http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue8/ Cultivate Interactive Issue8 en http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue8/chimer/ CHIMER: Children's Heritage Interactive Models for Evolving Repositories Daniel Weiss writes for us on the CHIMER Project which is aiming at establishing the European Cultural Heritage Archive on an open platform and retrieving local heritage from 6 ... http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue8/cipher/ CIPHER: Enabling Communities of Interest to Promote Heritage of European Regions Paul Mulholland, Zdenek Zdrahal and Trevor Collins report on CIPHER, a new project aimed at developing sustainable cultural heritage forums to celebrate national and ... http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue8/compendium/ The online Compendium: a web-based information system on cultural policies in Europe Gesa B?ttner and Joerg Torkler present the Compendium, a web-based information service on cultural policies in Europe. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue8/digitisation/ Not only Shamrocks: Digitising Local Studies Material in Ireland Annette Kelly and Domitilla Fagan report on the Cultural Heritage Project, a new digitisation initiative addressed to Irish libraries, museums and archives. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue8/istrussia/ The Information Society and Technology in Russian Culture: Strategic Review and New Initiatives Nadezhda Brakker and Leonid Kujbyshev of Centre PIC provide us with a view of new trends in state information policy in the Russian cultural sphere. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue8/oriel/ The ORIEL Project - biological information management from a new perspective Les Grivell reports on the EU-funded ORIEL Project, a project focused on digital information management in the biosciences. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue8/smolensk/ A Russian Province: ICT and culture in the Smolensk region Natalia Fedianina provides us with an overview of the state of ICT development in her home region. She provides encouraging news of progress made, but also examines the challenges facing ... http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue8/accessibility/ Giving Presentations with Accessibility in Mind Alistair Edwards gives advice on public speaking - bearing in mind that not everyone in the audience may be able to see your slides or hear you speak. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue8/handscape/ Handscape: Exploring potential use scenarios for mobile computing in museums Dr.Geri Gay, Angela Spinazze and Michael Stefanone write about the research being undertaken in the Handscape Project which is focusing upon potential use scenarios for ... http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue8/link-policies/ Can I Link To Your Site? Authors of Web pages normally provide links to other Web resources. But should permission be sought before doing this? Can creating a link to a public document on the Web even be illegal? Brian Kelly considers the matter. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue8/weasel/ Weasel: Access to Music Notation for Blind People Ben Challis reports on a non-visual approach to presenting music notation for blind music learners. Weasel is an audio-tactile approach to addressing common problems associated with conventional ... http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue8/ecdlws2/ 2nd ECDL Workshop on Web Archiving Michael Day reports on the 2nd ECDL Workshop on Web Archiving held in Rome, September 2002. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue8/hssymposium/ Understanding Visitor Expectations and Museums as Mobile Computing Environments: A report on hand-helds in the museum landscape (A CIMI Symposium). Angela Spinazze reports on a CIMI symposium on the Handscape Project which is exploring potential use ... http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue8/digimsym/ JISC International Digital Image Symposium Marieke Guy reports on a symposium seeking to bring together key organisations in the field and discuss the state of the art in digital imaging. The Symposium was held in London on 20-21 June 2002. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue8/annotations/ Providing Feedback On Cultivate Interactive Articles Brian Kelly describes a new service which enables readers to provide feedback on articles published in Cultivate Interactive. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue8/avantgo/ Read Cultivate Interactive On Your PDA! Brian Kelly describes how you can read Cultivate Interactive on the bus or train using the Avantgo service. http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue8/mag-editorial/ The Cultivate Interactive editorial by the editor, Richard Waller http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue8/mag-misc/ Competition and other features.