The latest issue of Ariadne, the web version, is now available at
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue17/

We would like to thank all of the readers who participated in the Ariadne
Web Survey, part of an evaluation of the Ariadne project being carried out
by Dr. Anne L. Barker at the University of Wales Aberystwyth.

The results of the survey will be of particular interest to those of us
involved with the development and delivery of upcoming electronic
publications. One such publication will be 'Exploit Interactive', the UKOLN
deliverable in the Exploit project, funded under the EC Telematics for
Libraries programme. This pan-European magazine will be available around the
turn of the year.

Articles in issue 17  - Organisational Change

The articles are in keeping with the theme of organisational change; a
process within which many of us have found ourselves, and may now accept as
the norm.  Issue 17 contains a number of noteworthy quotes that on the
topic.  In 'View from the Hill', Mark Clark reminds us that "Change won't go
away. It is an opportunity, not necessarily a threat, and adjusting to it is
essential. To do otherwise may carry greater risks."
Then, from the Events section, Ian Winship's article  about electronic
library related activity at this year's  ALA conference contains a few,
including the notable:
"I pressed F1, but you didn't come over to help."

*** 'Why Give it Away?' David Haynes, et al. give a preliminary report on
some interesting issues that have emerged in their investigation of devolved
budgets.

***'Building on Shifting Sands: Information Age Organisations'. Clive Field
introduces some of the basic issues and concepts of organisational change.

***'Teleworking from Home.' Nicola Harrison, Project Assistant at Edinburgh
Engineering Virtual Library (EEVL), describes her experience of teleworking
in her article.

***'A New Publication for a New Challenge'. John MacColl and Lyndon Pugh
discuss their proposal for a web and print magazine for Information and IT
professionals in UK Higher Education


eLib Update reports include:

*** DEDICATE: a European Telematics project for online professional
development in information literacy and user education.

***VERITY: a European Telematics project.


Regular Columns:

***What is...? and Web Focus Corner: Brian Kelly  introduces document
management systems, and also reports on the recent Netskills Institutional
Web Management Workshop from 'Web Focus corner'.

***Metadata: 'BIBLINK.Checksum'. Ian Peacock and  Andy Powell discuss the
significance of Checksum for the BIBLINK project; a project funded within
the Telematics for Libraries programme of the European Commission.

***Search Engines: 'Ask Jeeves: the Knowledge Management Search Engine.'

***'Down Your Way' looks at the electronic university and the virtual
campus; De Montfort's 30,000+ students on 10 campuses, it is an institution
where technology and web-based teaching are delivery mechanisms for
campus-based students.

***'Interface: The IT man's Tale.' Phil Brady's approach to managing a
service that contains the contradictions, contrasts and variety of a modern
academic information service is based on a few solid principles.

***Planet SOSIG continues its review of the main SOSIG subject sections,
highlighting the resources that the Internet can offer to those working in
the different fields of the social sciences.

***Events: Reports from the recent conferences include Ian Winship's article
about electronic library related activity at this year's ALAC 98;  the 1998
American Library Association conference. Included are a few quotes from the
conference that you'll want to remember:

"I pressed F1, but you didn't come over to help."
"If they are clicking they are looking for information. If they are typing
we tell them to stop because they are using Hotmail."
"The most important issue in electronic delivery is printing."

***Reports from the UKOLUG 20th birthday conference, Information Ecosystems
about UKOLN conference held in Bath University.

Enjoy the issue.

Bernadette Daly and Philip Hunter


Bernadette Daly
Information Officer and Co-Editor of the web version of
Ariadne and Exploit Interactive
UKOLN, c/o Library, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY

Tel: +44 (0) 1225 323 343           Fax: +44 (0) 1225 826838
Email: [log in to unmask]       Url: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/

Philip Hunter,
Information Officer at UKOLN and Co-Editor of the web version of
Ariadne and Exploit Interactive,
UKOLN, c/o Library, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY

Tel: +44 (0) 1225 826 354           Fax: +44 (0) 1225 826838
email: [log in to unmask]       Url: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/





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