TABLE OF CONTENTS

Research and Applications Section (peer reviewed)

Communicating Digital Library Services to Scientific Communities

Ying Liu
Computing Science Department, University of Aberdeen

Anita S. Coleman
School of Information Resources and Library Science, University of Arizona at Tucson

A.N. Zainab
Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology, University of Malaya

S.L. Ng
Library, Taylors College, Subang Jaya Malaysia

Essays and Opinions Section

Librarians or Revolutionaries? The Debate about Cuba’s Independent Library Movement
Paula Farrar

Emerging Issues in Library Web Collections
Raymond D. Irwin

So Many Meetings, So Little Time: Using IP Videoconferencing To Revitalize Statewide Committees
Nancy Lombardo and Carol Hansen

>> Reviews Section
>> News From Other Journals Section

Editorial note:

This section contains items culled from various Internet news services, discussion lists and other announcements.  Unless specifically noted, I have not visited the sites, used any of the software, reviewed the literature, or written the news items.  I present this digest to you in good faith but cannot vouch for the accuracy of its content.

 Kerry Smith

>> News and Announcements Section

Editorial note:

This section contains items culled from various Internet news services, discussion lists and other announcements. Unless specifically noted, I have not visited the sites, used any of the software, reviewed the literature, or written the news items. I present this digest to you in good faith but cannot vouch for the accuracy of its content.

Kerry Smith

>> Conferences and Meetings Section

Conferences and Meetings is now continuously updated at
http://libres.curtin.edu.au/conferences.htm

Kerry Smith (Editor-in-Chief)
Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia
k.smith@curtin.edu.au

Section Editors
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Scott Seaman ( Research and Applications Editor)
seaman@spot.colorado.edu

Ann Curry (Essays and Opinions Editor)
ann.curry@ubc.ca

Suzanne Milton (Reviews Editor)
smilton@ewu.edu

Kerry Smith (News, Meetings Editor)
Curtin University of Technology
k.smith@curtin.edu.au

Managing Editors
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Marika Auret (Web Manager)
Curtin University of Technology
m.auret@curtin.edu.au

Derek Silvester (Technical Manager)
Curtin University of Technology
d.silvester@curtin.edu.au

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