John Kirriemuir with the editorial for the Web version of Ariadne issue 8. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/editorial">editorial</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/186/author-info">john kirriemuir</a> John MacColl with the editorial for the Print version of Ariadne issue 8. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/editorial">editorial</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/201/author-info">john maccoll</a> Judith Wusteman describes the document formats used in electronic serials. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/362/author-info">judith wusteman</a> John MacColl describes the new call for proposals for further eLib programme work. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/201/author-info">john maccoll</a> Shirley Cousins introduces COPAC and discusses some of the issues involved in the ongoing development of a consolidated union OPAC. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/366/author-info">shirley cousins</a> A Glimpse at EEVLs' Evaluation: Malcolm Moffat, Database Officer for the Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library (EEVL) project, describes some findings from an initial evaluative study. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/project-update">project update</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/369/author-info">malcolm moffat</a> Kerry Blinco provides details of a global electronic document delivery project. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/project-update">project update</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/370/author-info">kerry blinco</a> Rosemary Russell shows how MODELS are built from clumps. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/project-update">project update</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/371/author-info">rosemary russell</a> Thomas Krichel describes WoPEc, a working papers project. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/project-update">project update</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/373/author-info">thomas krichel</a> Ross Coleman describes a project which will create a unique research infrastructure in Australian studies through the digital conversion of Australian serials and fiction of the seminal period 1840-45. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/project-update">project update</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/381/author-info">ross coleman</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> Dave Hartland writes the Netskills Corner column for this edition. In it, he provides a brief overview of some of the EU-funded Telematics for Research projects. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/tooled">tooled up</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/382/author-info">dave hartland</a> Performance and Security - Notes for System Administrators: Andy Powell offers some hints and tips on the performance and security aspects of running electronic library services on UNIX based machines. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/tooled">tooled up</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/354/author-info">andy powell</a> Tracey Stanley looks at 'Push', where a network-based service 'pushes' information to your machine, rather than you 'pulling' information from the service. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/211/author-info">tracey stanley</a> Sue Welsh looks at developments of interest to medics publishing on the Internet. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/300/author-info">sue welsh</a> John Kirriemuir takes in megabytes of trilobites at the Natural History Museum. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/186/author-info">john kirriemuir</a> Roddy MacLeod casts an EEVL eye over engineering resources. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/311/author-info">roddy macleod</a> Chris Bailey discusses librarians and learning with Jane Core of EduLib. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/222/author-info">chris bailey</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/192/author-info">jane core</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> Hazel Gott introduces a major Digital Library event, taking place this June in London. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/251/author-info">hazel gott</a> Andy Powell reports on a seminar organised jointly by Book Industry Communication and the UKOLN on the use of unique identifiers in electronic publishing. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/354/author-info">andy powell</a> Claire Davies sets the scene for ELVIRA 4, the annual Electronic Library Visual Information Research Conference, May 1997 in Milton Keynes, UK. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/386/author-info">claire davies</a> Jill Beard announces a conference August 1997 in the south of England that aims to bring together people and ideas from the UK eLib and European Telematics communities. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/387/author-info">jill beard</a> John MacColl presents a selection of the comments arising from the first Ariadne readership survey [1]. This article appears in only the Web version of Ariadne. <a href="/issue8">issue8</a> March 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/editorial">editorial</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/201/author-info">john maccoll</a>