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In the first of a two-part article, Fiona Williams describes the trials of various electronic document delivery systems in University of Bath Library and Learning Centre over the last few years. A review of the latest trial, between BL Urgent Action Service and TU DELFT, as well as an overall comparison with the Blackwell's Uncover Service will be given in the next issue of Ariadne.

Martin Mueller reads Homer electronically with the TLG, Perseus, and the Chicago Homer.

Judith Edwards outlines some of the problems faced by academia in the acquisition and provision of electronic journals.

Charles E. Jones and David Schloen report on a Chicago conference which explored XML tagging for Ancient Near Eastern Texts on the Web.

Ariadne explains how the Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib), a key IT programme for academic libraries, is shaping up.

Debra Morris describes the EdSpace Institutional Exemplar Project and the early development of EdShare for sharing learning and teaching materials within and beyond the institution.

Arjan Hogenaar describes changes in the publication and communication process which will mean that the role of authors will become a more prominent one.

Ruth Martin describes the technical work of the ePrints UK project, and outlines the non-technical issues that must also be addressed if the project is to deliver a national e-prints service

Jill Russell describes the impact the new Electronic Theses Online Service is making on the availability of UK doctoral theses.

Rob Davies describes a Best Practice Network under the eContentPlus Programme to make available locally sourced digital content to the Europeana Service.

Becky Hartland-Fox and Pete Dalton on a project to develop a transferable model for e-library evaluation.

Sally Rumsey on an innovative system for providing electronic access to examination papers.

Kjell Jansson, Jessica Lindholm and Tomas Schoenthal describe the work in setting up a Web index that uses automatic classification as a means for the selection of resources.

Steve Richardson and Andy Powell on Harvesting and searching IMS metadata using both the OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting, and the Z39.50 Protocol.

Morag Mackie describes some strategies that can be used to help populate an institutional repository.

Nick Lewis outlines key issues in the implementation of a cross-searching portal using Metalib.

Judith Wusteman describes the document formats used in electronic serials.

Rena Lohan outlines how access rights conferred by FOI legislation have affected administrative operations in University College Dublin.

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.