Ariadne 29 is now available at:
 http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue29/

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Issue Contents include:

 *Key Technologies for the development of the Digital Library (editorial
article).

 Main Articles:

 *An introduction to Web Services: Tracy Gardner (IBM) introduces web
services - self-describing applications which can be discovered and accessed
over the web by other applications.

 *Architects of the Information Age: Paul Miller reports on a recent
UKOLN-organised event at the Office of the e-Envoy, and explores the need
for an architecture to scope what we build online.

 *Subject Portals: Judith Clark describes a 3-year project to develop a set
of subject portals - part of the Distributed National Electronic Resource
(DNER) development programme.

 *Managing electronic library services: current issues in UK Higher
Education institutions: Stephen Pinfield surveys some of the key issues.

 *Creating a Digital Library Centre: John Kirriemuir outlines some of the
issues for the establishment of digital library centres in UK Higher
Education institutions.

 *Migration: a Camileon discussion paper: Paul Wheatley explores migration
issues for the long-term preservation of digital materials.

 *Evolution of Portable Electronic Books: Ruth Wilson charts the development
of portable electronic book hardware, from the first generation in 1980s to
the range of handheld devices available today.

 *The People's Network and the learning revolution: building the NOF
Digitize programme: Susi Woodhouse brings us up to date with developments in
this UK digitisation programme.

 *Collective Convergence - the work of the Collection Description Focus:
Pete Johnston and Bridget Robinson on this new role.

 Regular Columns include:

 *Search Engines: Phil Bradley looks at Country and Regional Search Engines.

 *NT Explorer: Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP): Brett Burridge
investigates the use of the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), the
XML-based protocol that is taking a leading role in the emerging area of Web
Services.

 *Planet SOSIG: Louise Woodcock introduces the new European Studies section
for SOSIG and Helen Wharam provides an update on the Resource Guide for the
Social Sciences.

 *Web Focus: Report on the Fifth Institutional Web Management Workshop:
Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus, with his regular column.

 *Web Watch: Carrying out your own WebWatch Survey: Brian Kelly describes
how you can carry out your own WebWatch benchmarking survey across your own
community.

 *C4U: Andrew Cox and Simon McLean review this web-monitoring software.

 Plus five 'At the Event' reports from the USA and Europe.

  *ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries: John MacColl reports on a
selection of the papers given at this conference in Roanoake, Virginia, June
24-28 2001.

 *Digital Developments Amidst the Tulips and Windmills: Christine Dugdale
reports on the Digital Library course run as part of the annual Summer
School at the Tilburg Innovation Centre for Electronic Resources (TICER
B.V.). Netherlands, August 2001.

 *Managing Digital Video Content: Manjula Patel reviews the two-day workshop
on current and emerging standards for managing digital video content held in
Atlanta, Georgia, 15-16 August 2001.

 *Developing an agenda for institutional e-print archives: Philip Hunter,
John MacColl and Marieke Napier report on a one day Open Archives conference
on OAI compliant metadata and e-print issues. Held at the Institute of
Mechanical Engineers, London. 11 July 2001.

 *Beyond the Online Tutorial: Ariadne reports on a one day JISC workshop in
Edinburgh on pedagogical issues for projects developing resources for the
DNER. (30 August).

 Plus, last but not least, the regular Campbell cartoon (two for this
issue), and the Famous Ariadne Caption Competition.

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 Ariadne issues 30 (December 2001)and 31 (March 2002) are now in
preparation. Suggestions for content should be sent to the Ariadne Editorial
Office at: [log in to unmask] Books for review should be sent to the
address in the footer of this message.

 Copy deadline for issue 30 is Monday 3rd December, 2001.


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