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Article title	Summary	Date published
UKERNA: Training the Networkers	John MacCulloch and Jane Batchelor, from UKERNA, detail their training course, designed for those installing, running, supporting, or managing a JANET connection. project update	issue5 September 1996
Lotus Eaters On-Line: Forming an Alliance Between Groupware and the Web in a Pre-Prints System	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. project update	issue5 September 1996
NewsAgent for Librarians	Mark Kerr, research assistant on the NewsAgent for Libraries Project, describes a project to build a news and current awareness service for the LIS community. project update	issue5 September 1996
HELIX	Ruth Glynn outlines the HELIX project, one of the new Images projects from the eLib programme. project update	issue5 September 1996
Open Journals	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. project update	issue5 September 1996
eLib Column	Kelly Russell, the assistant co-ordinator of the eLib programme, with a few words on how the project (and the programme as a whole) can be reflected in terms of success and/or failure. project update	issue5 September 1996
The International Institute for Electronic Library Research: A New Kid on the Block	Marilyn Deegan describes the International Institute for Electronic Library Research, a significant new centre of research based at De Montfort University. project update	issue5 September 1996
European Libraries Programme	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. project update	issue5 September 1996
Open Peer Review & Argumentation: Loosening the Paper Chains on Journals	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, and some of the issues behind the approach that this journal takes to the process of scholarly review. project update	issue5 September 1996
FDTL: The Fund for the Development of Teaching and Learning	Gerry Taggart gives a brief outline of this HEFCE funded programme of projects geared towards teaching and learning using IT. project update	issue5 September 1996
DESIRE: Development of a European Service for Information on Research and Education	Klaas Wierenga, the director of DESIRE, describes this pan-European project in which the academic network services of the UK have a large stake. project update	issue5 September 1996
The SURF Foundation	Jaqueline Pieters describes the evolution of the SURF Foundation, a major IT co-ordination service for the Dutch academic sector. project update	issue5 September 1996
CTI (Computers in Teaching Initiative)	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. project update	issue5 September 1996
The 1996 UKOLUG State of the Art Conference	Melanie Lawes describes the 1996 UKOLUG (UK On-Line Users Group) Annual Conference, held in Warwick last July. event report	issue5 September 1996
Libtech 96	John Kirriemuir and Isobel Stark with some notes and pictures from the main annual UK library exhibition: Libtech 96. event report	issue5 September 1996
Securing HTML FORMs	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. tooled up	issue5 September 1996
Netskills Corner: Beneath the Surface of Your Web Pages	Brian Kelly looks beneath the surface of HTML pages and provides advice on the design of the underlying directory structure. tooled up	issue5 September 1996
Metadata for the Masses	Paul Miller describes Dublin Core and several ideas for how it can be implemented. tooled up	issue5 September 1996
D-Lib	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. review	issue5 September 1996
CAUSE / EFFECT	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. review	issue5 September 1996

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UKERNA: Training the Networkers

John MacCulloch and Jane Batchelor, from UKERNA, detail their training course, designed for those installing, running, supporting, or managing a JANET connection.