The editorials for issue 13 of Ariadne.
Print editorial: Lyndon
Pugh with the editorial from issue 13 of the print version. 
Web editorial: Philip Hunter
and Isobel Stark with the editorial for the web version
of Ariadne 13
The main articles from both the Web and print versions of
Ariadne.
Dearing,
IT and Information Services: two cheers (or one and a half?):
Lyndon Pugh, reviews a serious attempt to square a
circle.
What
do National Libraries do in the Age of the Internet?: Maurice
Line, previously a Director General of the British library,
ponders upon the questions. The
Impact of IMPEL: Jim Huntingford reviews this eLib
project. The
British Library's Digital Libraries Programme: Lyndon Pugh
meets with Sue Howley to discuss the British Library's digital research
programme.
Projects from the Phase 3 of the eLib programme:
Headline: Maureen Wade introduces HEADLINE (HYBRID
Electronic Access and Delivery in the Library Networked Environment).
Hylife: Ian Winkworth describes a Hybrid Library
project for all. M25
Link: A virtual clump for London by Jean Sykes.
Music Libraries Online: Celia Duffy describes a
virtual music catalogue.
From each article, you can move back and forth between articles
written for the same column in other issues of Ariadne.
Charles' Copyright Corner: Charles Oppenheim
answers your copyright queries.
Down Your Way: University of Ulster, Coleraine
Isobel Stark investigates.
Minotaur: Louis Schmier finds no miracles in
Cyberspace.
Planet SOSIG: Politically Correct: Editing the Politics Section of
SOSIG: Heather Dawson from The British Library of
Political and Economic Science talks about her role as a SOSIG Section
Editor.
Public Libraries Corner: Ask A Librarian: Sarah Ormes
reviews the online reference query service that EARL has developed which
draws on the cooperation of 40 libraries around the country.
View from the Hill: Ruth Jenkins
looks at BIPEx, Bowker Information Professionals' Exchange and
meets some of the people behind it. Web
Focus corner: The World Wide Web Consortium: Brian Kelly
ponders whether the academic community can have a role in shaping the web
of the future.
What is...an Intranet?: Glen Monks explains the
buzz word.
Reports from conferences just passed, as well as
previews of forthcoming conferences, are presented.
The
Online Exhibition - the OMNI perspective Lisa Gray
investigates the Online '97 exhibtion for medical information. International
FEMIRC Conference, Warsaw Philip Hunter reports
from the "International Conference on Activities in Science and
Technology in CEEC towards European Integration" held in Warsaw in
December, organised by the OPI (Information Processing Centre), Warsaw .
The usual collection of the exotic and weird, such as a cartoon and the infamous caption competition.
Newsline: ALA Kids' Collection, New Database
regulations and forthcoming conferences.
Cartoon: The regular cartoon.
Caption Competition: The now infamous caption
competition.
Checkout: Reviews of the Scottish
Centre for the Book and Britannica Internet Guide web
sites.
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