This issue features several articles focussing on the UK Electronic Libraries Programme and a retrospective overview by the former Director of the Programme, Chris Rusbridge. Ariadne 26 also features an introductory article on the Distributed National Electronic Resource by Stephen Pinfield and Lorcan Dempsey. Plus two articles on the role of e-commerce in Higher Education. Ariadne also features a review of the Preservation 2000 conference in York.