UK Electronic Libraries Programme/TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <h2>UK Electronic Libraries Programme (<A HREF="http://ukoln.bath.ac.uk/elib/">eLib</A>)</h2> <UL> <LI>There are online <A HREF="http://ukoln.bath.ac.uk/elib/wk_papers">working papers</A> <LI>It is funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC). <LI>It is based on the Libraries Review by the UK Higher Education Funding Councils, chaired by Professor Sir Brian Follett in 1993. They prepared the <A HREF="http://ukoln.bath.ac.uk/follett/follett_report.html">Joint Funding Council's Libraries Review Group Report, Prof. Sir Brian Follett, HEFCE, 1993</A>. <LI>As a response, JISC started eLib with 15 million pounds over 3 years, to engage the Higher Education community in developing and shaping the implementation of the electronic library. <LI>There have been 2 separate calls and over 60 projects in areas: <UL> <LI>access to network resources <LI>digitisation <LI>document delivery <LI>electronic journals <LI>electronic short loan collections <LI>images <LI>on demand publishing <LI>pre-prints and grey literature <LI>quality assurance <LI>supporting studies <LI>training and awareness </UL> <LI>One part is the <A HREF="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/projects/ahds/top.html">Arts and Humanities Data Service</A> and its service for the Visual Arts. <LI>On preservation, a workshop was held, with report Long Term Preservation of Electronic Materials: a JISC/British Library workshop as part of the Electronic Libraries Programme, Organised by UKOLN, 27-28 November 1995, U. of Warwick, prepared by the Mark Fresko Consultancy, 1995, also available <A HREF="http://ukoln.bath.ac.uk/elib/wk_papers"> online </A>. <LI><A HREF="http://www.ariadne.ac.uk">Ariadne</A> is an eLib ejournal providing current information on eLib and digital libraries in general. </UL> </BODY> </HTML>