The editorials for issue 18 of Ariadne.
Web editorial: The web editors, Bernadette Daly and Philip Hunter
Print editorial: Lyndon Pugh with the editorial from issue 18 of the print version.

The main articles from both the Web and print versions of Ariadne.
Teams: Lyndon Pugh argues there are signs we are hung up on multi-skilling...
DiLIS: Debbie Lock, introduces a new service, Distance Learners Information Service, from the University of  Surrey Library and Information Services.
eLib: How was it for you?: John Kirriemuir reviews the eLib programme
Hybrid Libraries: Stephen Pinfield describes the role of Hybrid Libraries and Clumps
Knowledge Management: Sheila Corrall asks if this is a new phrase in place of 'information management', or a new concept altogether.
I have seen the Future and IT Works: Chris Batt Director of Library Services, Croydon
Internet Detective: BA students get on the case: Emma Worsfold and Debra Hiom, introduce their "Internet Detective" online tutorial, and BA students from the final year Information Management BA at Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh, review the site.
Transatlantic bandwidth: how to save money on your costs. Sally Hadland, Information Officer at the Higher Education National Software Archive (HENSA), describes how using HENSA can save on transatlantic bandwidth.
The ExamNet Project at De Montfort University David James Houghton, introduces the ExamNet Project; offering access to past De Montfort University examination papers in electronic form.
Launching an Electronic Magazine: an overview of value-added features and services: Bernadette Daly looks at a variety of electronic publications as part of the research phase in the delivery of a new Web magazine.
Looking Back in Anger: A Retrospective By Don Revill formerly Head of Information Services at Liverpool John Moores University.
JSTOR: Daniel Holden reports on his trip to the United States to visit colleagues at JSTOR, a not-for-profit organisation which is creating a digital archive collection of scholarly journals
BIDS begets ingenta: On the 21st September, the University of Bath concluded an agreement to sign over the ownership of BIDS to a new organisation known as ingenta ltd, while still retaining a substantial share. Terry Morrow looks at the implications of the change, and reviews the latest developments in the services offered.
Of Arms and the Man we Sing: John MacColl talks to Chris Rusbridge about the eLib programme.
The Technical Advisory Service for Images (TASI): Karla Youngs describes what TASI is and the work that it is doing in building a common ‘Framework’ for digital imaging projects.
Subject-Based Information Gateways: Linda Kerr and Roddy MacLeod attended the recent CEI meeting at the Policy Studies Institute, London.

Descriptions of the progress of several projects, as written by the project teams.
CEDARS: Kelly Russell explores the main deliverables of the CEDARS project: recommendations and guidelines, plus practical, robust and scaleable models for establishing distributed digital archives.
CATRIONA II Management survey: Dennis Nicholson and Martin Smith provide a summary report of selected results from the CATRIONA II survey on the University Management of Electronic Resources.

From each article, you can move back and forth between articles written for the same column in other issues of Ariadne.
Down Your Way: Ariadne visits the University of Abertay Dundee's new Library
Metadata: Cataloguing Theory and Internet Subject-based Information Gateways: Ann Chapman, Michael Day and Debra Hiom compare library cataloguing concepts and ROADS Template creation.
Minotaur: When computer knows best? Harold Thimbleby criticises the urge to upgrade.
Exploring Planet SOSIG: Sociology: In this edition, Stuart Macwilliam, the section editor for Sociology, gives an overview of the resources likely to be found in his section. This is preceded by news of some 'mutual mirroring' across the Atlantic, involving SOSIG and the Internet Scout Project.
Public Libraries Corner: In this edition, Sarah Ormes, and David Potts shed light on the what exactly the Networked Policy Taskgroup does.
Search Engines: Walter Scales responds to Dave Beckett's article in issue 16.
Web Focus corner: The Role of a Web Editor: Brian Kelly asks, does 'web editor' mean Unix guru or an HTML coder?
What is a URI?: Ian Peacock tells it in plain English.

Reports from conferences just passed, as well as previews of forthcoming conferences, are presented.
SGML, XML & Databases: Stephen Emmott reports on a one day meeting in London
Metadiversity: Michael Day on a Biodiversity conference in the States interested in Metadata.

A collection of the exotic and weird. The usual cartoon is here, but the infamous caption competition is resting.
Cartoon: The regular cartoon.
Newsline: Updates on News and Events.
Checkout: Reviews of Web sites and books of interest.
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