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An electronic journal concerned with the implications
of electronic networks and texts

EJournal is a pioneering all-electronic, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary academic journal published since 1991. We are especially interested in theory and practice surrounding the creation, transmission, storage, interpretation, alteration and replication of electronic "text," broadly defined. We are also interested in the broader social, psychological, literary, economic and pedagogical implications of computer-mediated networks.

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Volume 10/11  Number 1   March 2001

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In This Issue:
	Editors' Introduction
	Doug Brent and Joanna Richardson
	Joanna and Doug take a brief look at where EJournal has been and where it might be going, and attempt to articulate the shifts in electronic publishing and in the reproduction of knowledge that will be keynotes for the next years of the journal.
	What is Smart about the Smart Communities Movement?
	Mary Anne Moser Resources and the Environment Program, University of Calgary
	Mary Anne Moser attempts to answer the question of whose interests are being served in the Smart Communities movement, and how.  She reviews the history of the movement in order to understand how it aligns a political wish with the potential of artifical intelligence research and cybernetic models.  She also explores the rhetorical connotations of the word smart as it is used to promote community connectedness.
Founding Editor    Ted Jennings, Emeritus,  University at Albany, State University of New York.   Founding Advisory Board  Dick Lanham, University of California at Los Angeles    Stevan Harnad, University of Southampton Ann Okerson, Association of Research Libraries    Joe Raben City, University of New York Bob Scholes, Brown University    Harry Whitaker, University of Quebec at Montreal Current Advisory Board  Stevan Harnad, University of Southampton    Charles Ess, Drury University Frank E. X. Dance, University of Denver    Rob Kling, Center for Social Informatics, Indiana University Ann Okerson, Association of Research Libraries Editors  Doug Brent, University of Calgary   Joanna Richardson, Bond University ISSN 1054-1055

EJournal receives financial and technical support from
the Learning Commons and the Faculty of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary