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The editorials for issue 16 of Ariadne.
Web editorial: The Web
editors Philip Hunter and Bernadette Daly
Print editorial: John
Maccoll, Assistant Director of Information Services, University
of Abertay
The main articles from both the Web and print versions of
Ariadne.
Cover
Article: Hacking the Net: David Nicholas looks at
the Internet phenomenon from the point of view of the Media.
Main
Feature: Supporting Learners at a Distance Alan MacDougall
on cost effective ways of widening access
The
Good, the Bad and the Useless: Judith Edwards
evaluating Internet resources Law
vs Jordan: Stephen Gough on 'Who makes the best
manager of a converged service?'
This section contain articles exploring technical developments
and practical issues.
What Are....?: Brian Kelly
explains XLink and XPointer.
Descriptions of the progress of several projects, as written by
the project teams.
Heron: Carolyn Rowlinson
outlines the aims of this eLib project.
ILL: Lyndon Pugh and
Chris Rusbridge on the National Library of Australia's
ILL utility.
SKIP Penny Garrod reviews
the Skills for new Information Professionals project
From each article, you can move back and forth between articles
written for the same column in other issues of Ariadne.
Down Your Way: Sarah Ormes
visits a public library in Huyton, Liverpool, England
Metadata Corner: DELOS6 Workshop: Michael
Day reports from Tomar, Portugal.
Minotaur: Lyndon Pugh argues
that there must be much more to widening access than changing rules and
regulations
Planet SOSIG: Phil Cross
Explores the 'Environmental Sciences and Issues' section
Public Libraries Corner: Sally Criddle
reports on Resurrection: a new life for powerful public
libraries.
Search Engines Corner: Dave
Beckett discusses the best of the search engine features
View from the Hill: an Ariadne interview with
Philippa Dolphin at Birkbeck, about how IT issues are
tackled there.
Web Focus corner: Brian Kelly
on the subject of: Intermediaries: Ways Of Exploiting New Technologies
Reports from conferences just passed, as well as previews of
forthcoming conferences, are presented.
Information Landscapes Rosemary
Russell, Sally Criddle and Sarah Ormes report
on the UKOLN conference held at the end of June 98
Electronic Access: Archives in the New
Millennium: Michael Day reports from Kew on the
Public Record Office view of the Brave New World of online archives
The usual collection of current events, reviews, cartoon, and
the return of the infamous caption competition.
Newsline: Updates on News and Events.
Cartoon: The regular cartoon.
Caption Competition: The return of the caption
competition - entries by 19th August please.
Checkout: Reviews of Web sites and books of
interest.
Mail us!: Send us criticisms, comments, ideas for
reviews or features...
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