[Asis-l] New Issue of Government Information Quarterly

[John Bertot]

The editors (see below) of _Government Information Quarterly:  An
International Journal of Information Technology Management, Policies, and
Practices_ are pleased to announce the release of Volume 20, number 2
(2003). The issue is a symposium issue entitled "Setting the Agenda for
Rural Broadband," and is guest edited by Stephen D. McDowell and Sharon
Strover.  The issue contains a number of articles that explore
telecommunications issues in rural America from policy, technology, and
societal perspectives. 

Issue 2 articles include:

Rural technology deployment and access: successes upon which to build, Pages
85-93, Bob Rowe. 

The prospects for broadband deployment in rural America, Pages 95-106,
Sharon Strover.

Testing the validity of NECA's Middle Mile cost simulation model using
survey data, Pages 107-119 Victor Glass, Joe Chang and Maria Petukhova.

Technological breakthroughs lower the cost of broadband service to isolated
customers, Pages 121-133 Victor Glass, Salvatore Talluto and Chris Babb.

Creating demand: influencing information technology diffusion in rural
communities, Pages 135-150, C. Ann Hollifield and Joseph F. Donnermeyer.

What is broadband? Where is "rural"?, Pages 151-166, Shree Venkatachalam and
Stephen D. McDowell. 

Local governments and universities cooperate to expand broadband telecom
services: the broadband regional affiliation for managed planning (B-RAMP)
and the Michigan State University site for information and telecommunication
experimentation (M-SITE), Pages 167-176, Ronald G. Choura, Ronald K. Siegel,
Jr. , Thomas A. Muth and Mark R. Levy. 

Cable TV is the next market for rural Telcos, Pages 177-183, Victor Glass
and Sal Talluto.

The multiple dimensions of the digital divide: more than the technology
'haves' and 'have nots', Pages 185-191, John Carlo Bertot.

Issue 2 Reviews include:

Teaching Legal Research and Providing Access to Electronic Resources
Editors: Gary L. Hill, Dennis S. Sears, and Lovisa Lyman. New York, NY: The
Haworth Information Press, 2001. 224 pp. [index unpaged] $59.95 (hard
cover)/$34.95 (soft cover), ISBN 0-7890-1369-X, Page 193, Faye Couture.

Government of the future OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development). Paris: Governance, OECD, 2000. 256 pp. $20. ISBN
92-64-18448-1, Pages 194-196, Linda J. Chia.

The Design & Management of Effective Distance Learning Programs Richard
Discenza, Caroline Howard, and Karen Schenk, editors; Hershey, PA: Idea
Group Publishing, 2002. 300 pp. $74.95 (hardcover). ISBN: 1-930708-20-3,
Pages 196-197, Nancy Marshall.

A Bridge to One America: The Civil Rights Performance Of The Clinton
Administration United States Commission on Civil Rights. Washington, D.C.:,
2001. 94 pp. (PDF) Bill Clinton and Black America. DeWayne Wickham. New
York: Ballantine Books, 2002. 304 pp. $24.00 (Hardback). ISBN: 0345450329,
Pages 197-199, Bill Sleeman.

Degrees of Latitude: Mapping Colonial America Margaret Beck Pritchard and
Henry G. Taliaferro. The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in association
with Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 434 pp. $95.00. 0-87935-214-0 (CWF) 0-8109-3529-2
(H. N. Abrams), Pages 200-201, Marsha L. Selmer.

FEDBIZOPPS (Federal Business Opportunities) Washington, DC: U.S. General
Services Administration. Visited December 2002., Pages 201-203, Martha Jo
Sani.

Global Information Infrastructure: The Birth, Vision and Architecture Andrew
S. Targowski, Harrisburg, PA: Idea Group Publishing, 1996. 456 pp. $64.95.
ISBN: 1-878289-32-2, Pages 203-205, Sarah Holmes. 

Measuring the Value of Information Technology Han van der Zee, Hershey, PA:
Information Science Publishing, 2002, $74.95, 213 pp., ISBN: 1-930708-08-4,
Pages 205-206, Mardi Mahaffy. 

Korean Government Publications: An Introductory Guide Myoung Chung Wilson.
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2000. $45.00, 216 pp. ISBN: 08108317110,
Pages 207-208, Susan L. Kendall.

The full text of these and other articles is available through Elsevier
ScienceDirect at
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/issue/6542-2003-999799997-434422 as
well as in print publication.
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Government Information Quarterly is a quarterly publication of Elsevier
Science.  The journal explores such topics as information and
telecommunications policy; access to and use of government information;
information technology management, implementation, planning, and evaluation;
information services development, management, and provision in a distributed
networked environment; e-commerce in governments; service quality
assessment, benchmarking, and performance measurement; and, governing and
governance in a networked environment.

Additional information regarding the journal and journal submissions is
available at:  http://www.elsevier.com/locate/govinf

John Carlo Bertot <jcbertot at lis.fsu.edu>, School of Information Studies,
Florida State University serves as the journal editor.

Charles R. McClure <cmcclure at lis.fsu.edu>, School of Information Studies,
Florida State University serves as the journal associate editor.

John A. Shuler <alfred at uic.edu>, Documents, Maps, Microforms, & Curriculum
Department, Univeristy of Illinois Chicago serves as the journal assistant
editor.

Aimee C. Quinn <aquinn at uic.edu>, Government Documents Department, Univeristy
of Illinois Chicago serves as the journal reviews editor.

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