Ariadne Issue 2 on the Web

[John Kirriemuir]

Issue 2 of Ariadne, a Web/print magazine of interest to, the LIS 
community (especially, but not exclusively, in the UK) is now available:

Large graphical front cover:
http://ukoln.bath.ac.uk/ariadne/issue2

Straight to the contents page:
http://ukoln.bath.ac.uk/ariadne/issue2/contents.html


This issue contains, amongst other things:

* An interview with Jill Foster, director of Netskills and Mailbase
* A comparison of the two most popular Web search engines, Alta Vista and 
Lycos
* Derek Law, chair of JISC's ISSC, details his vision of the co-operation 
between the library sectors blossoming through the use of Metropolitan 
Area Networks
* A review of BIDS
* Features on the SEREN, SOSIG and Netskills eLib projects
* John MacColl, on why electronic print archives are the key to paperless 
journals
* Brief details of 11 of the new eLib projects that have just been confirmed
* Brian Kelly describes a UK-Wide collaborative (combined directional Web 
and IRC chat-like system) meeting
* Charles Oppenheim details some of the Legal Issues associated with 
Electronic Copyright Management Systems
* Sarah Ormes gives an overview of just how many UK public libraries 
possess Internet connectivity, and how these libraries are using this 
resource

Enjoy!


John Kirriemuir      Tel: 01225 826354       Fax: 01225 826838
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