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	David Hanson, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY
	Theresa Zielinski, Monmouth University, NJ
	Erica Harvey, Fairmont State College, WV
	Bob Sweeney, Fairmont State College, WV

The authors acknowledge partial support from NSF DUE #0127291 for "Quantum States of Atoms and Molecules: A Linked and Layered Resource for Collaborative, Technology-Based Learning in Physical Chemistry "

	Microsoft Word 2000 for editing and hyperlinking of text-rich pages
	MathType 5.2 for creating equations and the htm files.
	Adobe Acrobat 5 to create printable  .pdf versions of the MS Word files
	Mathcad 2001 Professional for 2-D and 3-D data plots.
	SmartDraw for the 2-D line drawings in figures, and editing of the Mathcad figures

The Future:

The JCE DLib Living Book of Physical Chemistry Project aims to develop a collection of instructional resources spanning the physical chemistry curriculum. The structure of the collection will be anchored in the book chapter format. Each chapter will be a full exposition of a physical chemistry topic written in a conversational style that facilitates independent study as well as classroom use. Each chapter will include links to supplementary learning objects. These learning objects will consist of background material for review, fuller development of derivations etc., supplemental more advanced treatment of topics, complete interactive symbolic mathematics lessons, and supplemental exercises and longer projects supporting student learning. The collection of chapters will be monitored by an editorial committee of volunteer physical chemists who will work to keep the collection current, add new chapters, and add new links to existing chapters. Potential components submitted for inclusion in the collection will be fully peer reviewed by the editorial committee and other JCE reviewers to assure accuracy and compatibility with the collection. Authors of contributions to the collection will have the abstracts of their work published in JCE and thus receive publication credit for their work. Initiating the PchemLive project is a collection of 10 quantum chemistry chapters and associated links.

The mission of the collection is to make available to instructors of physical chemistry a coherent and organized body of materials that can be easily incorporated into classroom usage and disseminated to students. The collection also aims to support those needing to learn topics in physical chemistry independently as background for their work in other fields of science such as biology, geology, etc.

Submissions for potential inclusion in this collection should be sent by email to the collection curator, Theresa Julia Zielinski, at tzielins@monmouth.edu. Submissions can be full chapters with associated links or supplements to existing chapters.