Table of contents: issue6

George Munroe describes the experiences in establishing a large institutional web site.

John Lindsay comments on the evolution of the UK network infrastructure, and the problems arguably generated along the way.

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.

Simon Stobart and Susan Kerridge give some of the preliminary results of a JISC- funded investigation into the use of Search Engines such as Alta Vista and Lycos within the UK.

Mary Fletcher introduces a new seeker after Web resources. CATRIONA II is a project from the Access to Network Resources section of the programme.

Sarah Ashton describes the Current Practice Case Base, an index of links to sites that demonstrate a use of networked learner support.

Alan Smeaton discusses the development and implementation of BORGES, an information filtering service for WWW pages and USENET news.

Gillian Austen, External Relations Manager at the recently founded Institute for Learning and Research Technology at the University of Bristol, gives an overview of its structure and objectives.

Clare Davies reports on this years event in an annual conference series addressing user-centred aspects of library and information science.

Open Journal trip report: Jon Knight visits the Open Journals eLib project to investigate what research they are undertaking into electronic journal architecture and navigation.

Robert van der Zwan describes a two week summer school in digital library developments at one of Europe's main research centres in this field.

David Houghton discusses a method by which documents marked up using Standard Generalised Markup Language (SGML) can be used to generate a database for use in conjunction with the World Wide Web.

Charles Oppenheim takes a look at the Shetland Times versus Shetland News copyright case, and its implications for users of the World Wide Web.

Glen Monks is put under the virtual spotlight to answer a few questions via email.

Sue Welsh reports from the Visible Human Project Conference of October 1996, an event that brought together many of the people involved with one of the most high profile Internet-based medical resources.

The Library is still busy, as Miriam Drake explains to Alison Kilgour.

In Minotaur, the collective voice of Internet enthusiasts is countered by words of scepticism or caution. In this issue, Nick Gibbins gives an overview of some of the potential features that the Web does not contain, but a more functional successor to it might.

Many legal resources are ideal for searching online. Noel Whitty highlights some sites for lawyers.