Table of contents: issue12

Copyright Corner

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Charles Oppenheim answers copyright queries.

Down Your Way: The Radcliffe Science Library

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Sarah Ashton meets the Deputy Keeper of the Scientific Book, Dave Price.

Filled with awe at the prospect of meeting the bearer of the weighty title Deputy Keeper of the Scientific Book, I journeyed to the Radcliffe Science Library in Oxford to meet Dave Price. Dave is also Head of Systems and, wearing this hat, was keen to show me the work that has been done to advance a range of electronic information services.

Interface: Hymns Ancient and Modern

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Lyndon Pugh talks to Mary Auckland, Chair, Committee on Electronic Information (CEI) Content Working Group.

Metadata Corner: DC5 - the Search for Santa

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Tony Gill and Paul Miller's report from the 5th Dublin Core metdata conference in Helsinki.

Largely in recognition of the sterling work of the Nordic Metadata Project [1], invited representatives of the informal Dublin Core community set off to Finland's lovely capital for the fifth Dublin Core workshop [2].

Minotaur: We Must Not Be Driven by IT

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Ray Lester says IT is not just a tool in an information strategy.

We must not be driven by IT. IT is just a tool. We should be formulating information strategies, not IT strategies.

Netskills Corner

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Justin MacNeil reviews FrontPage '98 Beta.

I'll be the first to admit that I'm not a great fan of Microsoft. And yet, despite my innate prejudices, I have to admit that I found FrontPage 98 to be very impressive. This is a tool which anyone who can use a typical word processor could use to create a very professional looking website in a matter of hours. And that includes learning to use the package.

Planet SOSIG: DESIRE Training for the Distributed Internet Cataloguing Model

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Lesly Huxley looks at the work of the project DESIRE: Training for the Distributed Internet Cataloguing Model.

Subject gateways like SOSIG [1] have already proved that librarians can play a critical role in the development of Internet catalogues and collections [2]. The next challenge for subject-specific gateways is to develop systems for distributed and collaborative cataloguing of Internet resources in the same way that collaborative systems are used for print resources with many libraries feeding records into shared databases.

Public Libraries Corner: Soul and Song

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Lorcan Dempsey writes about the recent report: New Library: the People's Network.

Search Engines Corner: Moving Up the Ranks

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Tracey Stanley looks at how search engines rank their results.

Previous articles in this column have concentrated on how you can get the best out of search engines when trying to track down information on the web. However, it is also possible to use search engines as tools to promote your own web sites and pages to a wider audience; ensuring that others can effectively find their way to your information. A recent survey from the Georgia Institute of Technology claimed that some 86% of web users use find web sites using search engines as their main tool [1].

View from the Hill: David VandeLinde

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Isobel Stark interviewed Professor David VandeLinde about the Dearing Report.

Web Focus: WebWatching UK Universities and Colleges

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Brian Kelly describes the WebWatch project.

About WebWatch

WebWatch is a one year project funded by the British Library Research and Innovation Centre (BLRIC) [1]. The main aim of WebWatch is to develop and use robot software to analyse the use of web technologies with various UK communities and to report on the findings to various interested communities. Other aims of WebWatch include: