2. Scholarly Journal Initiatives 2015 (1)
โข Audit of SA journal titles: online presence,
use of online journal management systems,
indexing and more
โข Implementation of Digital Object Identifiers
(DOIs)
โข Allocation of online ISSNs
โข Researcher IDs
โข Wiki on Scholarly Publishing
3. Scholarly Journal Initiatives 2015 (2)
โข Creative Commons Licenses
โข Digital Preservation Strategy
โข Review of National Code of Best Practice
โข Online Journal Management System
โข Webinar sessions to create awareness
4. SA Scholarly Journal Landscape (1)
โข Feb โ April 2015
โข 303 DHET accredited journal titles (incl.
DHET, WoS, IBSS) (2 discont.)
โข 58 titles indexed by SciELO SA
โข 146 Open Access (59 on Directory of
Open Access Journals)
5. โข 279 titles have a web page (154 have
online ISSN)
โข 65 titles indexed by WoS (20 on SciELO SA)
โข 41 listed on IBSS
โข 115 indexed by Scopus
โข 163 titles peer-reviewed by ASSAf
โข 47 titles published by Taylor & Francis
SA Scholarly Journal Landscape (2)
6. Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)(1)
โข SciELO requirement from 2015 โ see
Agreement
โข Good journal practice in digital
environment
โข Track digital footprint of article
โข Include DOI in citations e.g. APA Style
โข Use DOI to determine article usage and impact
โข Persistent online address for article โ will always
resolve
โข Responsibility of publisher to maintain
7. Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) (2)
DOIs implemented by SciELO SA Journal Titles
No DOI ASSAf DOI Other
33 titles using
other publisherโs
DOIs
17 titles using
ASSAf DOIs
9 titles not using
DOIs
8. Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)(3)
โข Become part of the process
โข Invitation to SciELO SA journal titles via email
โข Email confirmation from journal to ASSAf to
make use of service
โข DOI guidelines shared with editor/journal
manager/publisher
โข DOIs embedded in pdfโs for future citation
purposes
โข DOIs submitted to ASSAf for registration with
CrossRef
โข DOIs included in SciELO metadata
10. Online ISSNs (1)
โข 8-digit code used to identify newspapers,
journals, magazines and periodicals of all
kinds and on all mediaโprint and
electronic
โข Identifies all continuing resources,
irrespective of their medium (print or
electronic)
โข Associated with title of publication โ if
title/format changes, new ISSN has to be
assigned
11. Online ISSNs (2)
โข National Library of South Africa is national
ISSN agent
โข Online ISSN a requirement for digital
preservation with Portico
โข SciELO SA titles:
โข 52 with online ISSNs
โข 6 requests submitted to NLSA
โข Communication to go out to all editors to
confirm print and/or online ISSN
13. Researcher IDs (1)
โข ORCID โ unique digital ID for a researcher
โข Persistent digital identifier distinguishes
researchers from one another
โข Integrated in key research workflows such
as manuscript and grant submission,
supports automated linkages between
researcher and his/her professional
activities ensuring that work is recognised
15. Researcher IDs (3)
โข Add ORCID to metadata of online article
โข Include in email signature, web,
conferences etc.
โข Researchers can register ORCID free of
charge
โข Populate profiles and link with other IDs,
e.g. Google Scholar, ResearcherID
(Thomson Reuters) etc.
https://orcid.org/register
16. Wiki on Scholarly Publishing
โข A-Z topics on scholarly publishing
โข Frequently Asked Questions
โข Work in progress โ new content added
every day
โข Central resource of scholarly publishing
information
โข Everybody can contribute
17. https://academyofsciencesa.wikispaces.com/
How do I apply for inclusion in Thomson Reuters?
How do I apply for inclusion in IBSS?
How do I determine the journal impact?
How do I know whether a journal is a predatory journal?
18. Creative Commons Licensing
โข See SciELO Agreement
This license lets others
distribute, remix,
tweak, and build upon
your work, even
commercially, as long
as they credit you for
the original creation.
This is the most
accommodating of
licenses offered.
Recommended for
maximum
dissemination and
use of licensed
materials.
19. Digital Preservation Strategy
โข See SciELO Agreement
โข Portico - not-for-profit digital preservation
service
โข One of largest community-supported digital
archives in the world
โข Preserves e-journals, e-books, and other
electronic scholarly content to ensure
researchers and students will have access to
it in the future
โข Dark archive
20. Dark archive โฆ
โข Source files: graphics/text/audio-visual
โข Include more information, for example
higher quality graphics
โข PDF & html delivered might differ from
originally published look and feel
โข Trigger events
โข Discontinuation of a title by a publisher
โข Back issues no longer offered by a publisher
โข Catastrophic and sustained failure of a
publisherโs delivery platform
23. Preservation
Planning
Portico analyses
content and
develops a
specific
preservation
plan.
Receipt &
Inventory
Management
Content is
transferred to
Portico from the
content provider.
Processing &
Archival Deposit
Portico integrates
content into the
archive according
to the specific
presentation
plan.
Monitoring &
Management
Portico manages
the archive and
content on an
ongoing basis to
ensure security
and failure
accessibility.
Content Delivery
Content is made
available to users
at participating
institutions under
defined
circumstances.
24. National Code of Best Practice
โข Review of existing code by 14 peer-
reviewers using crowd-sourcing approach
via Google Docs
โข 2 months
โข Next โฆ
Prof Deirdre Byrne
Dr Lyzette Hoffman
Dr Kate Huddlestone
Prof Karien Jooste
Prof Andrรฉ Ligthelm
Dr John Measey
Prof Olajide Oloyede
Dr Dirk Postma
Ms Sue Randall
Prof Chris Rensleigh
Prof Dr Christof Sauer
Prof A Schepers
Prof Leslie Swartz
Prof Llwellyn van Zyl
27. Purpose of Open Journal Systems
(1)
โข Create a proper online presence for journal
โ not only a flat web page
โข Electronic workflow
โข All roles integrated: Editor, Reviewers,
Authors, Layout Editor, Copyeditor, Proof
reader, Journal Manager
โข DOIs automatically generated
โข Keeps track of all system transactions, emails
โข Accessible any time, any where
28. Purpose of Open Journal Systems
(2)
โข Also retrospectively digitise previous issues
and make online available โ can continue
to have an impact, be cited, increase
visibility of journal
โข Full text articles indexed within OJS
โข ASSAf to follow a federated approach
โข Pilot will assist with developing a long term
strategy & plan
โข MoU between ASSAf and Journal Title
29. โข Webinar = Presentation, lecture, seminar
workshop presented over web
โข 1 hour interactive sessions in real time
โข Follow from the comfort of your office
โข Save costs, time, while staying abreast of
new developments in scholarly publishing
โข Good quality Internet & sound to follow
โข Audience: researchers, publishers, librarians,
students, more
Webinar sessions to create
awareness (1)
30. Webinar sessions to create awareness
(2) Creative Commons
ORCID
Next: Using OJS