Debra Hiom reports from the second annual OMNI seminar. <a href="/issue7">issue7</a> January 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/193/author-info">debra hiom</a> A brief history of the American Library Association Web Site: Rob Carlson, Internet Coordinator of the ALA, introduces us to the acclaimed Web site of the largest Library Association in the World. <a href="/issue7">issue7</a> January 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/342/author-info">rob carlson</a> Paul Hollands is the human part of a project to promote the use of Internet based information services among teaching and research staff at the university; in his own words, this is how the project has progressed to date. <a href="/issue7">issue7</a> January 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/237/author-info">paul hollands</a> Schelle Simcox describes a Web-based public library, designed in many ways to mimic, and improve on, features of and within a real, large-scale library. <a href="/issue7">issue7</a> January 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/344/author-info">schelle simcox</a> Catherine Sladen describes an information gateway for Business Studies and Economics. <a href="/issue7">issue7</a> January 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/project-update">project update</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/346/author-info">catherine sladen</a> Catherine Hanratty issues a call to ERIMS. <a href="/issue7">issue7</a> January 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/project-update">project update</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/348/author-info">catherine hanratty</a> Anne McCombe describes a service that provides a wide range of datasets to the wider communities. <a href="/issue7">issue7</a> January 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/project-update">project update</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/351/author-info">anne mccombe</a> Denise Lievesley and Bridget Winstanley describe this national resource centre for computer-readable data in the social sciences and humanities. <a href="/issue7">issue7</a> January 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/project-update">project update</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/353/author-info">bridget winstanley</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/352/author-info">denise lievesley</a> Andy Powell and Mark Gillet discuss methods of electronic authentication. <a href="/issue7">issue7</a> January 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/tooled">tooled up</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/354/author-info">andy powell</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/355/author-info">mark gillet</a> Jon Knight looks at how Dublin Core and Apple's new MCF metadata file format might make useful and interesting bed fellows. <a href="/issue7">issue7</a> January 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/tooled">tooled up</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/204/author-info">jon knight</a> After several months experience of dealing with copyright and the eLib programme, Charles Oppenheim returns to the major issues that have a risen. <a href="/issue7">issue7</a> January 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/220/author-info">charles oppenheim</a> Cathy Murtha outlines the problems that audio-visually impaired people encounter when trying to use network-based resources. <a href="/issue7">issue7</a> January 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/357/author-info">cathy murtha</a> Tracey Stanley describes Web-based Intelligent Searching Agents, and takes a closer look at a few examples you may wish to play with. <a href="/issue7">issue7</a> January 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/211/author-info">tracey stanley</a> In her regular appearance in Ariadne, Sue Welsh, introduces a new experiment in network indexing underway at OMNI. <a href="/issue7">issue7</a> January 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/300/author-info">sue welsh</a> Paul Miller travels to Durham and reports on a mammoth archival digitisation project. <a href="/issue7">issue7</a> January 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/292/author-info">paul miller</a> In Minotaur, the collective voice of Internet enthusiasts is countered by words of scepticism or caution. In this issue, Mike Holderness gives a few worrying examples of how much people outside the western hemisphere are behind us in terms of on-line resources. <a href="/issue7">issue7</a> January 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/359/author-info">mike holderness</a> Steve Hitchcock and Les Carr of the Open Journal Project link up with Ian Budden. <a href="/issue7">issue7</a> January 1997 <a href="/category/article-type/regular-column">regular column</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/267/author-info">ian budden</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/360/author-info">les carr</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/281/author-info">steve hitchcock</a>