Sarah Currier gives an overview of current initiatives in standards for educational metadata. <a href="/issue55">issue55</a> April 2008 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/640/author-info">sarah currier</a> Iain Wallace, Graeme West and David Donald give an account of the origins, nature and establishment of Spoken Word Services at Glasgow Caledonian University. <a href="/issue52">issue52</a> July 2007 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/943/author-info">david donald</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/942/author-info">graeme west</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/941/author-info">iain wallace</a> Pete Johnston introduces the JISC Information Environment Metadata Schema Registry (IEMSR) Project and examines some of the challenges it is facing. <a href="/issue43">issue43</a> April 2005 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/621/author-info">pete johnston</a> Jean Godby assesses the customised subsets of metadata elements that have been defined by 35 projects using the LOM standard to describe e-learning resources. <a href="/issue41">issue41</a> October 2004 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/793/author-info">jean godby</a> Andy Powell and Phil Barker explore the technical collaboration currently underway between the RDN and the LTSN and describe the RDN/LTSN LOM Application Profile and its use to support resource discovery. <a href="/issue39">issue39</a> April 2004 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/354/author-info">andy powell</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/762/author-info">phil barker</a> Ariadne presents a brief summary of news and events. <a href="/issue37">issue37</a> October 2003 <a href="/category/article-type/news-and-events">news and events</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/650/author-info">shirley keane</a>