ojs and urban library journal
DESCRIPTION
My section of a group presentation to the 2012 CUNY IT Conference entitled: The Online Journal System: Implications for Scholarly Publishing in CUNY. I cover the basics of what the Open Journal System (OJS) does; how a journal, Urban Library Journal, moved over to OJS; and the backend of OJS as well as some considerations for using OJS.TRANSCRIPT
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CUNY ITNovember 29, 2012
The Online Journal System: Implications for Scholarly
Publishing in CUNY OJS Background and
Urban Library Journal on OJS
Monica BergerAssociate Professor, LibraryNew York City College of TechnologyJournal Manager, Urban Library Journal
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Open Journals System
1.Background: 1.What is OJS and
2.what can it do
2.Urban Library Journal and OJS
3.What does OJS look like behind the curtain
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1. BackgroundOJS is an open source solution to managing and publishing
scholarly journals online
Highly flexible editor‐operated journal system installed on a local Web server {Steve}
Reduces time and energy devoted to clerical and managerial tasks {Beth}
Improving the record‐keeping and efficiency of editorial processes {Beth}
Improves indexing and discoveryfrom OJS in an Hour
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1. OJS, what is it, what can it do / For the reader
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1. OJS, what is it, what can it do / For the author
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1. OJS, what is it, what can it do / For the webmaster/journal manager
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1. OJS, what is it, what can it doFor the editor:
• Saves tons of administrative time as follows …
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1. OJS, what is it, what can it do / For the editor
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2. Urban Library Journal and OJS
Hosting from Office of Library Services, moving to Graduate Center next year
History: html Joomla OJS
Online editorial process finally used [yay!] after initial set up in 2009
Most challenging task for journal manager (other than learning OJS!): expedited uploading of back issues—tons of metadata creation, manager needs to enroll as editor & author
Help with this? See the PKP wiki
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3. What does it look like behind the curtain?
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Practical considerations
• Server available access/budget
• Will editors, copyeditors, and/or reviewers have time to learn the system?
• Back issue creation onerous although expediting uploading saves a little time
• Initial setup time‐consuming