New Internet Journal Released Paris, France, 1996 May 6: Coinciding with the opening of the International World Wide Web Conference, a new journal dedicated to the Internet was released today by Munksgaard International Publishers. The journal is called "First Monday" and it is a peer-reviewed, electronic journal dedicated to the Internet, and only available on the Internet. It is the first electronic journal from Munksgaard, publishers of over seventy scientific journals in dentistry, medicine, and other fields. "First Monday" will appear on the first Monday of each month. Each issue will contain five to six full-length articles, plus regular features such as interviews and reviews. The inaugural May issue contains articles by notable specialists such as David Johnson and David Post, co-directors of the Cyberspace Law Institute, and John Seely Brown, vice-president and chief scientist of Xerox Corporation and director of Xerox Palo Alto Research Center. The journal is available at http://www.firstmonday.dk The editorial team of "First Monday" is widely experienced in computing, telecommunications, and the Internet. Chief and Managing Editor is Edward J. Valauskas, author and editor of several widely recognized books on computing and the Internet, including "Internet Troubleshooter" and "Internet Initiative." He is joined by Esther Dyson as Consulting Editor and Rishab Aiyer Ghosh as Inter-national Editor. Esther Dyson is president of EDventure Holdings in New York City and chairperson of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Rishab Ghosh, based in New Delhi, is editor and publisher of the Indian Techonomist, a newsletter on India's information industry. The editorial board of "First Monday" includes Vinton G. Cerf, founding President of the Internet Society and is currently Senior Vice-President at MCI; Ed Krol of the University of Illinois, author of several books including the highly popular "The Whole Internet User's Guide & Catalog"; Bonnie Nardi of Apple Computer, author of the book "A Small Matter of Programming" and editor of "Context and Consciousness"; Rich Wiggins of Michigan State University, author of "The Internet for Everyone"; Tony Durham, Multimedia Editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement in London and a member of the team which has developed THESIS, the newspaper's Internet service; Ian Peter, consultant in information technology, media and communications policy, based in Australia; and Robert Hettinga, a digital commerce consultant in Boston. "First Monday" publishes articles on the Internet and the Global Information Infrastructure. It follows the political and regulatory regimes affecting the Internet, and examines economic, technical and social aspects of the use of the Internet on a global scale. There will also be reports on the use of the Internet in specific communities, the development of Internet software and hardware, and the content of the Internet. "First Monday" was released today on diskette, distributed at the International World Wide Web Conference in Paris, and on the First Monday Internet server at http://www.firstmonday.dk. In the future it will appear in three formats: as an electronic mail posting to subscribers; on the World Wide Web; and as an annual CD-ROM archiving all articles that have appeared in "First Monday." Munksgaard was founded in 1917. Over the years Munksgaard has expanded to become a publishing house that is internationally recognized for its scientific journals devoted to servicing the international scientific and scholarly communities. Editorial Office: Editor-in-Chief: Edward J. Valauskas (valauskas@firstmonday.dk) First Monday is published monthly by: Munksgaard International Publishers Nxrre Sxgade 35, P.O. Box 2148 DK- 1016 Copenhagen K Denmark e-mail: publishers@firstmonday.dk