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Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a revolutionary public health strategy to prevent HIV infection but comes with a significant personal and structural surveillance regime. Using interview data with gay, bi, and queer men on PrEP, field notes, and document analysis, we discuss the individual and institutional practices that produce what we call PrEP citizenship. Drawing on the concept of biosexual citizenship, we show how PrEP citizenship involves surveillance for compliance with use and behavioral guidelines, expanding the PrEP population, and allocating community resources to PrEP users over non-PrEP users. On the individual level, users surveil themselves and others for proper use and sexual behavior, identify nonusers and evangelize PrEP use to them, and stigmatize non-PrEP users as irresponsible, immoral, and potentially infectious. Similarly, on the institutional level, public health, medical authorities, and sexual community infrastructure work to ensure PrEP users remain adherent, increase the user base, and grant material and symbolic resources to PrEP users. PrEP citizenship has implications for the role of the co-production of surveillance in conceptions of biosexual citizenship.

A lthough 2000 was unofficially proclaimed as the year of the electronic book, or e-book, due in part to the highly publicized release of a Stephen King short story exclusively in electronic format, the dot-com bust would derail a number of high-profile e-book endeavors. With far less fanfare, the e-book industry has been slowly recovering. In 2004, e-books represented the fastest-growing segment of the publishing industry. During the first quarter of that year, more than four hundred thousand e-books were sold, a 46 percent increase over the previous year's numbers.1 E-books continue to gain acceptance with some readers, although their place in history is still being determined-fad? great idea too soon? wrong approach at any time? The answers partly depend on the reader's perspective. The main focus of this article is the role of e-book technologies in libraries.Libraries have always served as repositories of the written word, regardless of the particular medium used to store the words. From the ancient scrolls of Qumran to the hand-illuminated manuscripts of medieval Europe to the familiar typeset codices of today, the library's role has been to collect, organize, and share ideas via the written word.In today's society, the written word is increasingly encountered in digital form. Writers use word processors; readers see words displayed; and researchers can scan countless collections without leaving the confines of the office. For self-proclaimed book lovers, the digital world is not necessarily an ideal one. Emotional reactions are common when one imagines a world without a favorite writing pen or the musty-smelling, yellowed pages of a treasured volume from youth.One of the battle lines between the traditional bibliophile and the modern technologist is drawn over the concept of the e-book. Some see this digital form of written word as an evolutionary step beyond printed texts, which have been sometimes humorously dubbed tree-books.Although a good deal of attention has been generated by the initial publicity regarding newer e-book technologies, the apparent failures of most of them has begun to establish myths around the concept. Abram points out that the relative success of e-books in niche areas (such as reference works) is in direct contrast with public opinion of those purchasing novels and popular literature through traditional vendors.2 Crawford paraphrases Lewis Carroll in describing this confusion: "When you cope with online content about e-books, you can believe six impossible things before breakfast."3 Incidentally, this article will attempt to dispel a mere five of the myths about e-books.The future of e-books and the critical role of libraries in this future are best served by uncovering these myths and seeking a balanced, reasoned view of their potential. A 2002 consumer survey on e-books found that 67 percent of respondents wanted to read an e-book, and 62 percent wanted that access to be from a library. 4 Underlying this position is the assumption that the ideas represented by the written word ...

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Scientific communication in the field of educational technology was examined by analyzing references from and citations to articles published in Educational Technology Research and Development (ETR&D) for the period 1990-2004 with particular emphasis on other journals found in the citation record. Data were collected on the 369 core articles found in the 60 issues published during that time period, their reference lists (containing over 14,805 individual items), and citations of those articles in other journals (1,896 entries). The top cited and citing journals during that time period are listed. Nine symbiotic journals (i.e. those that are most cited by ETR&D and frequently cite it) were identified: Contemporary the Review of Educational Research. The results provide an in-depth, quantitative view of informal connections within the field via the citation record. Implications for further research and the potential influence of new technologies on scientific communication are also discussed.