Section 2 of this handbook is aimed at gateway staff responsible for information management - the subject specialists and information professionals who will consider the content and organisation of the information within the gateway.

It aims to cover the important decisions that need to be made when setting up a new gateway (such as choosing a metadata format, designing a use interface, writing a selection policy) but also covers issues that arise in the day-to-day running of an existing gateway (such as cataloguing, resource discovery and publicity and promotion).

Each chapter offers some background, practical tips and hints, key references, a glossary, case studies and examples. Watch out for the that will take you to related sections elsewhere in the handbook.