I am away until 22/02/26. Your mail will not be read or forwarded. In urgent cases, please get in touch with the DIMAS secretariat at: dimas@ur.de. Am 07.02.2026 um 17:20 schrieb chamil rathnayake via Air-L <air-l@listserv.aoir.org>:
Dear all, I would gladly volunteer to help run the journal, and I am sure there will be other who would like to form a team to run FM.
Best wishes, Chamil
Chamil Rathnayake PhD Senior Lecturer, University of Strathclyde
On Sat, Feb 7, 2026 at 2:50 PM Christian Fuchs via Air-L < air-l@listserv.aoir.org> wrote:
Why is it actually shutting down?
Wouldn't it be an idea to hand it over to a group of volunteers interested in the journal? Probably one could find such volunteers here on AIr-L...
Best, Christian
Am 06.02.26 um 22:36 schrieb Zimmer, Michael via Air-L: Really sad to hear that First Monday is shutting down after 30 years of publication. It was one of the first journals devoted to internet research, and a true pioneer in open access: no fees, no paywalls, and authors retained their copyright.
My very first publication appeared there in 2004, and I know an entire generation of us got our start in its pages. Many thanks to Ed and everyone who contributed to building and sustaining such an important venue. End of an era.
https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/announcement/view/99
~ Michael
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