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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- I don't recall having seen this on ARLIS-L. Take a look at the 20 most recent additions on ADAM: ADAM: Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway http://adam.ac.uk/ Marcia Gretchen Whitney wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > Date: Wed, 27 May 1998 07:44:34 -0700 > From: Linda Kerr <[log in to unmask]> > To: Multiple recipients of list <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: UK Subject Gateways Tackle Information Overload > > **Apologies for cross-posting** > > Dear list members > > An update on the elib ANR projects. The following press release has > also been sent to a number of UK Internet and library publications, > and also the national dailies. > > *UK Subject Gateways Tackle Internet Information Overload* > > Seven UK Subject Gateways are tacking the problem of how to find > useful information on the Internet as part of a national strategy > funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). The fruit > of nearly three years work by a large number of subject specialists > based at higher education sites throughout the UK, the combined > gateways direct users to over 15,000 of the best hand-picked resources > on the Internet. > > Covering the areas of art, design, architecture, media, biomedicine, > business, engineering, history, social sciences and conflict studies, > the gateways provide access to high quality information not only for > the UK higher education and research communities, but also for anyone > looking for information on the Internet. Use of the gateways is free. > > The gateways are part of the Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib) and > are providing a model for other gateways throughout Europe, the US and > Australia. Several mirror sites are planned outside the UK. > > Chris Rusbridge, the Programme Director for eLib, said "Every Internet > user knows the frustration of wading through long lists of links, many > of which are totally irrelevant, or of poor quality. In fact, a > recent survey showed that the most significant barrier to increased > use of the Internet by academics was the problem of locating suitable > material. Now, researchers have seven free services which pin-point > only the most useful and substantial web sites and other Internet > resource in particular subject areas." > > Already popular with those "in the know", the gateways currently > receive over 150,000 hits per week from Internet users. As well as > providing an important focus for subject-based searching, many of the > gateways offer additional services, including training, printed > resource guides, bibliographic databases, factsheets, thesauri, > forums, study skills materials, ejournal search engines, launchpads, > glossaries, events diaries, and even a virtual factory. The Gateways > will continue to develop new services, and to expand the number of > Internet sites covered. > > For more information, contact: > Linda Kerr, Project Officer EEVL: Edinburgh Engineering Virtual > Library, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh Tel: 0131 451 3572 Fax: > 0131 451 3164 [log in to unmask] > > The projects are: > > ADAM: Art, Design, Architecture & Media Information Gateway > http://adam.ac.uk/ > > Biz/ed: Business Education on the Internet > http://www.bized.ac.uk/ > > CAIN: Conflict Archive on the Internet > http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/ > > EEVL: Edinburgh Engineering Virtual Library > http://www.eevl.ac.uk/ > > History > http://www.ihrinfo.ac.uk/ > > OMNI: Organising Medical Networked Information > http://omni.ac.uk/ > > SOSIG: Social Science Information Gateway > http://www.sosig.ac.uk/ > > The Gateways are part of the Electronic Libraries Programme. > http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/ -- ********************************* Marcia Leah Adamy Catalog/Reference Librarian Decker Library Maryland Institute College of Art 1401 Mount Royal Avenue **Mailing Address: 1300 Mount Royal Avenue Baltimore MD 21217 Phone: (410) 225-2248 Fax: (410) 225-2316 *********************************