[WEB4LIB] Chat Rooms and MOOs for *Scholarly* Communication

[Isabel Danforth]

The Student Chapter of ALA at USF is spread out over a very wide geographic
area.  Therefore in April of 1998, the group held a chapter meeting in DU
MOO and invited  ALA President Elect Ann K. Symons to speak to the group.

You can find a log of that event at:
	http://moo.du.org:8888/99anon/anonview/8333

I have held other meetings in that environment.

Isabel



At 09:55 AM 4/16/99 -0700, Gerry Mckiernan wrote:
>   I am interest in identifying any and all studies, reports,
>articles, books, etc. that describe/evaluate the use and/or
>value of Chat Rooms and/or MOOs in Scholarly Communication.
>I have searched ERIC and Library Literature but do not find
>citations to the use of Chat Rooms and/or MOOS among scholars
>as an adjunct to e-mail or e-conferences (e.g., listservs)
>as additional forms of  electronic scholarly communication. [I *do* find
citations to their use in education]
>
>   Thanks!
>
>/Gerry McKiernan
>Theoretical Librarian
>Iowa State University
>Ames IA 50011
>
>gerrymck at iastate.edu
>
>  "The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Invent It!"  
>                                         Alan Kay
> 
>
>
>
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