In this section, we present columns that are written on a regular basis, for either just the Web, or for both the Web and print versions of Ariadne. From each article, you can move back and forth between articles written for the same column in other issues of Ariadne.

Planet SOSIG: The new SOSIG Interface: Tracey Hooper describes the new interface and features of SOSIG, the premier Web-based subject gateway for the Social Sciences.
OMNI-Corner: LA 97- "I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto!": Sue Welsh, the globe-trotting OMNI project manager, presents a report of the 97th Annual Meeting of the Medical Library Association of the U.S.A, held in Seattle from 24th to 28th May, 1997.
The Librarian of Babel: The self-citation machine: The Librarian, talking to Mike Holderness, uncovers the true purpose of the World-Wide Web.
Public Libraries Corner - Stories from the Web: In this issue Sarah Ormes talks about an exciting new BLRIC funded children's library project.
Search Engines Corner - Keyword Spamming: Cheat Your Way To The Top: Tracey Stanley shows how metadata can be abused to enhance the search engine ranking of Web pages.
Interface: Dennis Nicholson: Chris Bailey finds a crusader at Strathclyde.
Metadata Corner: Working Meeting on Electronic Records Research: In the Metadata Corner for this issue, Michael Day reports from the Working Meeting on Electronic Records Research, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from May 29-31, 1997.
View from the Hill: Chris Zielinski: John MacColl meets Chris Zielinski, a champion of authors' rights.
Minotaur: Gordon Dunsire - Metadata: to be, or not to be (catalogued): Gordon Dunsire thinks that all is not rosy in the garden that is metadata, and wonders how it can assist cataloguing in a real-world sense.
Web Focus corner - Technical aspects of copyright and the Web: in this article Brian Kelly reports on the TALiSMAN seminar on Copyright and the Web.
Down Your Way: Thames Valley University: Sarah Ashton stumbles across a new learning centre in the Thames Valley.
Around the Table: Film and Cinema: Frank Parry discusses some of the many possible sources for Internet information on film and cinema.

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