Richard Waller provides an editorial introduction to Ariadne issue 42. <a href="/issue42">issue42</a> January 2005 <a href="/category/article-type/editorial">editorial</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</a> Michael Daw describes the Access Grid system and its claim to be an Advanced Collaboration Environment. <a href="/issue42">issue42</a> January 2005 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/804/author-info">michael daw</a> Randy Metcalfe considers the role of free and open source software in UK Further and Higher Education. <a href="/issue42">issue42</a> January 2005 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/660/author-info">randy metcalfe</a> Sophia Ananiadou, Julia Chruszcz, John Keane, John McNaught and Paul Watry describe NaCTeM's plans to provide text mining services for UK academics. <a href="/issue42">issue42</a> January 2005 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/806/author-info">john keane</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/807/author-info">john mcnaught</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/725/author-info">julia chruszcz</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/808/author-info">paul watry</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/805/author-info">sophia ananiadou</a> Emma Tonkin examines wikis and considers the feasibility of their deployment - and the danger of the 'tumbleweed' syndrome. <a href="/issue42">issue42</a> January 2005 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/809/author-info">emma tonkin</a> Humphrey Southall looks at a new Web site's Vision of Britain while Emma Place examines new changes to the RDN Virtual Training Suite. <a href="/issue42">issue42</a> January 2005 <a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/14969/author-info">humphrey southall</a> Sebastian Rahtz gives us his evaluation of the Google Search Appliance. <a href="/issue42">issue42</a> January 2005 <a href="/category/article-type/tooled">tooled up</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/757/author-info">sebastian rahtz</a> Brian Kelly describes how the Wikalong Wiki tool was used to support note-taking at a workshop. <a href="/issue42">issue42</a> January 2005 <a href="/category/article-type/tooled">tooled up</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/203/author-info">brian kelly</a> James Sankar and Masha Garibyan report on the first ever Shibboleth Installation Workshop in the UK. <a href="/issue42">issue42</a> January 2005 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/813/author-info">james sankar</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/814/author-info">masha garibyan</a> John Gilby reports on a one-day conference about resource discovery, held at the British Library Conference Centre, London in November. <a href="/issue42">issue42</a> January 2005 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/613/author-info">john gilby</a> Stephanie Round covers the launch of a small but promising collaborative effort. <a href="/issue42">issue42</a> January 2005 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/819/author-info">stephanie round</a> Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. <a href="/issue42">issue42</a> January 2005 <a href="/category/article-type/news-and-events">news and events</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/117/author-info">richard waller</a> Mike Fraser asks whether a recent book on open source software licences will help him answer a few questions. <a href="/issue42">issue42</a> January 2005 <a href="/category/article-type/review">review</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/820/author-info">mike fraser</a>