Issue 26

• Editorial Introduction to Issue 26: New Landscapes

  Philip Hunter introduces Ariadne issue 26 with remarks about the new Director of the UKOLN, the eLib Programme, and the DNER.

• After eLib

  Chris Rusbridge, the former Director of the UK Electronic Libraries Programme, with an assessment of its achievements and legacy.

• Travelling at the Speed of Discovery: The MALIBU Project's Most Valuable Lessons

  Valeda Dent with a newcomer's perspective on the MALIBU project.

• Building on BUILDER

  Ian Upton explores the achievements of this Windows NT server based project.

• AGORA: The Hybrid Library from a User's Perspective

  Bridget Robinson and David Palmer look at the Agora user studies.

• The Distributed National Electronic Resource and the Hybrid Library

  Stephen Pinfield and Lorcan Dempsey with an overview of the DNER.

• Clumps Come Up Trumps

  Helena Gillis, Verity Brack, John Gilby and Marian Hogg review the four eLib CLUMP projects now at the end of their funding periods.

• E-Commerce in Higher Education: Can We Afford to Do Nothing?

  Andrew Aird on the impact of e-commerce on the non-commercial sector.

• It's the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine), Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the E-Book

  Sarah Ormes explores the e-book from a Public Libraries perspective.

• Continuity and Collaboration: The Online Bach Bibliography

  Yo Tomita introduces the single most important online resource for the study of the composer J.S. Bach.

• Understanding the Searching Process for Visually Impaired Users of the Web (NoVA)

  Jenny Craven gives an overview of the Resource funded NoVA project (Non-visual access to the digital library).

• Exam Papers Online

  Sally Rumsey on an innovative system for providing electronic access to examination papers.

• Planet SOSIG: Keeping Social Scientists Connected

  Debra Hiom and Emma Place discuss work to keep social scientists connected.

• EEVL

  Roddy Macleod manager of the EEVL project explains the new profile, new office: and coming soon: a new service.

• BIOME News

  Paula Manning with a brief report on the official launch of BIOME at the Royal Society on the 2nd of November 2000.

• Metadata: Preservation 2000

  Michael Day reports on the Digital Preservation conference held in York in December 2000.

• Public Libraries: Managing the Virtual Branch

  Sarah Ormes reports on the recent Public Libraries Web Managers Workshop held in the University of Bath.

• Web Focus: The Web On Your Phone and TV

  Brian Kelly looks at the Web Beyond the PC.

• Web Watch: WebWatching eLib Project Web Sites

  Brian Kelly is WebWatching the eLib Project Sites.

• NT Explorer

  Brett Burridge Looks at Microsoft's Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition.

• The Future Is Hybrid: London

  Kate Robinson reports on 'The Future is Hybrid' project day at the British Library in London.

• Cartoon

  New cartoon work by Malcolm Campbell.

• Review of Digital Imaging: A Practical Handbook

  Philip Hunter and Marieke Napier review Stuart Lee's 'Digital Imaging' handbook.