Subject: Ariadne Issue 9 now available Issue 9 of Ariadne, the Print and Web newsletter/magazine for librarians and Information Scientists, is now live and available from: http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue9/ The 38 articles/items in this issue include: * Planet SOSIG: A New Internet Role for Europe's Librarians : Emma Worsfold describes the role and purpose of SOSIG, and launches a scheme where European Librarians can participate in adding relevant, quality content to this Social Science Gateway. * From Aberystwyth to ADAM - Using the skills acquired on a library school course in the real world : Rebecca Bradshaw reflects on how the skills and knowledge she acquired when a library school student are relevant (or not) to her current role, developing a network-based subject Gateway. * The Librarian of Babel - The key to the stacks : The Librarian, ably assisted by Mike Holderness, considers one of the obstacles to the unhindered dissemination of human knowledge, and makes a modest proposal. * Never mind the quality, check the badge-width! : Alison McNab, Betsy Anagnostelis and Alison Cooke compare and contrast the methods used to identify and indicate which Internet-based resources are of high "quality". * Metadata, PICS and Quality : Chris Armstrong looks at the possibility of a PICS application acting as a quality filter. * Extending metadata for digital preservation : Michael Day suggests how the concept of metadata could be extended to provide information in the specific field of digital preservation. * The NHS, the Internet and libraries: the NHS Anglia and Oxford Internet Project : Judy Palmer and Myles Chippendale describe an initiative that is using the Internet to connect widely dispersed health libraries. * Descriptions and updates from 6 eLib projects: ACORN, CAIN, EEVL, Eurotext, Netskills, SCOPE. * An introduction and description of 5 more Digital Library initiatives and projects in Australia, where much of the electronic library development mirrors our own in the UK. * Internationalisation and the Web : Jon Knight looks at how the Web is currently undergoing the sometimes painful internationalization process required if it is to live up to its name of the World Wide Web. * Conference reports from Elvira 4 and the 8th ACM Hypertext conference, as well as a preview of the 2nd international symposium on Networked Learner Support. * Search Engines Corner - Alta Vista LiveTopics : Tracey Stanley looks at Live Topics, a more flexible and user-controlled way of searching the Alta Vista Web Page index. ..and many more articles and regular columns. If you work in a UK University library, computer centre, or learning resource centre, then Print copies of this issue of Ariadne, containing some of the articles in the Web version, will be arriving this week. Check who receives the posted periodicals/magazines in your building for your staff copy. John Kirriemuir * Web Editor (Ariadne), (an) Info. Officer (eLib), Info. Officer (UKOLN) * Tel: 01225 826354 (live) 01225 465064 (messages) Fax: 01225 826838 Web: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/~lisjwk// =========================================================================Above Extract sent by Lis-Forum member : Dr P VYASAMOORTHY, Project Associate, Satyam Learning Centre, Satyam Computer Services Limited, Mayfair Complex, Third Floor, Sardar Patel Road, Secunderabad 500003 (Andhra Pradesh) Phone (040) 843222 Fax:(040) 840058 mailto:vyasa@satyam.com