http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue28/
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Among the main articles in this issue of Ariadne are:
*Scalable Vector Graphics for the Web: David Duce discusses the World Wide
Web Consortium's Scalable Vector Graphics markup language for 2 dimensional
graphics.
*Personalization of Web Services: Opportunities and Challenges: Monica
Bonett gives an overview of personalization on the World Wide Web and
discusses ideas for development within resource discovery systems.
*The eLib Hybrid Library Projects: Michael Breaks provides an overview of
BUILDER, AGORA, MALIBU, HeadLine and HyLife.
*The Reading Experience Database Project: Alexis Weedon gives us some
insight into a new web-based project designed to collate evidence for
changing reading habits through history.
*The Management of Content: Universities and the Electronic Publishing
Revolution: Philip Hunter with a comparison of the involvement of
universities in electronic publishing with their role in the earlier
publishing revolution of the 15th century.
*INHALE: Margaret Weaver describes the work of the Information for Nursing
and Health in a Learning Environment (INHALE) Project team.
Supporting Material for Database Training: Alison McNab looks at the wealth
of resources available for trainers provided by the information service and
content providers within JISC-supported services.
*Project GOLD: Supporting Distance Learning Students: Derek Morisson
describes an e-learning project which was the antithesis of the current
trend towards multifunction, and invariably expensive, Virtual Learning
Environments and sophisticated Managed Learning Environments.
*INSPIRAL: Sarah Currier introduces the JISC project INSPIRAL, which is
investigating what's involved in joining digital libraries and VLEs to
create a fully integrated online learning experience.
*Accessibility: CHI 2001 and Beyond: Leona Carpenter reports on the key
issue of accessibility as covered at the Computer-Human Interaction (CHI)
Conference held in Seattle, and also provides a round-up of sources of
further information.
*OpenResolver: a Simple OpenURL Resolver: Andy Powell describes UKOLN's
OpenResolver, a freely available demonstration OpenURL resolver.
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Regular columns include:
*Search Engines: Phil Bradley looks at Ask Jeeves.
*Planet SOSIG: What's New in Politics? Emma Place announces new training
materials for the Web, Heather Dawson looks at at Web coverage of the
recently run UK General Election and Chris Mitchell provides an update of
activities from the Learning and Teaching Support Network Centre.
EEVL: Roddy McLeod and Linda Kerr provide news about the EEVL service
*BIOME: Progressing through Partnerships: Paula Manning reports on recent
collaborations.
*Metadata: E-print Services and Long-term Access to the Record of Scholarly
and Scientific Research: Michael Day looks at the long-term preservation
implications of one of the OAI protocol's potential applications - e-print
services.
*Minotaur: Six Proposals for Freeing the Refereed Literature Online: A
Comparison: Stevan Harnad argues for the self-archiving alternative.
*Web Focus: Brian Kelly reports on the Tenth International World Wide Web
Conference, held in Hong Kong on 1-5 May 2001.
*Web Watch: Brian Kelly looks at the size of institutional top level pages.
*Digital Museums: Braining Up or Dumbing Down?: Marieke Napier went
to find out at the mda's 'Beyond the Museum' colloquium.
*VTS Launch: John Kirriemuir reports on the Edinburgh stage of the launch of
the RDN's Virtual Training Suite.
*Seminar on Linking Technologies: Sandy Shaw reports on a seminar bringing
together experts in the field of linking technology for JISC's JOIN-UP
Programme.
Plus, last but not least, the regular Campbell cartoon and the famous
Ariadne Caption Competition
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Ariadne issues 29 30 are now preparation. Suggestions for content
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review should be sent to the address in the footer of this message.
Copy deadline for issue 29 is 31st August 2001.
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Resource: the Council for Museums, Archives & Libraries (the organisation
succeeding the Library and Information Commission), the Joint Information
Systems Committee (JISC) of the Higher Education Funding Councils, as well
as by project funding from the JISC and the European Uniot. UKOLN also
receives support from tht University of Bath where it is based.
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Marieke Napier, Information Officer
Editor of the Cultivate Interactive Web magazine
UKOLN, University of Bath, BATH, England, BA2 7AY
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