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Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 12:28:29 -0600
From: Gerry Mckiernan <GMCKIERN@GWGATE.LIB.IASTATE.EDU>
Subject: Synoptic and Virtual E-Journals

                           _Synoptic and Virtual E-Journals_

     I am greatly interested in identifying additional 'Synoptic' and
'Virtual' e-Journals for inclusion in EJI(sm), my registry of innovative
e-Journal features, functionalities, and content available at:

          [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/EJI.htm ]

         One may define a 'Virtual' e-journal as an organized collection
of articles from *other* e-journals relevant to a narrow or broad subject
field. An excellent example of a virtual journal is the Virtual Journal of
Nanoscale Science & Technology, "a weekly multijournal compilation of the
latest research on nanoscale systems" published by the American Institute
of Physics (AIP) and the American Physical Society (APS) in cooperation
with several other scholarly societies [ http://www.vjnano.org/nano/ ]
This virtual e-journal contains only articles from *other* journal; no
content is original in to the this 'virtual' journal.

     'Synoptic' e- journals may be defined as e- journals that provide
synopses or summaries of articles from other e-journals that relate to a
broad field (e.g., medicine) or specific discipline with a field (e.g.,
cardiology). Several excellent examples of synoptic e-journals in medicine
are those issued by the Massachusetts Medical Society in its _Journal
Watch Online_ series (http://www.jwatch.org/)

     Other examples of 'Virtual' and 'Synoptic' e-Journals are listed in
the EJI(sm) registry [ http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/EJI.htm
]

    As Always, Any and All contributions, suggestions, comments, queries,
commentary, Cosmic Insights, Campaign Finance Reform amendments, etc. are
Most Welcome.

    Regards,

/Gerry McKiernan
Reformed Librarian
Iowa State University
Ames IA 50011

         "The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Invent It"
                                                Alan Kay