diff --git a/productMods/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.jsp b/productMods/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.jsp
index b633a7b4..149269f2 100644
--- a/productMods/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.jsp
+++ b/productMods/edit/forms/addAuthorsToInformationResource.jsp
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ SPARQL queries for existing values. --%>
 
 <c:set var="title" value="<em>${infoResourceName}</em>: Authors" />
 <c:set var="requiredHint" value="<span class='requiredHint'> *</span>" />
-<c:set var="initialHint" value="<span class='hint'>initial okay</span>" />
+<c:set var="initialHint" value="<span class='hint'>(initial okay)</span>" />
 
 <jsp:include page="${preForm}" />
 
@@ -323,8 +323,8 @@ SPARQL queries for existing values. --%>
     <h3>Add an Author</h3>
     
     <p class="inline"><v:input type="text" id="lastName" label="Last name ${requiredHint}" size="30" /></p>
-    <p class="inline"><v:input type="text" id="firstName" label="First name ${requiredHint}" size="20" />${initialHint}</p>
-    <p class="inline"><v:input type="text" id="middleName" label="Middle name" size="20" />${initialHint}</p>
+    <p class="inline"><v:input type="text" id="firstName" label="First name ${requiredHint} ${initialHint}" size="20" /></p>
+    <p class="inline"><v:input type="text" id="middleName" label="Middle name ${initialHint}" size="20" /></p>
     <input type="hidden" id="label" name="label" value="" />  <!-- Field value populated by JavaScript -->
     
     <div id="selectedAuthor">
diff --git a/productMods/edit/forms/css/addAuthorsToInformationResource.css b/productMods/edit/forms/css/addAuthorsToInformationResource.css
index 1c5d20ac..5adcb2b5 100644
--- a/productMods/edit/forms/css/addAuthorsToInformationResource.css
+++ b/productMods/edit/forms/css/addAuthorsToInformationResource.css
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ form a:hover.cancel,
 }
 
 #content form p.inline label {
-    width: 10em;
+    width: 13em;
     margin-top: 0;
 
 }
@@ -81,3 +81,7 @@ form a:hover.cancel,
 #selectedAuthor {
     clear: left;
 }
+
+#content form p.submit {
+    margin-top: 3em;
+}
diff --git a/productMods/edit/forms/js/addAuthorsToInformationResource.js b/productMods/edit/forms/js/addAuthorsToInformationResource.js
index 521aa201..4c0795fa 100644
--- a/productMods/edit/forms/js/addAuthorsToInformationResource.js
+++ b/productMods/edit/forms/js/addAuthorsToInformationResource.js
@@ -48,7 +48,13 @@ var addAuthorForm = {
     	
     	this.setUpAutocomplete();
     	
-    	this.initAuthorListOnlyView();
+    	// On this form, validation errors entail that a new person was being entered.
+    	if (this.findValidationErrors()) {
+    		this.initFormView();
+    		this.showFieldsForNewPerson();
+    	} else {
+    		this.initAuthorListOnlyView();
+    	}
     },
     
     bindEventListeners: function() {
@@ -59,13 +65,35 @@ var addAuthorForm = {
     	});
     	
     	this.submit.click(function() {
+    		// NB Important JavaScript scope issue: if we call it this way, this = addAuthorForm 
+    		// in prepareFieldValuesForSubmit. If we do
+    		// this.submit.click(this.prepareFieldValuesForSubmit); then
+    		// this != addAuthorForm in prepareFieldValuesForSubmit.
     		addAuthorForm.prepareFieldValuesForSubmit(); 
     	});   	
-    	
+
     	this.lastNameField.blur(function() {
-    		addAuthorForm.firstNameWrapper.show();
-    		addAuthorForm.middleNameWrapper.show();
+    		console.log("in blur")
+    		addAuthorForm.onLastNameChange();
     	});
+    	// Prevent form submission when hitting enter in last name field
+    	this.lastNameField.keydown(function(event) {
+    		if (event.keyCode === 13) {
+    			console.log('in keydown')
+    		    addAuthorForm.onLastNameChange();
+    			return false;
+    		}
+    	});
+    },
+    
+    onLastNameChange: function() {
+    	this.showFieldsForNewPerson();
+    	this.firstNameField.focus();
+    },
+    
+    showFieldsForNewPerson: function() {
+    	this.firstNameWrapper.show();
+    	this.middleNameWrapper.show();
     },
 
     // This view shows the list of existing authors and hides the form.
@@ -139,11 +167,12 @@ var addAuthorForm = {
 
     	var cache = {};
     	var url = $('#acUrl').val();
-    	var existingAuthorUris = addAuthorForm.getExistingAuthorUris();  
-    	console.log(existingAuthorUris);
+    	var existingAuthorUris = addAuthorForm.getExistingAuthorUris();
+    	
     	jQuery.each(existingAuthorUris, function(index, element) {
     		url += '&filter=' + element;
     	});
+    	
     	$('#lastName').autocomplete({
     		minLength: 2,
     		source: url,
diff --git a/productMods/edit/forms/js/customForm.js b/productMods/edit/forms/js/customForm.js
index da833d67..ff910f5c 100644
--- a/productMods/edit/forms/js/customForm.js
+++ b/productMods/edit/forms/js/customForm.js
@@ -359,31 +359,6 @@ var customForm = {
     	});   	
     },
     
-    // Return true iff there are validation errors on the form
-    findValidationErrors: function() {
-
-        return customForm.form.find('.validationError').length > 0;
-    	
-// RY For now, we just need to look for the presence of the error elements.
-// Later, however, we may generate empty error messages in the markup, for
-// customized positioning, in which case we need to look for whether they have 
-// content. See clearFormData().
-//    	var foundErrors = false,
-//    	    errors = this.form.find('.validationError'),
-//    	    numErrors = errors.length,
-//    	    i,
-//    	    error;
-//    	
-//    	for (i = 0; foundErrors == false && i < numErrors; i++) {
-//    		error = errors[i];
-//    		if (error.html() != '') {
-//    			foundErrors = true;
-//    		}
-//    	}
-//    	
-//    	return foundErrors;
-    },
-    
     resetForm: function() {
     	
         // Clear all form data and error messages