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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The <a href="http://www.mwais.org/" target="_blank">Midwest Association for Information Systems</a> (MWAIS) Executive
Committee is pleased to announce the launch of the <a href="http://www.jmwais.org/" target="_blank"><i>Journal of the Midwest Association for Information Systems</i></a> (JMWAIS). We are also very pleased to announce that Daniel Power, Professor of Management
and Information Systems, University of Northern Iowa, has agreed to serve as its first Editor-in-Chief. JMWAIS is a doubled-blind, peer-reviewed, quality focused, and open-access online journal. The editors are now accepting submissions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Journal will be published bi-annually in January and July and the inaugural issue is scheduled for publication
in January 2015. JMWAIS will publish original articles related to Information Systems (IS), Information Technology (IT), and Management Information Systems (MIS).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The editorial emphasis is on interdisciplinary research involving IS/T and MIS from organizational and individual
perspectives. JMWAIS strives to be unique, in both its interdisciplinary Information Systems focus and its commitment to authors of an expedited and constructive review process. Specifically, the editorial policy encourages authors from various disciplines
to submit interesting IS/T and MIS related manuscripts. The Editorial Board emphasizes a balanced vision between rigor and relevance. Both academic, scholarly-oriented and more practitioner-oriented submissions are welcomed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Please visit the Journal website (<a href="http://www.jmwais.org/" target="_blank">www.jmwais.org</a>) for additional
information about submitting manuscripts or for contact information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">On behalf of the MWAIS Executive Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Martina Greiner<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">MWAIS President<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Martina Greiner, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">College of IS & T<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">University of Nebraska at Omaha<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Omaha, NE 68182-0392<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Phone: (402) 554- 2174<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fax: (402) 554-3284<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">mgreiner@unomaha.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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