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http://www.eevl.ac.uk/ 1. EEVL site redesign Do you groan when a service you use updates its interface, thinking "Oh no! Something else that's new and has to be re- learnt"? EEVL, the Internet gateway for engineering, has updated and completely redesigned its Web site, but not to worry - it's very obvious how the new site works. The new design makes the purpose of the site much clearer. It looks and feels like a searchable and browsable guide to engineering resources. There is one search box, and whatever engineering topic is entered, you should get results, if not from the catalogue of nearly 5,000 resources, then from the associated search engines covering tens of thousands of Web pages and newsgroup messages. For more complex searches, click on More Options. The other EEVL services, including free bibliographic databases, are clearly signposted, and a new feature is Hot Links to useful resources. 2. AERADE in EEVL EEVL is delighted to announce that the Aerospace and Defence Engineering section of EEVL is now provided by AERADE at Cranfield University. This section will be rapidly expanding in the coming weeks, and is the result of cooperation facilitated by the Resource Discovery Network (RDN) through the EMC Hub. At the present time, Spacecraft Engineering resources are available. 3. WWW Virtual Library for Engineering EEVL is now officially also the WWW Virtual Library for Engineering. This means that EEVL has become the top level for engineering in the oldest catalogue of the Web, started by Tim Berners-Lee. The WWWVL is widely regarded as being amongst the highest-quality guides to particular sections of the Web. 4. New collaboration rswww.com, Europe's leading distributor of electronic, electrical and mechanical components, and the Engineering Sciences Data Unit (ESDU), providers of validated engineering design data, are collaborating with EEVL in the new site design. EEVL will, however, remain completely independent. 5. 2.25 million hits EEVL recently recorded its 2.25 millionth hit! 6. In the coming weeks, EEVL will be expanding and sub-dividing its browsable subject headings, to make it easier to locate resources. 7. EEVL Challenge There is still time to enter the EEVL Challenge http://www.eevl.ac.uk/challenge/ and win prizes - palmtop computers, £500 worth of Newnes books, a Web site design package, sweatshirts and posters. EEVL is funded through the Joint Information Systems Committee's RDN. Roddy MacLeod Senior Faculty Librarian Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh EH14 4AS United Kingdom Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: (0131) 451 3576 Fax: (0131) 451 3164 Web: http://www.hw.ac.uk/libWWW/libram/roddy.html %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%