It is with great satisfaction that we summarize the inaugural volume of the Journal of the Association for Information Systems. JAIS began accepting submissions in June 1998. By March 2000, a sufficient number of papers had been accepted to permit initiating publication. Since then, JAIS has regularly published one article per month for a total of 12 articles in the first year, which constitute Volume 1. We hope that it will be possible to continue publishing at the same rate. That, however, depends on the quantity and quality of submissions; we will reduce the publication rate rather than compromise quality.

Indeed, establishing JAIS as a top quality journal is a major part of our mission. Achieving this goal is impossible without the help of the members of the editorial boards and the many reviewers who have helped evaluate the papers submitted; they deserve a special vote of thanks. The many colleagues who participated in the review process are recognized in the reviewer page linked to the JAIS site. I especially want to thank those reviewers who maintained our one-month review cycle; in many cases that permitted rapid turnaround to authors. (Due to the loss of some files, some reviewers may be missing from the reviewer page; if you are among them, please do not hesitate to point this out, as we want to recognize all those who devoted efforts to producing JAIS.)

We hope that the publication rate of one article per month is convenient for our readers. The reason for this cycle is the assumption that articles are more likely to be read if they are received one at a time rather than being bundled three or four together, and the electronic publication medium clearly supports this.

A second element of the mission of JAIS is to provide a medium for disseminating new knowledge in the field in all its variety. Table 1 provides a summary of the articles in Volume 1, the methodology employed, and the reference discipline. The table exhibits a broad range of topics, methodologies, and reference disciplines and it is our intention to continue this pattern of eclecticism in articles published in JAIS. (The classification is our own interpretation; authors and readers may, of course, reach somewhat different conclusions.)

Table 1: Classification of JAIS Articles

article	topic	methodology	reference discipline
1-01	Effects of animation on information seeking	experiment	Human/computer interfaces
1-02	Perceptions of e-journals	mail survey	Organizational Behavior/information science
1-03	Management support system analysis	experiment	Management
1-04	Decision models in adopting new computer architectures	conjoint analysis of interview data	Technology diffusion
1-05	Adoption of Internet banking	online survey	Technology diffusion
1-06	Impact of online banking on IPO performance	analysis of secondary data	Finance
1-07	Size of IT investments and productive efficiency	analytical model & analysis of secondary data	Economics
1-08	Importance of perceived ease of use in IT adoption	simulation experiment	Organizational behavior
1-09	Analyzing performance incentives for IS outsourcing	analytical model	Managerial economics
1-10	Corporate Intranet implementation	comparative case studies	Organization science
1-11	EDI assurance services	framework development	Auditing
1-12	Influences on intention to behave ethically/unethically	questionnaire responses to scenarios	Ethics

If there is one source of disappointment in papers published to date it is the paucity of utilization of the possibilities opened up by the electronic medium. Given the medium, one might have expected much more widespread use of color, links to instruments and auxiliary material, sound and video, etc. Hopefully, as authors begin to internalize the potential of the medium, we will see more utilization of non- traditional forms of exposition.

In summary, producing the first volume of JAIS has been an exciting experience. We hope that future volumes will continue to improve on the principles established in the first volume and we wish our readers interesting and useful reading.