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        John Kirriemuir with the editorial for the Web version of Ariadne issue 8.
    


    
        
Welcome to issue 8 of the Web version of Ariadne.
As John mentions in the editorial [1] for the Print version of Ariadne, the eLib programme [2] is no longer a youngster; some projects are approaching the end of their funding; some projects have already produced significant deliverables, or contributions, towards the building of this elusive, shimmering, Electronic Library. Overall, the programme is now gearing up towards a more concerted dissemination push [3] , at the level of individual projects, groups of projects, and the programme as whole, aimed at our target community - those people in the UK Higher Education community who will build, use, or be influenced by Electronic Library resources, infrastructure and practises.
But, hey! The eLib programme is not the only digital library initiative in the world - very far from it. For example, the December 96 edition of D-Lib magazine carried an article giving information on several Australian Digital Libraries initiatives and projects [4], some of which are featured in detail in this issue of the Web version of Ariadne [5], with some more to come in the May issue. Also, in Europe there is the Telematics programme, from which some projects are flagged in Netskills Corner [6], while the US has several huge Digital Library projects [7]; the best place to start looking for digital library programmes and projects are on the IFLA index [8].
It is good to see the work of programmes and initiatives starting to blend and cross-fertilise. While eLib is dedicated to the UK, conferences that mix people from Digital Library initiatives around the world will hopefully lead to projects discovering common interests and goals - thus (hopefully) removing some duplication of work, and leading to new ideas, strategies and ultimate deliverables; two such conferences [9] [10] are flagged in this issue.
 
References
	 Editorial for the Print version of this issue of Ariadne,
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue8/web-edit/ 
	 eLib Web Site,
 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/elib/ 
	 Mailing list discussion on dissemination of the results of the eLib programme,
 http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/lis-elib/1997-03/0033.html 
	 Descriptions and pointers to several Australian Digital Libraries initiatives,
 http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/dlib/dlib/december96/12iannella.html 
	 Australian Digital Library initiatives and projects featured in this issue of Ariadne,
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue8/australia.html
	 From MERCI to DESIRE: European Digital Library Projects,
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue8/netskills-corner/
	 US Digital Libraries Initiatives Web Site,
 http://dli.grainger.uiuc.edu/national.htm 
	 IFLA Digital Libraries: Resources and Projects Index - an essential starting point for seeing how the world is shaping up in terms of digital library initiatives,
 http://ifla.inist.fr/II/diglib.htm 
	 ELVIRA 4, the annual Electronic Library Visual Information Research Conference, to be held this May in Milton Keynes, UK,
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue8/elvira/
	 eLib and Telematics: Projects and Partnerships: a conference for this August in the south of England that aims to bring together people and ideas from the UK eLib and European Telematics communities,
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue8/bournemouth/

Author Details
John Kirriemuir
Web Editor,
Ariadne
Email: lisjwk@ukoln.ac.uk
Phone: 01225 826354
Address: UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY


    


    
        

    
    
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