In our previous issue, Fytton Rowland defended the continuation of print research journals into the networked age. Here, Stevan Harnad presents a different case. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/365/author-info">stevan harnad</a> Steve Mitchell describes INFOMINE, an impressive attempt to build a Web-based virtual library for the academic community. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/368/author-info">steve mitchell</a> As Renato Iannella shows, the Resource Discovery project at the DSTC in Australia is investigating issues to do with information discovery and access across large heterogeneous networks. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/project-update">project update</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/374/author-info">renato iannella</a> Jon Knight revisits his Perl module for processing MARC records that was introduced in the last issue and adds UNIMARC, USMARC and a script that converts Dublin Core metadata into USMARC records. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/tooled">tooled up</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/204/author-info">jon knight</a> Paul Miller and Tony Gill offer a view of the recent Dublin Core metadata workshop in the Australian capital, Canberra. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/292/author-info">paul miller</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/233/author-info">tony gill</a>