Overview of articles in Ariadne

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Article title	Summary	Date published
Sideline: Seagulls and Boomerangs	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. odds and ends	issue5 September 1996
Journals Overview	The editor introduces descriptions of some journals, freely available over the Web, that may be of interest to librarians and information specialists. editorial	issue5 September 1996
Editorial Introduction to Issue 6	The editor introduces Ariadne issue 6. editorial	issue6 November 1996
Review of Where the Wild Things Are: Librarian's Guide to the Best Information on the Net	Marylaine Block describes the construction of Where the Wild Things Are: Librarian's Guide to the Best Information on the Net. review	issue6 November 1996
The Internet Resources Newsletter from Heriot-Watt University	Roddy MacLeod describes a Web-based resources newsletter. feature article	issue6 November 1996
How to Grow Gossamer and Keep It Untangled	George Munroe describes the experiences in establishing a large institutional web site. feature article	issue6 November 1996
Information Strategies Get Down to Business	John MacColl on the JISC approach to Information Strategies. feature article	issue6 November 1996
Infopolecon	John Lindsay comments on the evolution of the UK network infrastructure, and the problems arguably generated along the way. feature article	issue6 November 1996
SOSIG: Training to Support Social Science Teaching and Research	Lesly Huxley, the SOSIG Documentation and Training Officer, describes the workshops that SOSIG, one of the projects from the Access to Network Resource section, run. feature article	issue6 November 1996
From Books to Bits	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. feature article	issue6 November 1996
Mailbase: Unique Electronic Discussion List Service for UK Higher Education Tops 100,000 Users	Morna Findlay and Elaine Blair report on the passing of a milestone for UK academia's premier Mailing List resource. feature article	issue6 November 1996
An Investigation Into World Wide Web Search Engine Use from within the UK: Preliminary Findings	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. feature article	issue6 November 1996
ACORN	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. project update	issue6 November 1996
Catriona II	Mary Fletcher introduces a new seeker after Web resources. CATRIONA II is a project from the Access to Network Resources section of the programme. project update	issue6 November 1996
MIDRIB	Julian Cook describes a major database of medical images. project update	issue6 November 1996
Networked Learner Support Current Practice Case Base	Sarah Ashton describes the Current Practice Case Base, an index of links to sites that demonstrate a use of networked learner support. project update	issue6 November 1996
ADAM: Bits and Pieces	Tony Gill presents a few bits and pieces of news regarding the ADAM project which was featured in issue 3 of Ariadne. project update	issue6 November 1996
Lessons Learned from Developing and Delivering the BORGES Information Filtering Tool	Alan Smeaton discusses the development and implementation of BORGES, an information filtering service for WWW pages and USENET news. project update	issue6 November 1996
The BNBMARC Currency Survey	Ann Chapman describes the BNBMARC Currency Survey, a performance measurement survey on the supply of bibliographic records. project update	issue6 November 1996
ILRT: The Institute for Learning and Research Technology	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. project update	issue6 November 1996

Article title

Summary

Date published

Sideline: Seagulls and Boomerangs

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.

odds and ends

issue5

September 1996

Journals Overview

The editor introduces descriptions of some journals, freely available over the Web, that may be of interest to librarians and information specialists.

editorial

issue5

September 1996

Editorial Introduction to Issue 6

The editor introduces Ariadne issue 6.