John MacColl, Lorcan Dempsey and John Kirriemuir reflect in turn on the rationale and history of the founding of Ariadne. <a href="/issue46">issue46</a> February 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/editorial">editorial</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/186/author-info">john kirriemuir</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/201/author-info">john maccoll</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/216/author-info">lorcan dempsey</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</a> Reg Carr reflects on the development of a user-centred approach in academic libraries over recent decades and into the era of the hybrid library. <a href="/issue46">issue46</a> February 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/863/author-info">reg carr</a> Lorcan Dempsey considers how the digital library environment has changed in the ten years since Ariadne was first published. <a href="/issue46">issue46</a> February 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/216/author-info">lorcan dempsey</a> Derek Law predicts how the open access agenda will develop over the next ten years. <a href="/issue46">issue46</a> February 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/210/author-info">derek law</a> Clifford Lynch looks at how the emergence of e-research has changed our thinking about the future of research libraries on both sides of the Atlantic. <a href="/issue46">issue46</a> February 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/415/author-info">clifford lynch</a> John MacColl analyses the reactions many academic libraries may be having to the range of tools Google is currently rolling out and outlines a strategy for institutions in the face of such potentially radical developments. <a href="/issue46">issue46</a> February 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/201/author-info">john maccoll</a> Neil Jacobs reports on a JISC-SURF-CURL-sponsored event at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, over 19-20 January 2006. <a href="/issue46">issue46</a> February 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/715/author-info">neil jacobs</a> Michael Day reviews another recent volume of this key annual publication on information science and technology. <a href="/issue46">issue46</a> February 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/407/author-info">michael day</a>