--- begin forwarded text Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 12:32:45 +0200 (METDST) From: Erik Barfoed <journals@inet.uni-c.dk> Subject: Leaflet for First Monday To: tony durham <tdurham@cix.compulink.co.uk>, robert hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>, ed krol <e-krol@uiuc.edu>, bonnie nardi <nardi@taurus.apple.com>, ian peter <ianp@peg.apc.org>, rich wiggins <rwwmaint@msu.edu>, vint cerf <vcerf@mci.net>, Ed Valauskas <g0094@applelink.apple.com>, Esther Dyson <edyson@eff.org>, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <rishab@dxm.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Dear Everybody Once again I forward you the plain text version of the First Monday leaflet, which I kindly urge you to distribute. Best regards Pernille Hammels| Editor Journals Division e-mail: journals@inet.uni-c.dk Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; name="fmleaf.txt" Content-ID: <Pine.3.89.9605151245.A25943@inet.uni-c.dk> Content-Description: Leaflet for First Monday CALL FOR PAPERS Editor-in-Chief Edward J. Valauskas, Internet Mechanics, Chicago, IL, USA (valauskas@firstmonday.dk) Consulting Editor Esther Dyson EDventure Holdings, New York, NY, USA (dyson@firstmonday.dk) International Editor Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, The Indian Techonomist, New Delhi, India (ghosh@firstmonday.dk) Editorial Board Vinton G. Cerf, Senior, Vice-Presiden at MCI Tony Durham, The Times Higher Education Supplement, UK Robert A. Hettinga, Shipwright Development Corp., USA Ed Krol, University of Illinois, USA Bonnie Nardi, Apple Computer, USA Ian Peter, Ian Peter and Associates Cathsworth Island, Australia Rich Wiggins, Michigan State University, USA First Monday is a peer-reviewed journal on the Internet - about the Internet. This scientific journal expands the frontiers of academic publishing by combining the tradi-tional values of peer-reviewing and strict quality control with a new way of publishing on the World Wide Web. Aim and Scope The aim of First Monday is to publish original articles about the Internet and the Global Information Infrastructure. First Monday will: - follow the political and regulatory regimes affecting the Internet - examine the use of the Internet on a global scale, by analyzing economic, technical, and social factors - analyze research and development of Internet software and hardware - study the use of the Internet in specific communities - report on standards - discuss the content of the Internet First Monday will appear in three formats 1. Monthly Mail from a Mail Server First Monday will appear first of all as an electronic mail posting from the First Monday listserver. This issue of First Monday will be sent to the subscribers on the first monday of every month as an ASCII text file. It will include all the articles of each issue and pointers to information resources located at various Web, Gopher, and other sites. 2. Web Site This is the place where subscribers - and newcomers - can read about the journal, learn how to subscribe, read previously published articles, and submit manu-scripts and other materials for publication. This Web Site will also provide access to objects and files that are part of the articles. These objects and files can be downloaded. All back issues of First Monday will also be available for downloading. 3. Annual CD-ROM First Monday will also appear as an annual CD-ROM, containing all articles published in a given year. This CD-ROM will be offered at a low price to subscribers at the end of the year. Will paper versions be available? First Monday is an experiment in electronic publishing, exploring the possibilities of communicating in this Internet medium. At the insistence of subscribers, we can offer printing, but only on-demand. Process The flow of a typical article, from author to publication: - An author is contacted by an Editor to write an _article, or - An author submits an article to a Editor by electronic mail. The article is forwarded by electronic mail to the Editorial Office in Chicago. - The Editorial Office starts the peer-review process by forwarding the article to reviewers by electronic mail. The Editorial Office is responsible for tracking the article, handling comments from editors and _reviewers to authors, editing, and creating a final accepted article. - This initial peer-reviewing process is private. - Articles that are accepted for publication are distributed to all subscribers in the monthly mail, and posted on the First Monday Web Site. The Web Site version of the article is likely to contain objects (illustrations, programs, and other digital items) that are not included in the monthly mailing of the plain ASCII text. - All articles published in First Monday will be included in an annual archival CD-ROM. This CD-ROM will be offered to subscribers at a low price. How to submit articles To submit an article to First Monday, simply send it _by electronic mail to the Editorial Office (Edward J. Valauskas), valauskas@firstmonday.dk. Preference will be given to articles which take advantage of the Internet, using graphics, programs, HTML features and components, and other features not pos-sible in print. The text of the article (exclusive of any other objects like pictures, tables et cetera) should not exceed 30.000 characters. Format The manuscript must be in its final form, as a plain ASCII text, suited for distribution in the monthly e-mail. If an Internet resource is cited, just type in the URL. _Manuscripts can be marked up in HTML, as long as the tags are recognizable by most popular Web browsers. Non-text objects, like pictures, programs, spreadsheets, audio files, and full motion video files, can be part of an article. These non-text objects must be forwarded as binary files to the Editorial Office. Non-text should conform to well established de facto standards on the net: PDF, GIF, JPEG et cetera. Priority will be given to particular items of a high scientific standard, and articles with a relevant timeframe can be published at short notice as a rapid publication. Only original papers written in English will be considered for publication. Copyright Authors submitting a paper to First Monday automatically agree to assign copyright to Munksgaard International Publishers if and when the manuscript is accepted for publication. The articles published in First Monday are protected by copyright, which covers translation rights and the right to reproduce and distribute all of the articles in the journal. Authors submitting a paper to First Monday do so in the understanding that online publishing on the Internet is a new opportunity and challenge, but also a step into a new territory, where authors and publishers do not always have the means to protect against unauthorized copying or editing of copyright protected works.  --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com) e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "If they could 'just pass a few more laws', we would all be criminals." --Vinnie Moscaritolo The e$ Home Page: http://thumper.vmeng.com/pub/rah/