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Converged Librarian/Academic Roles in the ‘Wired’ University Christine Dugdale University of the West of England, Bristol, UK New technologies allow universities to extend pedagogic practices, enhance learning experiences and develop self-managed lifelong learners. To take full advantage of evolving technologies, multi-skilled teaching and development teams are required with a merging and converging of academic and librarian roles. Conclusions are reported from the outcomes of such a partnership that has designed and delivered an accounting module at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

DEDICATE: a networked professional development project in information literacy and user education Nancy Fjallbrant, Philippa Levy and Irma Pasanen-Tuomainen Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, University of Sheffield, UK, and Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
This paper describes the design and implementation of a networked professional development initiative for information literacy, run by DEDICATE ("Distance EDucation Information Courses with Access Through nEtworks"), an EU-funded project under the Telematics for Libraries 4th Framework Programme. Library and academic staff from five Central and Eastern European universities participated in the course, which is based on principles of collaborative and experiential on-line learning and has as its goal the development by participants of information literacy courses tailored to the needs of user groups within each of the five partner universities.

Library cooperation at the NOVA University - the Nordic University in Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine Heli Myllys University of Helsinki, Agricultural Library, Finland
The Nordic University in Agriculture, Forestry and Veterinary Medicine –The NOVA University - was established in 1995 to increase the cooperation between the Nordic agricultural universities. The NOVA libraries of the seven institutions and faculties involved wanted to show that they are a very useful partner in launching new ideas. They have the ability to put new emerging IT technology to use. The NOVA libraries have several IT projects like NOVAGate, NOVA Web Course and NOVABA. The NOVA libraries have found the right components for success: IT specialists, librarians and researchers working together multiprofessionally and concept of sharing the workload.

Electronic Libraries and Collaboration in the UK: the eLib Clump Projects Verity Brack & Peter Stubley University of Sheffield, UK
The eLib ‘clump’ projects are utilising the Z39.50 bibliographic retrieval protocol to build gateways to library OPACs in the UK, creating virtual union catalogues of university, national and public libraries. The technology underlies increased collaborative activities between institutions in the Clump consortia, and will open up the resources of the libraries to far greater numbers than at present. The different approaches to the issues of collaboration and co-operation taken by each clump are outlined.
Viikki Virtual Infocentre - an Integrated Information Workstation Paivi Helminen, Tiina Aarila University of Helsinki, Viikki Science Library, Finland
The Viikki Infocentre will be located on the Viikki Campus in Helsinki. It will be a modern learning environment offering library and information services, study rooms and learning facilities, computer and network services and administrative campus services to students and researchers. A good guiding system and a clear user interface are essential for the effective use of all these services. Clients will need guidance in the navigation both in the physical building and in the huge information cyberspace. This paper describes the electronic guiding system and discusses the challenges and rewards in the development of the virtual learning environment.
The ELISE II Project, A Digital Image Library for Europe Bob Strunz, Mairead Waters University of Limerick, Ireland

This paper describes the progress made under the ELISE II electronic image library project from a technical standpoint. The Elise II project is a European-wide initiative which aims to provide a comprehensive electronic image library service for Europe. It is funded under the European Commission, DG XIII-E, Telematics for Libraries' initiative.