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Editorial Introduction to Issue 35: The Art and Craft of Portalage

editor — Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:00:00 +0000

Philip Hunter provides an editorial introduction to Ariadne 35.

Welcome to the March/April issue of Ariadne. This issue of Ariadne focuses on the Portal concept. The term 'portalage' (the making of portals) crept (unforced) into a discussion of the portal concept held on the 25th April at the University of London Library (Gateways to Research and Lifelong Learning: Portals in Perspective).

ePrints UK: Developing a National E-prints Archive

editor — Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:00:00 +0000

Ruth Martin describes the technical work of the ePrints UK project, and outlines the non-technical issues that must also be addressed if the project is to deliver a national e-prints service

ePrints UK [1] is a two-year JISC-funded project under the Focus on Access to Institutional Resources (FAIR) Programme [2] which began in July 2002 and is due for completion in July 2004. The lead partner is UKOLN of the University of Bath. The aim of the project is to develop a national service provider repository of e-print records based at the University of Bath derived by harvesting metadata from institutional and subject-based e-prints archives using the Open Archive Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) [3].

Mandated Online RAE CVs Linked to University Eprint Archives: Enhancing UK Research Impact and Assessment

editor — Tue, 29 Apr 2003 23:00:00 +0000

Stevan Harnad, Les Carr, Tim Brody and Charles Oppenheim make a case for maximising the advantages and the UK's pre-eminence in the Research Assessment Exercise.

Being the only country with a national research assessment exercise [1], the UK is today in a unique position to make a small change that will confer some large benefits.