Papers should be:

1. Full papers of no more than 3000 words or 10 pages of the designated format. Full papers should describe completed research, a completed investigation into IS teaching practice or a detailed description of some industrial practice.
2. Short papers of no more than 2000 words or six pages of the designated format. Short papers may provide a description of research in progress, ideas for improving teaching practice or some formulations for improving practice.
3. Discussion papers of no more than 1000 words or 2 pages of the designated format. Discussion papers may provide brief descriptions of early IS research, descriptions of areas of interest to the teaching of IS or brief descriptions of technology, methods or techniques important for IS practice.
   

All papers must be submitted in the form indicated below.
Failure to submit correctly formatted papers may lead to exclusion from the conference proceedings.
All papers will be refereed.

Papers should be in Word 6 format.

The first page of the paper should include:

5. The telephone number and fax number for the main author
6. The email address of the main author

8. A word count

The title should be in 22 point Times New Roman, left justified, bold, italics.

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The name(s), affiliation(s) and contact detail(s) of authors should follow the title preceded by one line. They should be in 14 point Times New Roman, regular, bold and left justified.

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The abstract should follow the names, affiliations and contact details and should be preceded by one line. The title ‘Abstract’ should be in 14 point Times New Roman, bold, italics, left justified. The text of the abstract should be in Times New Roman 10 point, regular and justified.

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1st Level headings should be in 14 point Times New Roman and have 12 point before and after the heading. All letters in the heading should be in uppercase. The heading should be bold and left justified. First level headings should be numbered from 1 to 10.

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2nd Level headings should be in 11 point Times New Roman, bold, and have 12 point before and after the heading. The heading should be left justified. Second level headings should be numbered 1 to 10 within their 1st level heading.

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Third level headings are discouraged. If you have to use them then they should be 11 point Times New Roman, italic, and have 12 point before and after the heading. The heading should be left justified. Third level headings should be numbered 1 to 10 within their 2nd level heading.

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Normal text should be in 10 point Times New Roman. The text should be regular and justified, single-spaced. The first paragraph of each section should remain justified. Subsequent paragraphs should be indented by 0.5 cms.

Figures are to be included within the maximum page length. Figures should be embedded within the text and centred on the page. Each figure should be numbered and given a title in Times New Roman 10 point bold. The figure number and title should be centred at the base of the figure.

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Each table should be numbered and should have a bold title. Tables should be embedded in the text and should be centred.

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References should be in the form:

Journal Paper: Author(s). Year. Title. Journal. Volume No (Issue No). Page Nos.

Example:

Book: Author(s). Year. Title. Publisher. Place of Publication. Edition.

References are to be included in the maximum page length.

Paper size should be set to A4.

The page for the paper should be set up as follows:

Top: 2.7cms

Bottom: 8 cms

Left: 3 cms

Right: 4 cms

Header: 1.25 cms

Footer: 1.25 cms

Papers should be submitted as an email attachment to: pbeynon@glamorgan.ac.uk
Postal and faxed submissions will also be considered although email attachment is the preferred method of submission.

Papers should not have been previously published or be simultaneously submitted elsewhere.

At least one of the named authors of accepted papers must register for conference attendance. Papers in which no authors attend the conference will be excluded from the published proceedings and will not be considered for the special issue of the journal.

Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the conference proceedings by McGraw-Hill. A selection of the best papers from the conference will be published in a special issue of the Journal New Review of Information Systems Research.