Issue 22

• Editorial Introduction to Issue 22: Ariadne's Thread

  Philip Hunter introduces Ariadne issue 22, looks at Ariadne's web accesses for the past year, and previews the Distributed National Electronic Resource (DNER).

• RDN: Resource Discovery Network

  Alistair Dunning reviews the launch of the RDN (Resource Discovery Network)

• Clumps As Catalogues

  Peter Stubley asks whether CLUMPS as catalogues are 'virtual success or failure?'

• Clumping Towards a UK National Catalogue?

  Dennis Nicholson argues in favour of the distributed approach to cataloguing.

• Electronic Publication of Ancient Near Eastern Texts

  Charles E. Jones and David Schloen report on a Chicago conference which explored XML tagging for Ancient Near Eastern Texts on the Web.

• Digitizing Intellectual Property: The Oxford Scoping Study

  Stuart Lee discusses the Mellon Digitization Scoping Study for Oxford University.

• Delivering the Electronic Library: The ARIADNE Reader

  John MacColl on the new ARIADNE Reader.

• Scientific, Industrial, and Cultural Heritage: A Shared Approach

  Lorcan Dempsey presents a research framework for libraries, archives and museums prepared for the European Commission.

• Tiny TV: Streaming Video on the Web

  Philip Hunter squints at the world through RealPlayer and MediaPlayer windows.

• The ResIDe Electronic Library: An Evolving Library Service

  Christine Dugdale looks at the progress of this project to a functional service.

• Public Libraries and Community Networks: Linking Futures Together?

  Malabika Das argues public libraries and community networks have a future together.

• Aerade

  John Harrington, Karyn Meaden and Emma Turner introduce Aerade, an EEVL-related service.

• A Free ISP from the British Library

  Brian Kefford outlines the services available from the British Library.

• The National Internet Accessibility Database (NIAD)

  E. A. Draffon looks at the National Internet Accessibility Database (NIAD).

• Search Engines: The Altavista Relaunch, Personalised Search Engines

  Phil Bradley on the Altavista relaunch, and Personalised Search Engines.

• Planet SOSIG: Asking Questions - The CASS Social Survey Question Bank

  Adam Guy writes about the Question Bank service.

• EEVL: Round the World

  Roddy MacLeod considers Southern African engineering resources.

• BIOME: Incorporating the OMNI Service

  Lisa Gray reports on recent developments with the BIOME hub.

• Metadata for Digital Preservation: An Update

  Michael Day discusses 'Metadata for Digital Preservation'.

• Web Cache: The National JANET Web Cache Progress Report

  George Neisser discusses the plans of the National Caching Service.

• Web Focus: Using the Web to Promote Your Web Site

  Brian Kelly expalins how to promote your web site.

• Web Mirrors: Building the UK Mirror Service

  Report on the UK Mirror Service by Mark Russell.

• Web Watch: A Survey of Institutional Web Gateways

  Brian Kelly surveys institutional web gateways.

• Cartoon

  New cartoon work by Malcolm Campbell.