Issue 19

• Editorial introduction to Issue 19: Ariadne's Thread

  Philip Hunter and Bernadette Daly introduce the articles for Ariadne issue 19.

• SEAMLESS: Introduction to the Project

  Mary Rowlatt describes SEAMLESS, the Essex-based project.

• Meta-Objects

  Matthew Dovey outlines an Object Oriented approach to metadata.

• Instructional Management Systems

  John MacColl explores the IMS concept in the context of the SELLIC project.

• Web Research: Browsing Video Content

  Peter Thomas, UWE, and Peter Macer of Hewlett Packard Research Laboratories describe automated techniques for browsing video content.

• The DISinHE Centre

  Ian Webb introduces the DISinHE centre.

• The Web Editor: Institutional Troubleshooter

  Stephen Emmott describes his experiences of content management at King's College London.

• Caching In?

  George Neisser describes the National JANET Web Caching Service.

• Minotaur: From Mac to Linux and Back?

  Tony Grant on why a former Macintosh fan has fallen for Linux.

• Search Engine Corner

  Phil Bradley reviews recent developments with search engines.

• Planet SOSIG: Internet Resources for Social Scientists

  Pete Maggs discusses finding high-quality Internet resources for social science and methodology, based on his experience as a SOSIG Section Editor.

• OMNI Corner: Information or Hysteria, "Talking sensibly" in the Biomedical Field

  John Kirriemuir outlines current areas of concern in: Information or Hysteria? "Talking sensibly" in the biomedical field.

• EEVL Eye on Engineering

  The EEVL Team explore Internet Resources in Petroleum Engineering and Electronics, take a glance at engineering resources in Australia and South East Asia and give the latest news from the EEVL service.

• Biz/Ed Bulletin

  Kate Sharp and Libby Miller describe Business and Economics Resources on the Internet.

• Metadata: Image Retrieval

  Michael Day reports on combining content-based and metadata-based approaches.

• What Is Apache?

  Eddie Young gives the essentials of "Apache", the widely used Unix-based web server software.

• Windows NT Explorer

  Brett Burridge introduces his regular column on Windows NT with a description of Site Server's search facility.

• Unix and the Web: Providing Web Access to Your Email

  Brian Kelly introduces a regular column on Unix and Web issues by describing how a combination of Apache, PHP and IMP can make email folders available using a web browser.

• Web Focus: Extending Your Browser

  Brian Kelly on techniques for extending the capabilities of your browser.

• WebWatch: Conclusions from the WebWatch Project

  Brian Kelly sums up conclusions from the WebWatch Project.

• BOBCATSSS 99

  Christine Dugdale reports on the BOBCATSSS 99 conference.

• Information Ecologies: Report of the eLib Conference

  Philip Hunter reports on the eLib conference in York in December 1998, which explored a number of hybrid library, subject Gateway and copyright control issues.

• Cartoon

  New cartoon work by Malcolm Campbell.