UKOLN News

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.

Along with major international organisations such as GEM, SCRAN and Resource, UKOLN recognises the importance of standards for educational resources by signing the MEG Concord.

A paper focusing on how a policy for acceptable public use of the Internet in the library can be developed and the issues affecting policy development and implementation.

The third information paper published to support the nof-digitise programme is now available.

Issue 2 is available now and contains articles on the Perseus Digital Library, Public Netbase t0, Museums in the Digital Space and Machine Translation.

Now available featuring articles on the European Commission”s Telematics For Libraries Programme (ELVIL, EQUINOX, ILSES, LIBECON 2000, TECUP and VERITY ) and other more general subjects of interest to the library and information communities.

UKOLN are hosting a series of Web pages to provide technical advice and support for applicants to the New Opportunities Fund digitisation programme.

A service to create, modify and register your RSS news channel(s). UKOLN are particularly keen to maintain a directory of RSS channels in the UK HE/FE community, the UK cultural sector (galleries, libraries and museums) and in related organisations.

Bookings now being taken for two events for the CEDARS Project, co- ordinated by UKOLN and supported by RLG, OCLC and JISC, being held in December.

A paper providing an introduction to e-books and the policy issues they raise for libraries.