New journal: Journal of Web Librarianship

I'm pleased to announce the publication of the first issue of the Journal of Web Librarianship. If you'd like a free sample copy, please visit

http://www.haworthpress.com/store/product.asp?sku=J502

and select "Free Sample Print Copy" from the right-hand column. You can also get an RSS feed for the journal's TOC.

Many thanks to all the contributors to this milestone!

Also check out the journal's first two podcasts, interviews with Joe Janes and Jody Condit Fagan, hosted by Deanna Christina Sukkar, on the journal's homepage, http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/jwl/

For the latest news about JWL, visit the Editorial Blog, at http://jweblib.livejournal.com/ Here's the Table of Contents for 1(1):

COLUMNS

Social Eyes, Brian S. Mathews

Global Connections, Sarah Beasley and Candice Kail

REVIEW SECTION:

Professional Readings on Librarianship and the Web, Phillip M. Edwards, Review Editor

ARTICLES

Web Access to Electronic Journals and Databases in ARL Libraries, Dana M. Caudle and Cecilia M. Schmitz

Stop Reinventing the Wheel: Using Wikis for Professional Knowledge Sharing, Anne-Marie Deitering and Rachel Bridgewater

A Literature Review of Academic Library Web Page Studies, Barbara A. Blummer

Firefox Search Plugins: Searching your library in the browser, Michael Sauers

From Zero to Wiki: Proposing and Implementing a Library Wiki, Jon Haupt

Measuring the Success of the Academic Library Web Site Using Banner Advertisements and Web Conversion Rates:

A Case Study, Michael D. Whang

Jody Condit Fagan
Editor, Journal of Web Librarianship
Digital Services Librarian
James Madison University
Preferred email: faganjc@jmu.edu