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Developing Open Access Journals: A practical guide

David Solomon, Michigan State University, USA

Chandos Information Professional Series

…this book serves quite well as a good and easy-to-read starter.
Library Hi-Tech-Journal

…raise many practical issues to keep in mind while planning, shaping and maintaining an OA journal.
Library Hi-Tech-Journal

…this book is a good starting point.
Library Review (Emerald Publishing)

The author manages to relate sometimes very complicated problems and solutions in a simple way, not actually simplifying them, but helping the reader to understand the complexity involved.
Information Research

 - the first book on the practical issues of developing an open access journal – what to do, and what not to do
 - comprehensive and provides a step by step guide in the process of developing an open access journal

This book provides a practical guide to developing and maintaining an electronic open access peer-reviewed scholarly journal. Creating such journals, particularly if it is done well, requires a great deal of specialized knowledge that spans library science, web development, intellectual property rights and publishing, as well as well issues that are unique to the activity itself. The book provides a very practical step by step guide to addressing the issues of creating an open access journal.

Readership: Starting open access journals; academic librarians; and students on library science courses.

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About the author

Dr David J Solomon is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Michigan State University. He started an open access electronic journal in medical education, Medical Education Online, which has grown rapidly in recent years.

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Contents

PART 1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION
PART 2 CRAFTING A NEW OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL
PART 3 MAINTAINING AND OPERATING AN OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL

PART 1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Introduction
 - Structure of the book
 - A brief history of scholarly journals
 - The functions of journals in scholarly communities
 - Ethical and practical arguments for open access to scholarship
 - Models for open access publication

Examples of successful open access journals
 - Medical Education Online
 - Information Research
 - Journal of Medical Internet Research
 - First Monday
 - Journal of Electronic Publishing
 - Summary
 - Note

PART 2 CRAFTING A NEW OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL

Journal planning issues
 - Determining the name and scope of the journal
 - Determining an organizational and governance structure
 - Forming an editorial board
 - Defining a peer-review policy
 - Journal structure and content
 - Format, layout and style
 - Developing instructions for authors

Hosting and data systems
 - Hosting issues
 - Changing web hosting companies
 - Ensuring the availability and integrity of your journal

By-laws, policies and other journal documentation
 - By-laws
 - Policies
 - Instructions for authors
 - Conclusions

Resources and financing
 - Reducing the need for resources by operating an OA journal efficiently
 - Volunteer help
 - Donated support
 - Generating income through the journal’s operations
 - Administrative overhead
 - Conclusions

Disseminating the content of your journal
 - Obtaining an International Standard Serial Number
 - Indexes
 - Directories
 - Metadata harvesters
 - Search engines
 - Professional networking
 - Gathering intelligence on who is accessing your journal

PART 3 MAINTAINING AND OPERATING AN OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL

Launching the journal
 - The planning stage
 - Launch preparation
 - Launching the journal
 - Note

Maintaining and sustaining an OA journal
 - Managing the review process
 - Publishing other types of material
 - Manuscript preparation process
 - Publication process
 - Journal maintenance processes
 - Note

Concluding remarks