Welcome to Issue 9 of Ariadne, launched at the end of Monday May 19th, 1997.
From Aberystwyth to ADAM:
Using the skills acquired on a library school course in the real world
:
Rebecca Bradshaw reflects on how the skills and knowledge she acquired when
a library school student are relevant (or not) to her current role, developing a network-based subject
gateway.
The Librarian of Babel: The key to the
stacks
:
The Librarian, ably assisted by Mike Holderness,
considers one of the obstacles to the unhindered dissemination of human knowledge, and makes a modest
proposal.
MIDRIB: beyond clip art for
medicine...
:
Betsy Anagnostelis and Sue Welsh describe the recent
launch of the MIDRIB (Medical Images Digitised Reference Information Bank) project, and describe the
medical image resource the project will create.
Never mind the quality, check
the badge-width!
:
Alison McNab, Betsy Anagnostelis and
Alison Cooke compare and contrast the methods used to identify and indicate
which Internet-based resources are of high "quality".
Preparing students for a new electronic service
:
Elizabeth Gadd outlines the approaches and experiences of Project ACORN in
training and promoting their new electronic 'short-loan' collection.
The NHS, the Internet and libraries: the NHS Anglia and Oxford Internet Project
:
Judy Palmer and Myles Chippendale describe an
initiative that is using the Internet to connect widely dispersed health libraries.
In the eLib section, we present descriptions of several eLib projects.
EEVL
:
Linda Kerr introduces a project from the Access to Network Resources section
of the eLib programme which takes a holistic approach to providing access to high quality on-line
engineering resources.
Eurotext
:
In these days of European integration, Freda Carroll, Eurotext project co-
ordinator, describes a project that will make European Union documents accessible online.
CAIN
:
Martin Melaugh reports on a site devoted to the Northern Ireland
conflict.
SCOPE
:
Leah Halliday believes there is SCOPE for a major shift in the publication of
study texts.
Netskills
:
Jill Foster brings us an update of one of the flagship
eLib projects, which aims
to train many thousands of HE staff
on various aspects of networks and the Internet.
This article is now updated and available in issue 10.
ACORN
:
Elizabeth Gadd and Paula Kingston report on
progress with Project ACORN.
In this section, we take a look at several Australian
projects, which cover a wide range of Digital Library issues familiar to the eLib programme.
REDD: Regional Electronic Document
Delivery Service
:
Chris Taylor provides details on an Australian electronic document delivery
service that is based on standard Internet protocols.
The Australian Museums On Line
Project:
Louise Douglas and Stephen Hall describe the
Australian Museums On Line (AMOL) project, which aims to dramatically increase access to the cultural
resources of Australian
museums via the Internet by 2001 through the AMOL World Wide Web site.
Monash University Library
Electronic Resources Directory: Lisa Smith describes a system which can
be used to help people locate the electronic resources of Monash University Library.
Indian Ocean Rim Region Virtual
Library Project
:
Susan Lutley describes a prototype virtual library, built as part of a co-operative
venture focusing on broad issues in Social Development within the Indian Ocean Rim Region.
The Future of
Digitising at the State Library of Victoria, Australia :
Catherine Herman and Indra Kurzeme
discuss the multimedia source project,
set within the context of the pro-multimedia State of Victora, Australia.
This section contains a small number of articles of a slightly more
technical nature
(though still readable and often of relevance/interest to the less technically skewed amongst us).
Metadata, PICS and Quality :
Chris Armstrong looks at the possibility of a PICS application acting as a quality
filter.
Extending metadata for digital preservation :
Michael Day suggests how the concept of metadata could be extended to provide
information in the specific field of digital preservation.
Internationalisation and the Web :
Jon Knight looks at how the Web is currently undergoing the sometimes painful
internationalization
process required if it is to live up to its name of the World Wide Web.
Web Focus Corner: Report on the WWW 6 Conference
:
In this article Brian Kelly describes the sixth International World Wide Web
conference which took place
in California from 7-11th April 1997.
Netskills Corner: The Evolution of HTML - Netscape Gold
:
Niall Mackenzie looks at using Netscape Gold for a more automated manner of
Web page production.
Our regular columns and columnists from both the paper and Web
versions.
Planet SOSIG: A New Internet Role
for Europe's Librarians
:
In the first of a regular column, Emma Worsfold describes the role and purpose
of SOSIG, and launches a scheme where European Librarians can participate in adding relevant, quality
content to this Social Science Gateway.
Public Libraries Corner -
MODELS 5: workshop report and futures
:
In the Public Libraries Corner for this issue, Sarah Ormes gives a report on the
recent MODELS 5 workshop and its outcomes.
Search Engines Corner - Alta
Vista LiveTopics
:
In the Search Engines Corner for this issue, Tracey Stanley looks at Live Topics,
a more flexible and user-controlled way of searching the Alta Vista Web Page index.
Web Access for the Disabled -
HOTmetal PRO Helps to Bring Access to the Web
:
Cathy Murtha gives some details of an upgrade to a popular Web production tool
that will make Web page creation easier for many disabled people.
OMNI-Corner: Read All About It
:
In her regular column, OMNI's Sue Welsh looks at the sites which keep you up to
date in health and medicine
Wire: Interview via email - Jon Knight and
Martin Hamilton, in session
:
In this, the last Wire, we asked the same set of questions to Jon Knight and
Martin Hamilton; these are their replies.
Down Your Way: University of
Bath
:
Isobel Stark has a look at the new library building (from where the Web version
of Ariadne is produced) at the University of Bath.
View from the Hill: Anne Dixon
:
Amy Tucker peers into the future of Physics journal publishing with Anne Dixon
Around the Table: Social Sciences
:
Debra Hiom from SOSIG takes us on a guided tour of major Internet-based
Social Science resources.
Interface: Dr Isola Ajiferuke
:
Sheona Farquhar gains an insight into the problems of the information-poor.
Minotaur: David Allen and Tom
Wilson
:
In this occasional column, David Allen and Tom
Wilson lament the return of IT strategies.
In this section, occasional reports on conferences and workshops are presented, as well as details
of significant forthcoming events.
2nd International Symposium on
Networked Learner Support
:
Sarah Ashton introduces the forthcoming 2nd International Symposium on
Networked Learner Support, to be held in Sheffield on 23-24 June 1997.
Elvira 4: May 1997, Milton Keynes
:
Ian Bloor reports on the recently held
Elvira (Electronic Library and Visual
Information Research) event.
The Eighth ACM International
Hypertext Conference
:
Nick Gibbins reports from the Hypertext Conference held in Southampton in
April 1997.
The usual collection of the exotic and weird, such as a
cartoon and the infamous caption competition.
Cartoon: The regular
cartoon.
Caption Competition: The now
infamous caption competition - view the winning caption and the runners up
from the last contest.
Checkout: Reviews of Web sites
and books of interest.
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