[Asis-l] [Dlib-subscribers] The February 2003 issue of D-Lib Magazine is now available

[Richard Hill]

[Forwarded.  Dick Hill]

Greetings:

The February 2003 issue of D-Lib Magazine
(http://www.dlib.org/) is now available.

This issue of D-Lib Magazine is a special issue on digital
reference, a collaboration between D-Lib Magazine and Guest
Editor, Joanne Silverstein, Information Institute of
Syracuse, Syracuse University.

There are five articles, a book review, several smaller
features in D-Lib Magazine's 'In Brief' column, excerpts
from recent press releases, and news of upcoming conferences
and other items of interest in 'Clips and Pointers'.  The
Featured Collection for February is the Univerisity of
Michigan's web site "Flora and Fauna in the Great Lakes
Region", with a description of the site contributed by Terri
Geitgey.

The articles include:

Current State of Digital Reference in Primary and Secondary
Education
R. David Lankes, Syracuse University

The Technological Challenges of Digital Reference: An
Overview
Jeffrey Penka, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

Question Negotiation and the Technological Environment
Joseph Janes, University of Washington and Joanne
Silverstein, Syracuse University

Evaluation of Chat Reference Service Quality: Pilot Study
Marilyn Domas White, Eileen G. Abels, and Neal Kaske,
University of Maryland

Visual Resource Reference: Collaboration Between Digital
Museums and Digital Libraries
Abby A. Goodrum, Syracuse University

The book reviewed is:

The Virtual Reference Librarian's Handbook
by Anne Grodzins Lipow, Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.,
January 2003
Reviewed by: Jennifer Barth and Kate Bejune, AskERIC

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February 2003 issue of D-Lib Magazine at this time, please
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Bonnie Wilson
Editor
D-Lib Magazine


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