Edward J. Valauskas
USA
Instructor

Chief Editor
First Monday
Post Office Box 87636
Chicago, IL 60615 USA

Edward J. Valauskas is Chief Editor of First Monday, a monthly, Internet-only, free, peer-review journal dedicated to the Internet. He is the founder and principal of Internet Mechanics, a technology consulting group advising schools, libraries, government agencies, and corporations on telecommunications, computing, and the Internet. He is co-author of the book Internet Troubleshooter: Help for the Logged-On and Lost (Chicago: ALA Editions, 1994). Internet Troubleshooter was called a "godsend" in the September, 1995 issue of Wired. He is also the co-editor of the books The Internet Initiative (Chicago: ALA Editions, 1995) and The Internet for Teachers and School Media Specialists (New York: Neal-Schuman, 1996).

Edward is a member of the Board of Directors of the Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) and the Professional Board of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Mr. Valauskas is also an occasional lecturer at the School of Library and Information Management (SLIM) of Emporia State University as well as at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of Illinois.

He can be reached at ejv@uic.edu.