EvalG4ssWebF2008


 * Evaluating Secondary Literature and Resources: Websites

Website Evaluated: First Monday at** [|**http://www.firstmonday.org/**]


 * Publisher**

//Who created the website? When was it created?// First Monday was born in the summer of 1995 in a proposal by eventual Chief Editor Edward J. Valauskas to the Danish publisher Munksgaard, to start a new Internet-only, peer-review journal about the Internet. Munksgaard, an internationally renowned publisher of scientific and medical journals, agreed to publish the journal in September 1995.

Valauskas began to organize an editorial board as well as a group of senior editors to manage the journal. Esther Dyson joined First Monday as Consulting Editor and Rishab Aiyer Ghosh joined as International Editor. The Editorial Board was formed, including Vint Cerf, Tony Durham, Bob Hettinga, Ed Krol, Bonnie Nardi, Ian Peter, and Rich Wiggins. In October 1995, Valauskas, Dyson, and Anders Geersten, then Vice President of Journals for Munksgaard, met in Copenhagen, to discuss operational and other aspects about the journal.

The name of the journal was chosen, First Monday, based on its planned frequency, with issues appearing on the first Monday of every month.

Harvey Macaulay, Munksgaard's graphic designer, developed the graphic design and interface for the journal, and Mondo Media in Copenhagen handled mark-up, illustrations, and other duties for each issue.

//Screened by editorial board?//

Chief Editor Edward J Valauskas, Chief Editor, First Monday, United States Consulting Editor Esther Dyson, United States Managing Editor Rishab Aiyer Ghosh, University of Maastricht, Netherlands Associate Editor Andreas Harsono, Indonesia Metadata Editor Robin Henshaw, United States Legal Editor Mary Minow, United States Book Review Editors Paolo G. Cordone, Ireland Rob Vega, United States Art Editor Susan Bochenski, United States Podcast Editors Joy Austria, United States A. J. Hannah, United States

//Editorial Board// Varol Akman, Bilkent University, Turkey Virgílio Almeida, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil Ricardo Baeza–Yates, Universidad de Chile, Chile Vinton G. Cerf, Google, United States Ellen Christiansen, Aalborg University, Denmark Tony Durham, The Times Higher Education Supplement, United Kingdom Ahmed S. Kassem, University of Illinois at Chicago, United States Ed Krol, University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, United States Bonnie Nardi, University of California, Irvine, United States Beth Simone Noveck, New York Law School, United States Andrew M. Odlyzko, University of Minnesota, United States Ian Peter, Australia Tony Rutkowski, United States Guido Sohne, Ghana Ilkka Tuomi, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, Spain Naoki Ueno, National Institute for Educational Research, Japan, Japan Richard W. Wiggins, Michigan State University, United States

//Why was it created? What is the perspective/mission of the website? What is the perspective/mission of the website?// First Monday is one of the first openly accessible, peer–reviewed journals on the Internet, solely devoted to the Internet. Since its start in May 1996, First Monday has published 932 papers in 147 issues; these papers were written by 1,161 different authors. In addition, a number of special issues have appeared as well as podcasts at http://www.firstmondaypodcast.org/. First Monday is indexed in Communication Abstracts, Computer & Communications Security Abstracts, DoIS, eGranary Digital Library, INSPEC, Information Science & Technology Abstracts, LISA, PAIS, and other services

//Is the website associated with a professional organization or academic institution?// Yes, it is associated with a program called A Great Cities Initiative of the University of Illinois at Chicago Library. As the Chicago area's largest university, UIC has a responsibility and unique opportunity to contribute to the well-being of urban life. UIC's metropolitan engagement is embodied in the Great Cities Commitment, which implements hundreds of teaching, research and service programs.

//Has the website won any awards or honors?//

The website does not state any awards or honors.

//Who is the intended audience? How many viewers access the website?// First Monday is one of the first openly accessible peer review journals solely on the Internet, about the Internet. All of First Monday's current and archival content is available freely to anyone with Internet connectivity. Authors retain the rights to their work published in First Monday and may freely make their papers available as they see fit. Contributors to First Monday are encouraged to dedicate their work to the public domain or to select a Creative Commons license. Further details can be found at http://www.firstmonday.org/copy.html

//Who funds the website?// In 1998, Munksgaard decided to sell First Monday. Valauskas, Dyson, and Ghosh purchased First Monday in December 1998. The server was moved from Copenhagen to Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University's Library. The technical staff of the Library agreed to provide a server and support for First Monday, and this support continues to this day. First Monday's address changed from www.firstmonday.dk to firstmonday.org, with pointers from www.firstmonday.dk to firstmonday.org to provide a smooth transition for all of First Monday's readers.

//What are the titles and professional credentials for website authors? If there is another person other than the original creator, what are their qualifications? Does the authoring agent have a known reputation for accuracy? What does the author(s) "get out" of producing this website?//
 * Author(s) of Website**

First Monday publishes articles on all aspects of the Internet, including comments on trends and standards, technical issues, political and social implications of the Internet, and educational uses. Its focus is simply on interesting and novel ideas related to the history, current use, and future of the Internet. 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 an editor by electronic mail. The paper is forwarded by electronic mail to the Editorial Office in Chicago.  The Editorial Office starts the peer review process by forwarding the article to First Monday’s editors and reviewers by electronic mail.  Comments on the article are received in the Editorial Office and the author is asked to complete a revision.  The revised paper is reviewed and accepted for publication.  A proof version of an upcoming issue is prepared; authors and editors review the contents and make corrections as necessary.  The issue is released to the public on the First Monday server on the first Monday of each month, and a notice of availability is circulated to subscribers of First Monday’s Tables of Contents Service.

//Is contact information provided?// First Monday c/o Edward Valauskas, Chief Editor Post Office Box 87636 Chicago IL 60680–0636 USA Principal Contact: Edward J. Valauskas. Chief Editor First Monday c/o Edward Valauskas, Chief Editor Post Office Box 87636 Chicago IL 60680–0636 USA Email: ejv@uic.edu Support Contact: Nancy R. John Email: nrj@uic.edu

Content   || ||  ||   ||  v   ** [|Journals]  **  v  ** [|First Monday]  **  v   [|About]  v  ** [|Log In]  **  v  ** [|Register]  **  v  ** [|Search]  **  v   [|By Author]  v  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1"> [|By Title] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> v  **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1">Issues **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> v  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1"> [|Current Issue] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> v  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1"> [|Archives] <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> v  **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1"> [|SUBMISSIONS]  **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> v  **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1"> [|Open Journal Systems]  **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> v  **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1"> Help  **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Cambria','serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin; mso-themecolor: text1"> || reflect the authors "favorites"? || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">To streamline the editorial process and ensure that all papers meet the needs of a diverse international audience, the editors of //First Monday// have developed //Guidelines for Authors// to assist you with the preparation of your submissions. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1"> Although nearly all contributors are skilled writers, attention to the //Guidelines for Authors// will help //First Monday’s// volunteer staff members spend less time editing work and help ensure that the authors message is communicated clearly to readers. The //Guidelines for Authors// provide quick tips that emphasize the following: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1"> ·  **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">The electronic medium. **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1"> Shorter sentences and paragraphs are best suited to electronic publications. Readers need text that is concise and useful rather than wordy and general; therefore, writing to //express// rather than impress will best promote your ideas. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1"> ·  **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">The //First Monday// audience. **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1"> Since the //First Monday// audience is both diverse and international in scope, readers will better understand your message through simple explanations and less complex sentences. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1"> ·  **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">Consistency in style and format. **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1"> The specified guidelines for style as well as abstract, citation, reference, and submission formats create a smoother editorial process for //First Monday// staff members. Consistency in these elements also minimizes readers’ confusion about the treatment of various elements. (Refer to [|Style Guidelines], [|Citation Format] , [|Reference Format] , [|Abstract Format] , and [|Submission Format] for further information.) || navigation, visual appearance)     || <span style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">Submission Format <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1"> Each manuscript should contain the following elements: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü   <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">A title; <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü   <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">Names of authors and institution affiliations with electronic mail addresses; <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">An [|abstract] ; <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">Clearly labeled contents that include an introduction, discussion, and conclusion; <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1"> [|Internal citations] ; <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">Brief biographical statement identified with the heading "About the Author"; <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">Acknowledgments; <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">Notes (if any); <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1"> [|References]. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">Place the title of the paper at the top of the first page of the manuscript. Follow the title by the full name of all authors, with their institutional affiliations and electronic mail addresses. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">If one author should function as the point of contact for questions or comments, please indicate so with the phrase "direct comments to" followed by the author’s e–mail address. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">All illustrations should be sent as separate .GIF or .JPG files, clearly labeled simply as figure1.gif, figure2.gif, etc. with their location marked in the manuscript in this fashion: Insert figure1.gif Here, Caption (for example) = This is the first figure in my paper. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">Figures and tables should appear in consecutive order in the text and be cited in the document consecutively. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">Additional data, illustrations, commentary, and complicated or long tables should be placed in consecutively numbered appendices at the end of the manuscript. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">Notes in the manuscript should be consecutively numbered, and collected at the end of the paper after the conclusion and before the [|References] section. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">All tables and figures should be imbedded in the manuscript in their logical locations for reference. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">The entire document should be double-spaced, including abstract, text, references, tables, figure captions, and appendices. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">All pages should be numbered, starting with the title page. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">Use only a basic, widely available font like Courier 12 point. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">Do not justify or break words at the right margin If submitting your manuscript as a PDF file, send another copy of the manuscript as plain or ASCII text with all of the figures attached as separate, clearly labeled .GIF or .JPG files. If submitting your manuscript in HTML format, please examine the source code of any published contribution to //First Monday// for a basic understanding of the organization of the manuscript’s contents. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">Final Checklist <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1"> Use the following checklist to ensure that an authors’ text is ready for submission to //First Monday:// <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1"> My introductory text quickly engages readers’ interest because it does one of the following: <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">Tells a short tale that leads to the main point; <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">Immediately surprises readers with new information; or <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü   <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">Presents about three short ideas or examples, then summarizes their significance in one sentence. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1"> I have made my text as concise as possible while maintaining its logic and completeness. Each word I have included is essential. (Refer to [|Writing Tips] for further information.) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-themecolor: text1"> ü  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1"> I have formatted the text according to //First Monday’s// stated requirements. 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(Refer to [|Writing Tips] for further information.) <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">Online Resources <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1"> To assist with the self–editing process, //First Monday// has compiled the following list of online resources on grammar and style. The Webgrammar site offers advice and guidance for writers at all levels of scholarship as well as a portal to other sources of help for writers. This site is online companion to the print version of Jane Straus’s //The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation//, an excellent resource for examining the rules of punctuation. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 4.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 25%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">Submission Preparation Checklist <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-themecolor: text1"> 1. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor). <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-themecolor: text1"> 2. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">The submission file is in Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-themecolor: text1"> 3. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">All URL addresses in the text (e.g., [|http://pkp.sfu.ca] ) are activated and ready to click. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-themecolor: text1"> 4. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed at the end, consistent with APA style. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-themecolor: text1"> 5. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1">The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the [|Author Guidelines], which is found in About the Journal. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 4.5pt; COLOR: black; LINE-HEIGHT: 25%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-themecolor: text1"> ||
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 * The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation** [|http://www.grammarbook.com]
 * Common Errors in English** [|http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/] Written by Paul Brians, Professor of English at Washington State University, this informational page examines the most common errors in the English language. While the site focuses on the proper use of American English, it also offers valuable tips for anyone writing in English.