The document outlines recommended best practices for e-journal publishers and providers to ensure e-journal content remains discoverable, citable, and accessible over time. It discusses the scope of the guidance, provides examples of recommendations around journal title and citation information, and outlines next steps like a public review period before publication on the NISO website. Publishers, libraries, and other interested parties are encouraged to get involved.

1. HARRASSOWITZ
Booksellers & Subscription Agents
Katharina Klemperer (kklemperer@harrassowitz.de)
Charleston, Nov. 4, 2011
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2. What are the recommended
best practices?
Overview and scope
Recommendations
Examples
Next steps
How to become involved?
Resources
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3. Overview and scope
Guidance to e-journal publishers and
providers to ensure that e-journal content
can be reliably discovered, cited, and
accessed by users over time
Short and simple
Minimize library jargon
Benefits to all parties involved in scholarly
pursuits: researchers, authors, librarians,
online providers, publishers, and other
intermediaries
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4. But the following are not included
Continuously updated resources
(databases, looseleaf services,
many reference works)
Website design (except as related
to presentation and identification)
Overall publishing guidelines
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5. The recommendations
Journal Title and Citation Information
Title Changes and Title History
ISSN
Enumeration and Chronology Systems
Publication Information
Access to Content
Preservation of Content Digitized from
Print
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6. Appendices – supporting and
enlightening the recommendations
Glossary
ISSN
Determining title
DOI and Cross-ref
References (recommended reading)
Examples of good practice
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7. Examples of good practice
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8. Use title under which content was originally published 8

9. Provide complete title history, with dates, enum. and ISSN’s 9

10. Provide “journal information” page with vital facts 10

11. Next steps (NISO procedures)
Completion of documentation
45 day public review period
Resolution of comments (by working group)
Approval of revisions by working group
Approval of best practices document by
NISO business information topic committee
Publication on NISO website
Formation of standing committee to
encourage adoption in the community, also
to review after 1.5 or 2 years
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12. How to get involved?
Publishers and online providers:
adopt the best practices!
Libraries: encourage your online
providers to adopt!
Anyone: participate in the public
review of the best practices
Anyone: volunteer to join the standing
committee and spread the word.
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13. Resources
PIE-J workroom:
http://www.niso.org/workrooms/piej
Further information about the best practices.
PIE-J information mailing list:
http://www.niso.org/lists/piejinfo
For notifications about progress through the
approval process.
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