb - er, the Culture
UK
Kirriemuir, John W
editorial
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
people, editorial, publishing, electronic publishing
Goodbyeee: editorial from the Web version of Issue 10
UK
editorial
MacColl, John
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Editorial from the print version of Issue 10
UK
electronic libraries, digitial libraries, research prjects, funding
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, funding, library technology, electronic libraries
Setting priorities for Digital Library research JISC/Caul
collaboration agreement
Ariadne - The Web Version - Issue 11
Hugo Brailsford introduces a parallel publication in Geography
UK
Brailsford, Hugo
electronic publishing, geography
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, publishing, electronic publishing
Parallel Publishing for Transactions
Hilary Nunn describes this project, based at the Open University
Library
UK
electronic publishing, document delivery
Sarah Gamman
research, reports, publishing, academic libraries, electronic
publishing
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Edbank
UK
Edwards, Judith
academic libraries, management
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
publications, reports, libraries, academic libraries
Change and Uncertainty in Academic Libraries
Alason Roberts of Edinburgh University Library, looks at the use of
theses in academic libraries
UK
Roberts, Alason
academic libraries, theses
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, libraries, academic libraries, user studies
Theses Unbound
Penny Garrod reports on the changing skills profile in LIS
UK
Penny Garrod
staff training, staff development, skill levels, information
profession
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, information profession, training, staff
SKIP: SKills for new Information Professionals
Fiona Williams describes the trials of various electronic document
delivery systems in University of Bath Library and Learning Centre
UK
Williams, Fiona
academic libraries, electronic publishing, document delivery,
interlibrary loans
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, new products, publishing, academic libraries, electronic
publishing
Electronic Document Delivery: a review and comparison of different
services
Alason Roberts of Edinburgh University Library, looks at the use of
theses in academic libraries
UK
academic libraries, theses
research, reports, libraries, academic libraries, user studies
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Theses Unbound
Ariadne - The Web Version - Issue 12
This vioce controlled software is not all it's cracked up to be
Worldwide
Campbell, Malcolm
software, cartoons
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
publications, reports, information technology, software
Cartoon Corner
UK
Oppenheim, Charles
copyright, electronic information
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
publications, reports, information technology, copyright
Charles' Copyright Corner
UK
Ashton, Sarah
academic libraries
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
people, interviews, libraries, academic libraries
Down Your Way: The Radcliffe Science Library
EC funds second phase of TOLIMAC library smart card project Staff
News from RGU New research at DILS, Aberystwyth
Europe
Stark, Isobel A
news, smart cards, research awards
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
people, appointments, information profession, staff, announcements,
information technology
Newsline
Jane Henley and Sarah Thompson look at the BIDS JournalsOnline
service and its commercial competitors
Worldwide
electronic information, electronic journals
Thompson, Sarah
publications, reports, publishing, electronic publishing, academic
libraries, online, periodicals
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
JournalsOnline: the online journal solution
Tony Kidd, Head of Serials, Glasgow University Library looks at the
future of printed journals
Worldwide
Kidd, Tony
electronic information, electronic journals
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
publications, reports, publishing, periodicals, academic libraries,
electronic publishing
Are print Journals Dinosaurs?
Roddy MacLeod, Project Manager (Information) describes future plans
for EEVL (Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library)
UK
MacLeod, Roddy
electronic information, subject gateways, engineering
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, reports, information retrieval, electronic libraries,
academic libraries
The lesser of two EEVLs?
UK
Pugh, Lyndon
academic libraries, electronic information
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
people, interviews, information technology, academic libraries,
electronic libraries
Interface: Hymns ancient and modern
Frances Blomeley describes the CINE eLib project
UK
Blomeley , Frances
educations, multimedia, graphics, electronic libraries programme
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, reports, information technology, multimedia, electronic
media
CINE (Cartoon Images for Network Education, or CINE Is Never-
Ending...)
Professor David VandeLinde interviewed by Isobel Stark
UK
Stark, Isobel A
higher education, dearing report
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
people, interviews, information technology, education, academic
libraries
View from The Hill
Lesly Huxley discusses the work on DESIRE
Europe
Huxley, Lesly
training, subjects gateways, cataloguing
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, information retrieval, training, cataloguing
DESIRE on Planet Sosig: Training for the Distributed Internet
Cataloguing Model
How widely used are Java, ActiveX, JavaScript, style sheets, PICS,
metadata in HE web sites
UK
Kelly, Brian
higher education, web technologies, world wide web
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, information technology, education
WebWatching UK Universities and Colleges
UK
Scales, Walter
subject gateways, electronic information, electronic libraries,
national electronic resources
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, reviews, information sources, electronic libraries,
academic libraries
Dotting the I
UK
Lafford, Annette
subject gateways, electronic information, electronic libraries,
national electronic resources
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, revised products, information sources, electronic
libraries, academic libraries
The glass of fashion and the mould of form ...
Justin MacNeil reviews the beta version of Microsoft FrontPage '98.
Worldwide
MacNeil, Justin
information technology, software, web technologies
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
publications, reports, information technology, electronic libraries
Netskills Corner
report from lanch of revamped subject gateway for history
Worldwide
Stark, Isobel A
subject gateways, history, humanities
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
events, revised products, information sources, electronic
libraries, academic libraries
At the Event: History
Steven Smith explains the background to the relaunch of IHR-Info as
History
Worldwide
Smith, Steven
subject gatesways, history, electronic libraries
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, reports, information sources, electronic libraries,
academic libraries
The History of History The History of History
UK
Sykes, Phil
electronic publishing, on-demand publishing, humanities
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, reports, information sources, electronic publishing,
academic libraries
On Demand Publishing in the Humanities
web editorial from issue 12 Ariadne
Europe
editorial, electronic information
Stark, Isobel A
publications, editorial, information profession, electronic
libraries, information technology
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Editorial from the web version of Issue 12
print editorial from Ariadne, Issue 12
Europe
Pugh, Lyndon
editorial, electronic information
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
publications, editorial, information profession, electronic
libraries, information technology
Editorial from the print version of Issue 12
Peter Brophy on the effective use of email.
Worldwide
Brophy, Peter
electronic information, electronic mail, working practices
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
publications, reports, information technology, staff, time
management
Old Ghosts Rear Their Heads
Worldwide
Ray Lester
information technology, strategic management
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
publications, reports, information technology, electronic libraries
Minotaur: We must not be driven by IT: IT is the driver!
Tracey Stanley explores ranking by search engines.
Worldwide
Stanley, Tracey
search engines, web technologies, information retrieval
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, information retrieval, search engines, searching
Search Engines Corner: Moving Up The Ranks
Jim Huntingford reports from the Consortium and Site Licensing
Seminar organised by the United Kingdom Serials Group
UK
Huntingford, Jim
site licences, softwar licences, electronic jounals
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
events, reports, publishing, electronic publishing, networking
At the Event: Consortium and Site Licensing
Worldwide
electronic information, information retrieval, metadata
Gill, Tony
events, reports, information retrieval, informatics, electronic
libraries, indexing, search engines
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Metadata Corner Metadata Corner: DC5: The search for Santa
Lesly Huxley discusses the work on DESIRE
UK
Dempsey, Lorcan
training, subjects gateways, cataloguing
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
publications, reviews, libraries, public libraries, networking
Public Libraries Corner: Soul and song: New Library: the People's
Network
Ariadne - The Web Version - Issue 13
Discusses whether or not national libraries have a role in the age
of the Internet, and if they will shrink or expand? Or if their
functions will become obsolete or be taken over by other bodies.
Worldwide
Line, Maurice
National Library, Internet, Library Services, British Library
Document Supply Centre, central collection, distributed collection,
national bibliography, future of national libraries, archiving,
electronic publication
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, funding, libraries, archives, library function
What do National Libraries do in the Age of the Internet?
The University of Ulster consists of a number of campuses which
have integrated managerial, computing and library services and
systems. This article discusses the services available to the
library users
Worldwide
Stark, Isobel
Library services, distributed catalogues, University of Ulster,
Coleraine, Special Collections, European Documentation Centre,
CAIN, ESPERE, Eurotext, Formations, EduLib, SuperJournal
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, users, electronic libraries
University of Ulster
Ruth Jenkins looks at BIPEx, Bowker Information Professionals'
Exchange, and meets some of the people behind it
Europe
Jenkins, Ruth
Information Services, BIPEx, Bowker Information Professional's
Exchange, electronic journals
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, new journal issues, information sources, information
services
View from the Hill
Brian Kelly describes the launch of the W3C-LA and the role of the
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). Describes work to be carried out
within W3C-LA includes the development of Demonstrator systems,
including implementations of new HTTP technologies, aimed at
improving the performance of the web, use of new CSS and HTML
facilities to demonstrate best practices for information providers,
PICS for rating and filtering materials, etc.
Europe
Kelly, Brian
W3C, W3C-LA, World Wide Web Consortium, Associates
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
events, workshops, information management, information services
The World Wide Web Consortium: launch of the W3C-LA Initiative
Worldwide
Dawson, Heather
Social Science Gateway, Social Science Database, Politics, Editing
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, new products, users, information science
Politically Correct: Editing the Politics Section of SOSIG
Professor Charles Oppenheim answers some copyright queries
Worldwide
Oppenheim, Charles
copyright, reproduction rights, legal issues, Reproduction of Table
of Contents, OCR-ing and UK Law, Copyright of Art Images, Fair
Dealing with regard to Slides and Images
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, users, copyright
Charles' Copyright Corner
HYLIFE STANDS FOR HYbrid LIbraries of the FuturE. The project is
about how best to deliver the mixture of print and electronic
services likely to be required of higher education libraries in the
foreseeable future.
UK
Ian Winkworth
research interfaces, HYbrid LIbraries of the FuturE, University of
Northumbria, University of Central Lancashire, University of
Newcastle, University of Plymouth, Highlands and Islands Project
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, new products, library technology, information services
HYLIFE
Lisa Gray explores the 1997 Online Exhibition at Olympia, London,
concentrating on products and services available for the biomedical
community.
UK
Gray, Lisa
Online 1997, Olympia, Learned Information, biomedicine, Prous
Science, Internet information systems, ensemble CD-ROM, Cochrane ,
Database of Systematic Reviews, Ovid, MIRON, Silver Platter
Information, Optology Information Solutions, UMI, ProQuest Medical
Library, Aries Systems Corporation, Cambridge Scientific
Abstracts,Elsevier Science, Science Channel, the Institute of
Scientific Information
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
events, new products, information technology, electronic publishing
The Online Exhibition - the OMNI perspective
IMPEL2 [1], a UK eLib Supporting Study, has investigated the
organisational, social and cultural impacts of educational and
technological change on people, specifically on information
providers and users. The aim has been to reach a better
understanding of the depth and complexity of change and its
effective management.
UK
Huntingford, James
cultural impact, social change, working practices, professional,
para-professional, technological change, IT, libraries, working
environment, morale, case studies, UK Higher Education
Institutions, questionaires, QSR.NUD.IST, data analysis, eLib
programme
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
people, jobs, information profession, automation
The Impact of IMPEL
Sarah Ormes describes EARL's new online reference query service.
UK
Ormes, Sarah
Public Libraries, reference services, EARL, online, Internet
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, new products, users, information services
Public Libraries Corner: Ask A Librarian
M25 LINK AIMS to establish a pilot virtual clump to provide single
search access to the OPACs of a subset of six members of the M25
Consortium of Higher Education Libraries
UK
Sykes, Jean
Virtual Clumps, distributed library catalogues
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, new databases, library technology, co-operation
M25 Link
The role of research analysts in the British Library's Digital
Libraries Programme, and the current and future direction of
research
UK
BLRIC, user needs, resource provision, internet, digital
information, LIC, UKOLN, Digital Libraries Programme, London City
University, journalism
Howley, Sue
research, new products, users, automation
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
The British Library's Digital Libraries Programme
Glen Monks defines the current meaning, and explores the tendency
of this term to change over a short period of time.
Worldwide
Monks, Glen
Intranets, campus wide information systems, networks, buzzwords,
companies, institutions, internal information networks, publishing.
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
people, new products, information technology, networks
What is ... an Intranet?
HEADLINE (HYBRID Electronic Access and Delivery in the Library
Networked Environment) is one of the Hybrid Libraries projects
funded under the eLib Phase 3 programme. Starting in January 1998
and running for three years, the project aims to develop and
implement a working model of the hybrid library in a range of real-
life academic situations.
UK
Wade, Maureen
HEADLINE, Electronic Access and Delivery in the Library Networked
Environment, London School of Economics, the London Business
School, University of Hertfordshire, eLib phase 3, library
resources, hybrid libraries, information delivery, economics,
finance, business, management, content negotiation, M25, CLUMPS,
dynamic html, Dublin Core, Digital Object Identifiers
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, new products, library technology, information services
HEADLINE
The MUSIC Libraries Online Project is intended to link the OPACs of
all nine UK music conservatoire libraries using Z39.50 to form a
virtual union catalogue for music materials
UK
Duffy, Celia
distributed catalogues, music
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, new databases, library technology, co-operation
Music Libraries Online
The Internet has been touted as a great development undoubtedly
beneficial to the human race. However, earlier technical
innovations, such as the Internet, have not provided automatic
benefits.
Worldwide
Schmier, Louis
Internet, WWW, World Wide Web, Civilisation, Culture, Education
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, reviews, users, electronic media
Minotaur
A brief report on the Warsaw FEMIRC conference which took place in
December 1997, together with photographs taken at the event, and
links to related sites.
Europe
Hunter, Philip
European Library Telematics Programme, DG13, European Union, IRC,
FEMIRC, Innovation Relay Centres, Fellow Member Innovation Relay
Centres, Fifth Framework Programme, Poland, OPI, Office of
Information Processing, Tsilibaris, Krystyna Siwek, CEEC, British
Council, Exploit, Accompanying measures, Deutshces
Bibliotheksinstitut, eLib, Ariadne, Innovations, Inco-Copernicus
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
events, meetings, information work, co-operation
International FEMIRC Conference, Warsaw
Discusses whether or not national libraries have a role in the age
of the Internet, and if they will shrink or expand? Or if their
functions will become obsolete or be taken over by other bodies.
Worldwide
Line, Maurice
National Library, Internet, Library Services, British Library
Document Supply Centre, central collection, distributed collection,
national bibliography, future of national libraries, archiving,
electronic publication
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, funding, libraries, archives, library function
What do National Libraries do in the Age of the Internet?
Ariadne - The Web Version - Issue 14
Lyndon Pugh discusses the latest noises from government over
public library networking and life long learning.
UK
government initiatives, electronic libraries, public libraries
Pugh, Lyndon
publications, reports, libraries, public libraries, electronic
libraries, information services
The People's Library
Les Watson asks how we use technology in general as part of the
learning process
UK
government initiatives, information services, communications and
information technology
Watson, Les
publications, reports, information management, academic libraries,
electronic libraries, information services
Information Services: A Mission and a Vision
UK
electronic libraries, public libraries
Pugh, Lyndon
publications, interviews, libraries, public libraries
Down Your Way: Croydon
Mel Collier, previously Director of the International Institute for
Electronic Library Research at De Montfort University and now
Director of Strategic and Operational Planning at Dawson Holdings
plc.
UK
electronic libraries
Pugh, Lyndon
publications, interviews, information profession, electronic
publishing, electronic libraries
View From The Hill
Interactive web pages have required the use of plug-in
technologies, or languages such as Java. However recent
developments are enabling dynamic web pages to be produced using
simple scripting languages such as Javascript. Brian Kelly gives an
introduction to Dynamic HTML.
Worldwide
HTML, java
Kelly , Brian
publications, reports, information technology, electronic
publishing
Animate Your Web Pages
REGARD, a new research database now available on the World Wide
Web. REGARD has been developed at the University of Bristol as a
collaborative project between the Institute for Learning and
Research Technology and the University Library
UK
databases, social sicences, electronic libraries, researchers
Timmis, Sue
products, new products, information sources, databases, academic
libraries
REGARD: Social Science Research in the Spotlight
UK
resource discovery, interoperability, protocols, databases, subject
gateways
Powell, Andy
publications, reports, information retrieval, electronic libraries,
searching, networking, databases
CrossROADS and Interoperability
Worldwide
Scales, Walter
internet, multimedia design
publications, reports, information technology, Web pages, design
Netskills Corner: Multimedia Web Design: Running down an up
escalator?
news items from the March 1998 issue of Ariadne
Worldwide
news, electronic libraries, conferences, products
Stark, Isobel A
publications, new products, information technology, education,
events, new databases
Newsline
Malcolm Campbell offers some home truths about screen based
education.
Worldwide
Campbell, Malcolm
computer aided learning, humour
publications, reports, information technology, education
Cartoon Corner
Charles Oppenheim answers copyright questions
UK
copyright, electronic libraries, electronic copyright
Oppenheim, Charles
publications, reports, information sources, copyright
Charles' Copyright Corner
Robin Alston replies to issue 13's Minotaur, Louis Schmier
Worldwide
Alston, Robin
internet, education
publications, reports, information technology, education
Minotaur: An Indispensable Net?
Kelly Russell, JISC International Liaison, reports on the US
Coalition for Networked Information's (CNI) Fall Task Force Meeting
in October.
Worldwide
electronic libraries, digital libraries
Russell, Kelly
events, reports, information profession, electronic libraries
At the Event: CNI Conference
Rosemary Russell reports on MODELS workshop 6.
Worldwide
distributed libraries, electronic libraries
Russell, Rosemary
events, reports, information profession, electronic libraries
At the Event: A Distributed National Electronic Resource?
Paul Miller discusses some of the issues raised at a recent
European Commission meeting on metadata for resource discovery
Worldwide
metadata, cataloguing, resource discovery
Miller, Paul
publications, reports, information retrieval, searching, electronic
libraries, records management
Dublin comes to Europe
UK
electronic information, electronic libraries, higher education
Smith, Martin
publications, reports, information technology, electronic
libraries, academic libraries, education
Electronic Resource Creation and Management at Scottish
Universities: Survey Results and Demonstrator Service Progress
David Larbey writes about EDDIS, which is categorised as one of
eLibs document delivery projects. EDDIS is an acronym for
electronic document delivery, the integrated solution.
UK
Larbey, David
electronic document delivery, electronic libraries
publications, reports, information sources, electronic publishing,
academic libraries, periodicals
Project EDDIS
Christine Baldwin describes work so far on this project which set
out to study the factors that will make electronic journals
successful and really useful to the academic community
UK
electronic journals, electronic libraries, higher education
Baldwin, Christine
publications, reports, information sources, electronic publishing,
academic libraries, periodicals
SuperJournal Update
Monica Blake describes some findings from the Internet and Older
People Project, funded by The British Library Research and
Innovation Centre Digital Library Research Programme
Worldwide
Blake, Monica
internet, senior citizens
publications, reports, information technology, user studies
Internet resources for older people
UK
Cook, Alison
internet, health information, health informatics, information
quality
publications, reports, information sources, electronic publishing
Information Quality For Health and Medicine Professionals
'Shaping the Knowledge Society' was the theme of the 6th BOBCATSSS
symposium held in the National Szechenyi Library, Budapest 26-28
January 1998.
Europe
Dugdale, Christine
events, reports, information profession, electronic libraries
At the Event: 6th BOBCATSSS International Symposium, Budapest
Worldwide
electronic libraries, public libraries
Knight, Jon
publications, reviews, information technology, networking, CD-ROM
Networked CD-ROM redirectors
Oliver de Peyer, JIBS User Group committee member, with his
personal view of what it is like being on the other side of the the
metaphorical electronic issue desk.
UK
end user education, higher education
de Peyer, Oliver
publications, reports, users, user training, user studies, academic
libraries
An End User's View
Worldwide
Resource Description Format, metadata
Heery, Rachel M
publications, reports, information technology, electronic libraries
What Is... RDF?
UK
internet, public libraries, end-user training
Criddle, Sally
publications, reports, information work, social groups, activities,
user training
Public Libraries Corner: Public Libraries Corner
Ariadne - The Web Version - Issue 15
Project PATRON - audio and video on demand at the University of
Surrey
UK
electronic libraries, multimedia, in demand
Maslin, Jon
research, reports, information sources, electronic media,
electronic libraries,electronic publishing
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
Project PATRON
Terry Hanson explores how libraries might develop effective ways of
indicating their access arrangements to their users, and suggests
that they might create an "access catalogue" as a tool
distinct from their traditional "holdings catalogue"
Worldwide
Hanson, Terry
electronic libraries, resource discovery, information retrieval,
cataloguing, indexing
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, information retrieval, cataloguing, electronic
libraries,non-print materials, CD-ROM
The Access Catalogue Gateway to Resources
Lyndon Pugh visited the Centre for Alternative Technology in Powys,
Wales.
UK
Pugh, Lyndon
alternative technologies, alternative energy
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
people, interviews, libraries, information services
Down Your Way
Lesly Huxley introduces a new and unique online source of career
development opportunities for social science researchers,
Grapevine, which was officially launched at the IRISS'98
conference, in March 1998.
UK
Lesly Huxley
electronic libraries, electronic publishing, online information,
career development, social sciences
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, reports, information sources, staff
Planet Sosig
Tracey Stanley tries out one of the newest search engines on the
Web
Worldwide
Stanley, Tracey
electronic libraries, internet, searching techniques, search
engines
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
products, new products, information retrieval, electronic
libraries, online, networks
Search Engines Corner: Northern Light: A Leading Search Light?
Ian Peacock describes the Robots Exclusion Protocol and reports on
a analysis of the use of this protocol by UK Universities and
Colleges.
UK
Peacock, Ian
web sites, web robots, internet protocols
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, information technology, academic libraries, Web
pages, search engines
Showing Robots the Door
Gordon Brewer re-examines the "convergence of services"
issue, and attempts to bring some clarity to the debate.
UK
Brewer, Gordon
libraries, library services, computer services, converged services
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
people, reports, management, information services
Minotaur
A personal view of one possible way forward for ensuring that
potentially valued digital materials are preserved for future study
and use.
UK
electronic libraries, digital archives, text preservation, co-
operation
Streatfield, David
research, reports, information retrieval, archives, electronic
libraries,non-print materials
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
A National Co-ordinating Body for Digital Archiving?
ROUTES is a gateway developed by the Open University Library which
brings librarians and academic staff together to select Internet
resources for OU students.
UK
O'Sullivan, Una
electronic libraries, multimedia, in demand
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, information sources, academic libraries,
electronic libraries,infromation services
ROUTES
Stephen Pinfield introduces a new eLib project in the Hybrid
Libraries area based at the University of Birmingham
Pinfield, Stephen
hybrid libraries, electronic libraries
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, information technology, electronic libraries
eLib Phase 3: Project BUILDER
Derek Law talks to Lyndon Pugh about the print/electronic
transition, networking, eLib and other matters.
UK
Pugh, Lyndon
hybrid libraries, electronic libraries, librarianship, information
sklills
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
people, interviews, information profession, electronic libraries
Interface
Brian Kelly explains XML, Extensible Markup Language. XML has been
designed to address a number of deficiencies in HTML.
Worldwide
Kelly, Brian
HTML, hypertext, SGML, XML, mark-up languages
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, information technology, electronic publishing,
Web pages
What Is... XML?
Sarah Ormes reports from the American Public Library Association
National Conference in Kansas City
US
Ormes, Sarah L
public libraries
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
events, conferences, libraries, public libraries
Public Libraries Corner: Elvis is alive and well and selling
library management systems in Kansas City
The main aim of the project was to enhance the expertise of
academic staff in the exploitation of networked information
resources while also underpinning the network competencies of
library and academic staff.
UK
Flatten, Kay
hybrid libraries, electronic libraries
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/about/copyright.html
research, reports, information technology, training, electronic
libraries, user training
Project TAPin
Ariadne - The Web Version - Issue 16
David Nicholas looks at the Internet phenomenon from the point of
view of the Media.
David Nicholas
Hacking the Net
Lyndon Pugh introduces Philippa Dolphin of Birkbeck College, and
its approach to providing support services to part time students.
UK
Dolphin, Philippa
Birkbeck College, support services, part time students, distance
education, college library
people, courses, users, school libraries
View from the Hill: Birkbeck College
A number of new technologies have emerged recently, such as HTML
4.0, CSS2.0, XML and HTTP 1.1. Other new web technologies appear to
be waiting, just around the corner. But we can't expect all users
to upgrade to the latest version of their favourite browser.
Worldwide
Kelly, Brian
HTML 4.0, CSS2.0, XML , HTTP 1.1, new technologies, browser trends,
Web deployment, W3C
publications, new products, information technology, networking
Web Focus Corner: Intermediaries: Ways Of Exploiting New
Technologies Intermediaries: Ways Of Exploiting New Technologies
Dave Beckett shows you the best of the search engine features and
gives tips on managing the output when a query returns thousands of
answers.
Worldwide
Beckett, Dave
search engines, syntax, boolean, proximity, wild cards, phrase
searching, AltaVista, HotBot, HENSA, Northern Light, Lycos, Yahoo
publications, reviews, information retrieval, search engines
Search Engines Corner: Polishing Your Searches
A discussion of three main aspects of the evaluation of Web
resources; access, quality, and ease of use.
Worldwide
Judith Edwards
access, quality, ease of use, web pages
The Good, the Bad, and the Useless
Newsline: Netskills has announced a change in its charging
arrangements Conference on Guidelines for Digital Imaging 1998
UCISA Web Awards Email list set up to provide information about the
UK National Electronic Site Licence Initiative (NESLI)
Worldwide
Ariadne
1998 UCISA Web Awards, NESLI, email list, Netskills, digital
imaging
publications, announcements, users, electronic publishing
Newsline
Ariadne's caption competition invites captions for the monthly
image submissions.
Hunter, Philip J
caption, competition, image, photograph
publications, reviews, users, electronic media
Caption Competition
cartoon for caption competition
Worldwide
Ariadne
library support services noticeboard, image
publications, reviews, users, electronic media
Cartoon
Electronic Access: Archives in the New Millennium Michael Day
reports on a conference held at the Public Record Office, Kew on 3-
4 June 1998 . This article appears in the Web and not the print
versions of Ariadne.
Worldwide
Day, Michael
electronic access, European Union, Russia, archives, Public Records
Office, conference
publications, conferences, information retrieval systems, archives
At The Event: Electronic Access: Archives in the New Millennium
A tongue in cheek debate between information professionals,
approaching the convergence of services issue from the library side
and the computing services side of things
UK
Stephen Gough
convergence of services, merged services, Information Developments,
Derek Law, Andy Jordan
Law vs Jordan: Who Makes the Best Information Service Manager
Library Association's Public Libraries Group bi-annual study
school; Resurrection: a new life for powerful public libraries.
UK
Criddle, Sally
Library Association, public libraries, Government initiatives, New
Library, National Grid for , Learning
publications, meetings, libraries, librarianship
Public Libraries Corner: And they're off!
The third UKOLN conference in the series Networking and the future
of libraries was held at the University of Bath, 29 June-1 July.
Its central theme was the construction of information and learning
landscapes. The programme ranged from the exploration of
distributed library architectures now being developed, to future
gazing with the help of some visionary speakers.
Worldwide
UKOLN conference, networking, future of libraries, information
landscapes, learning landscapes
Ormes, Sarah L
publications, conferences, libraries, networking
Information Landscapes for a Learning Society: UKOLN conference
report
Alan McDougall
widening access, hybrid libraries, distance learning, JISC, UK
Supporting learners at a distance
Ariadne - The Web Version - Issue 17
A number of factors have strengthened the need for this sort of
financial information to be more widely available, in an open and
transparent manner, within organisations. In recent years, some
academic libraries have implemented a process of devolved budgeting
in collaboration with academic schools and departments within their
institutions.
UK
One of the fundamental points that has arisen from the study is the
varied understanding of what devolved budgeting actually means. ,
Bearing in mind that each institution is different, one of the
early challenges was to identify some working definitions on which
the , research could be based. The approach to this has been to
propose a number of structural models. These range from a scenario
, where there is devolution of complete responsibility for buying
library materials and services from the institutional centre
directly to , converged services, management accounting systems,
devolving financial responsibility, resource allocation, strategic
planning, devolved budgeting, British Library funded research
project, University of Surrey Library, , collaboration with David
Haynes Associates and
Dr. Elizabeth Lyon
Why Give it Away?
This article outlines some of the imperatives for change and
flexibility in the organisation of library and information services
within UK higher education. It introduces some of the basic issues
and concepts by drawing on the experience of organisational change
at the University of Birmingham, where a fully converged
Information Services has been in operation since October 1995, with
an annual turnover of £12 million and 270 fte staff.
UK
Clive Field
organisational change, organizational change, flexible
organisation, converged services, library and information services,
change
Building on Shifting Sands: Information Age Organisations
With over 30,000 students on 10 campuses, De Montfort is an
institution where technology and web-based teaching, parts of the
armoury of distance learning, are delivery mechanisms for campus-
based students. De Montfort is developing the virtual university to
underpin its on-campus learning: in time the techniques will be
applied to off-campus students. The initiative is an important
development in creating opportunities for new learners and
supporting lifelong learning, where flexibility of access, time,
place, pace - is a key factor.
UK
Kathryn Arnold
virtual university, lifelong learning, web technology
people, new products, users, education
Phil Brady talks to Lyndon Pugh about the transition to managing
integrated information services.
integrated information services, IT
Phil Brady
people, interviews, information technology, information services
Interface: the IT man's tale
describe a proposed algorithm for calculating an MD5 message
digest, or checksum, for Web pages. BIBLINK is a project funded
within the Telematics for Libraries programme of the European
Commission. It is investigating the bi-directional flow of
information between publishers and National Bibliographic Agencies
(NBAs) and is specifically concerned with information about the
publication of electronic resources. Such resources include both
on-line publications, Web pages, electronic journals, etc. and
electronic publications on physical media such as CD-ROMs.
Europe
bi-directional information flow, publishers, National Bibliographic
Agencies, electronic publications, message digest, checksum, web
pages
Peacock, Ian
research, reports, information technology, electronic publishing
BIBLINK.Checksum - an MD5 message digest for Web pages
This article sets out to explore some of the issues to do with the
establishment of a new periodical publication for information and
IT professionals in Higher Education (HE). It addresses the need
for a channel of communication which reflects the developing broad
spectrum of information services in academic and related
institutions, and is intended as an aid to further discussion.
There is a niche which could be filled by a new publication
positioned to occupy the middle ground of academic information
services. it could serve to build bridges, interpret common issues
and illuminate the overlapping concerns of all information workers,
while reflecting range of complementary interests which are not
covered in a single UK publication.
UK
journal, magazine, electronic publication, information and IT
professionals, cross-disciplinary publication
Lyndon Pugh
publications, new journal titles, publishing, electronic publishing
A New Publication for a New Challenge
Nicola Harrison, Project Assistant at Edinburgh Engineering Virtual
Library (EEVL), describes her experience of teleworking.
UK
Nicola Harrison
teleworking, distributed cataloguing model, homeworkers, project
culture, meetings, decision-making, volunteers, funded employees
people, appointments, information work, personnel management
Teleworking from Home
DEDICATE (Distance EDucation Information Courses with Access
Through nEtworks) is an EU-funded project to develop a flexible
model of networked professional development in information literacy
and user education. The model will be piloted at four university
libraries in Estonia, Hungary, Latvia and Lithuania, and at the
International Centre for Information Management, Systems, Services
in Torun, Poland.
Europe
eLib project, distance education, academic liaison, learner support
staff, professional development, European Telematics Project
Phillipa Levy
people, reports, users, education
DEDICATE (Distance EDucation Information Courses with Access
Through nEtworks)
Verity is exploring new ways of providing virtual library services
that are creative, stimulating and educational for young people in
the 13-19 age group. The aim is to design a system that helps those
users with their information enquiries, in a context that
encourages the development and understanding of their own
information seeking skills. Verity will teach young people to find
and manage information held in libraries and on electronic
networks. Verity can be browsed through any (fairly recent) Web
browser (Netscape, Internet Explorer). One of Verity's key
challenges is the fact that it's being developed as a multilingual
application, and developed in parallel by five partners, the lead
partner based in the UK and other partners in Finland, Germany,
Greece and Portugal.
Europe
electronic resources, multilingual application, virtual library
services, youth services, information skills, graphical user
interface, information search
Walter Scales
products, new products, information retrieval, searching
VERITY (Virtual and Electronic Resources for Information Skills
Training for Young People)