...Ariadne Issue 4 can be found from:
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ariadne/issue4/
Some of the contents of this issue are:
* Lynne Brindley, chair of JISC's new committee on electronic information,
writes on the fundamental issue of networked information user's needs
* Cashing in on caching: saving time, bandwidth and money when using the
Web
* A summary of Richard Lucier's talk on charging in HE Libraries
* Charles Oppenheim describes the pitfalls of dealing with Moral Rights
* Descriptions of 6 eLib projects, namely MIDRIB, TAPin, ResIDe, ILEJ,
JILT, IMPEL2 (all the caps are right in those :-)
* Dan Greenstein describes AHDS, the Arts and Humanities Data Service
* A run-down of those events at Libtech '96 where (a considerable
number of) eLib projects are represented/speaking
* The history of, and research at, CEDAR, the Centre for Database
Access Research in Huddersfield
* An introduction to TLTP: The Teaching and Learning Technology Programme
* An overview of ACTS, the Advanced Communications Technologies and
Services programme
* The rationale behind, and development of, the first Netskills Training
Kit
* Reports from attendees at the Netlinks Symposium, and the annual JUGL
conference
* In the Public Libraries section, an account of the recent Public
Libraries in the Information Society Workshop
* Interviews with Brian Kelly, Peter Nathan and Ian Kingston
* Dinty Moore ponders on who will be the gatekeepers of online information
in the future
* Ian Budden points to some quality resources for humanities scholars
* How the Internet is being used in the Internet Resource Centre in
Heriot-Watt University, and in Macau
* The winner of the "Best eLib project Web pages" competition
* The regular poem and cartoon (described as "hilarious", "warped" and
"somewhat sick" by various people), as well as the open-to-all caption
competition - have a go...
John Kirriemuir Tel: 01225 826580 Fax: 01225 826838
UKOLN (UK Office for Library and information Networking)
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