Issue 35 of Ariadne features a number of articles exploring the portal concept. Paul Miller looks at syndicated content; Francisco Pinto and Michael Fraser report on access management in the context of the Subject Portals Project (SPP); Richard Waller explores digital and pre-digital annotation; and Liz Pearce reports on research into user requirements for institutional portals. The issue also contains a collaborative article (Stevan Harnad, Les Carr, Tim Brody and Charles Oppenheim) on the enhancement of UK research impact and assessment using mandated online RAE CVs linked to university eprint archives.