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Formatting Guidelines

Papers should be:
No more than 3000 words or 10 pages of the designated format. Papers should describe completed research, a completed investigation into IS teaching practice or a detailed description of some industrial 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.

Formatting Guidelines

First Page

1. The title of the paper

2. The name(s) of the author(s) - Main author first

3. Affiliation of each author

4. The postal address of the main author

5. The telephone number and fax number for the main author

6. The email address of the main author

7. A short abstract describing the paper

8. A word count

Title

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

Name, Affiliation and Contact Details

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.

Abstract

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.

Header 1 - 1st level headings

1st Level headingsshould 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.

Header 2 - 2nd level headings

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.

Header 3 - 3rd level headings

Normal Text

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

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.

Tables

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

References

References should be in the form:

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

Example:

Beynon-Davies, P. Information Systems 'Failure': The case of the London Ambulance Service's Computer Aided Despatch System. European Journal of Information Systems. 4(1). 171-184.

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

Beynon-Davies, P. 1998. Information Systems Development. Macmillan, Basingstoke. 3rd Edition.

References are to be included in the maximum page length.

Page Setup

Paper size should be set to A4.

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

Submission Instructions

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

Conference Attendance

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.

Publication of Papers

Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the conference proceedings. A selection of the best papers from the conference may be published in selected Information Systems journals and/or an edited text.