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Date:         Thu, 23 Jul 1992 21:21:00 CDT
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Subject:      new electronic journal - call for articles

                   ANNOUNCING THE FOUNDING OF

                              IPCT
               Interpersonal Computing and Technology:
             An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century

    IPCT: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century is based on
the following premises:

               The electronic journal is the wave of the future. By
     the year 2000, the bulk of information will be exchanged
     electronically and the nature of print media will have
     changed drastically.

               There are, currently, several barriers to the use of
     electronic journals as outlets for scholarly research. These
     include: copyright problems, the problem of coordinating
     with print publication, and especially the validation of the
     electronic journal as a legitimate outlet for dissemination
     of scholarly studies, suitable for credit toward promotion and
     tenure in colleges and universities.

     IPCT: An Electronic Journal for the 21st Century will attempt
     to address these three concerns.

              The first issue of the journal is planned for
         January, 1993.  Depending on the quantity and quality
         of submissions, the decision will be made as to whether
         the journal will be issued twice yearly or quarterly.
         Each journal issue will be the equivalent of 64 print
         pages.

              The journal will be coordinated with and issued
         through the Interpersonal Computing and Technology
         Discussion List, a list maintained, moderated and
         operated at Georgetown University.  This list will serve
         as the initial readership. Subscribers to the list will
         be considered charter subscribers. There will be no
         charge for the service for the first year.  Subscribers
         will be urged to comment extensively on content and
         format of the journal.  After an experimental year,
         we will commence library collaboration and may find it
         necessary to charge for the service.

              CALL FOR ARTICLES AND PAPERS

     This is a formal call for submission of articles for
inclusion in the journal.

    All articles for IPCT must be submitted in ASCII format in an 80
character field.  They must conform to the latest edition of the American
Psychological Association style book with the sole exception that capital
letters should be used as substitutes for italics in all references and
citations and there should be no page footnotes.


        Please submit full length articles (10-20 pages with
     notes and bibliography) done in APA format on the
     following topics: use of electronic networks in the
     classroom, electronic publishing, use of electronic
     networks and information exchange, library applications
     of electronic communication, professional relationships
     carried on via electronic communication, use of
     electronic communication in higher education, business,
     industry and government and related topics. Articles may
     have a humanistic or social science cast. Technological
     articles will be considered to the extent that they are
     intelligible to the bulk of the readers and are not
     specific to any particular hardware configuration


        We regret that, at this time, we will be unable
     to use articles which employ pictures and diagrams
     and we urge that statistical tables be kept to a mimimum.
     Our transmission will be in the simplest ASCII format, to
     make the journal available to greatest number of
     potential subscribers.

     All articles will be given at least two blind reviews and
published articles will be selected by the editors.

   In our reviewing process, we will conform to the highest
standards of reviewing used in the best print journals.  Our
associate editors (reviewers) will be selected on criteria of
editorial experience and status in their field of expertise.

     Article submissions should be sent to:

 GMP@PSUVM.BITNET or gmp@psuvm.psu.edu (internet).

     After two issues a decision will be made whether to coordinate
publication with a print publisher. Meanwhile endorsements will be
solicited from relevant organizations, e.g. organizations like
American Library Association, EDUCOM, Speech Communication
Association, etc. and requests will be made for lists of their
on-line subscribers. Announcements will be sent to other relevant
lists.  We urge you to circulate this announcement to relevant
lists with which you may be familiar.

     Since the journal will be distributed by IPCT-L, subscription
to IPCT-L will be necessary for those desiring copies.

TO SUBSCRIBE TO IPCT-L PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW:

Send the following one-line message in the body of an email message to
LISTSERV@GUVM or LISTSERV@GUVM.GEORGETOWN.EDU

            SUBCRIBE IPCT-L YOURFIRSTNAME YOURLASTNAME
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