Open Publish and theNational Library of Australia

Bobby GrahamDirector Web Publishing (A/g)National Library of Australia

15 December 2009

Open Journal Systems (OJS)

• OJS is an open access journal management and publishing system

• It assists with every stage of the refereed publishing process, from submissions through to online publication and indexing

• Developed by the Public Knowledge Project in partnership with– the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia– the Simon Fraser University Library– the School of Education at Stanford University

Under the hood

• OJS is installed locally and locally controlled• Editors configure their requirements, manage

sections review submissions and more• Content is submitted and managed online• Content is comprehensively indexed• Readers are notified by email• Reading tools based on field and editors’ choice

come as part of the software• There is online help and support

What do we do?

Use OJS to manage a service called Open Publish We host six journals:

– Australian Victorian Studies Journal– Australian Journal of Adoption– Journal of the Association for the Study of Australian

Literature– Labour and Management in Development– National Library of Australia Staff Papers– Reviews in Australian Studies

• Work with journal managers to facilitate this process

What are our objectives?

Capture content at time of creation in a format suitable for long-term preservation and access

Improve access to Australian content Work collaboratively to produce an online open

access journal hosting service Develop a suitable model for the deposit or

future deposit of online publications Provide practical knowledge of online journal

publishing issues

How can users find the content?

Open Publish: individual journals National Library catalogue Trove Libraries Australia Google search Google Scholar Australian Research Online eResources PANDORA Directory of Open Access Journals

What do users say?User profile survey Dec 2008

496 users surveyed

87 users started the survey

85 users completed the survey

What brings you here today?

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Accessing from Australia or overseas?

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How likely are you to recommend Open Publish to others?

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Open Publishhttp://www.nla.gov.au/openpublish/index.php