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Article title	Summary	Date published
Cartoon	New cartoon work by Malcolm Campbell. odds and ends	issue8 March 1997
From Aberystwyth to ADAM: Using the Skills Acquired on a Library School Course in the Real World	Rebecca Bradshaw reflects on how the skills and knowledge she acquired when a library school student are relevant (or not) to her current role, developing a network-based subject gateway. feature article	issue9 May 1997
The Librarian of Babel: The Key to the Stacks	The Librarian, ably assisted by Mike Holderness, considers one of the obstacles to the unhindered dissemination of human knowledge, and makes a modest proposal. feature article	issue9 May 1997
MIDRIB: Beyond Clip Art for Medicine	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. feature article	issue9 May 1997
Never Mind the Quality, Check the Badge-Width!	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". feature article	issue9 May 1997
Preparing Students for a New Electronic Service	Preparing students for a new electronic service : Elizabeth Gadd outlines the approaches and experiences of Project ACORN in training and promoting their new electronic 'short-loan' collection. feature article	issue9 May 1997
The NHS, the Internet and Libraries: The NHS Anglia and Oxford Internet Project	Judy Palmer and Myles Chippendale describe an initiative that is using the Internet to connect widely dispersed health libraries. feature article	issue9 May 1997
EEVL	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. project update	issue9 May 1997
Eurotext	In these days of European integration, Freda Carroll, Eurotext project co- ordinator, describes a project that will make European Union documents accessible online. project update	issue9 May 1997
CAIN	Martin Melaugh reports on a site devoted to the Northern Ireland conflict. project update	issue9 May 1997
SCOPE	Leah Halliday believes there is SCOPE for a major shift in the publication of study texts. project update	issue9 May 1997
ACORN	Elizabeth Gadd and Paula Kingston report on progress with Project ACORN. project update	issue9 May 1997
REDD: Regional Electronic Document Delivery Service	Chris Taylor provides details on an Australian electronic document delivery service that is based on standard Internet protocols. project update	issue9 May 1997
The Australian Museums on Line Project	Louise Douglas and Stephen Hall describe the Australian Museums On Line (AMOL) project, which aims to dramatically increase access to the cultural resources of Australian museums via the Internet by 2001 through the AMOL World Wide Web site. project update	issue9 May 1997
Monash University Library Electronic Resources Directory	Lisa Smith describes a system which can be used to help people locate the electronic resources of Monash University Library project update	issue9 May 1997
Indian Ocean Rim Region Virtual Library Project	Susan Lutley describes a prototype virtual library, built as part of a co-operative venture focusing on broad issues in Social Development within the Indian Ocean Rim Region. project update	issue9 May 1997
The Future of Digitising at the State Library of Victoria, Australia	Catherine Herman and Indra Kurzeme discuss the multimedia source project, set within the context of the pro-multimedia State of Victora, Australia. project update	issue9 May 1997
Metadata, PICS and Quality	Chris Armstrong looks at the possibility of a PICS application acting as a quality filter. tooled up	issue9 May 1997
Extending Metadata for Digital Preservation	Michael Day suggests how the concept of metadata could be extended to provide information in the specific field of digital preservation. tooled up	issue9 May 1997
Internationalisation and the Web	Jon Knight looks at how the Web is currently undergoing the sometimes painful internationalization process required if it is to live up to its name of the World Wide Web. tooled up	issue9 May 1997

Article title

Summary

Date published

Cartoon

New cartoon work by Malcolm Campbell.

odds and ends

issue8

March 1997

From Aberystwyth to ADAM: Using the Skills Acquired on a Library School Course in the Real World

Rebecca Bradshaw reflects on how the skills and knowledge she acquired when a library school student are relevant (or not) to her current role, developing a network-based subject gateway.