Digital journal publishing service overview & training from the Center for Digital Scholarship and Services (OSU Libraries and Press).

1. Journal Publishing and OJS
Services and Training
OSU Libraries and Press
Michael Boock
Head, Center for Digital Scholarship and Services
Michael.Boock@oregonstate.edu
Tom Johnson
Digital Applications Librarian
Thomas.Johnson@oregonstate.edu

2. What We’ll Cover
1. Library Open Access Journal Publishing Services
2. Open Journal Systems (OJS) Overview
3. OJS Workflow and Training
4. Journal Design Template
5. Copyright and Creative Commons licenses
6. Question and Answer

3. Why the Library?
➢ Involved in a variety of other digital
publishing efforts
➢ Interest in providing OSU faculty and staff
with services in support of Open Access
➢ Promote the university and its scholarship

4. OA Journal Publishing
➢ Creation, management, distribution, and
preservation of open access journals
➢ Collaboration with University of Oregon
➢ OJS@OregonDigital
⇒ journals.oregondigital.org
⇒ article submission to article publishing and
distribution

5. OA Journal Publishing
1. Takes advantage of modern web-based
distribution mechanisms
2. Increases the visibility of journal publications
3. Avoids the fees and access restrictions
associated with commercial publishers
4. Reaches readers outside a journal’s core
discipline

7. Your Responsibilities

8. OJS Overview
➢ Free
➢ Open Source
➢ Online publication management system
➢ Over 6500 installations around the world
➢ Developed by Public Knowledge Project

9. OJS Workflow

10. Submissions
➢ User Submission
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Register/Log In
Enter Title, Author(s), and Abstract
Upload File
Track Status
➢ Editor Submission
⇒ Receive File from Author
⇒ Enter Title, Author(s), and Abstract
⇒ Upload File

11. Peer Review
Editor/Section Editor
➢ Assigns Reviewers
➢ Manages Review Copy/Process
➢ Records Decision
Reviewer
➢ Comments for Editor
➢ Comments for Author
➢ Records Decision

12. Editing & Proofing
➢ Copy Edits
⇒ Initial
⇒ Author
⇒ Final
➢ Proofread
⇒ Author
⇒ Proofreader
⇒ Layout Editor
➢ Layout/Galley Version

13. Publishing
➢ Create Issue
⇒ Choose Issue Numbering
⇒ Enter Metadata
⇒ Optionally:
⇀ Cover Image
⇀ Issue Stylesheet
➢ Schedule Articles During Review/Edit
➢ Publish
➢ Post Publication: DOIs

14. Walkthrough
[demo]

15. Workflow Options
➢ Full Workflow
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User Submission
Peer Review
Copy Edit
Layout/Galley
Assign/Publish
➢ Partial Workflow
⇒ Create Galley
⇒ Editor Submits/Assigns/Publishes

16. Publication

17. Journal Design Template
Template: http://bit.ly/1et12Zx
➢ Header with links to OSU Libraries & Press
and UO
➢ Page structure
Journal Managers:
➢ Choose a color scheme
➢ Provide a logo (120 pixels X 170 pixels)

18. Copyright and Licensing
Gratis vs. Libre
➢ Gratis
⇒ Journal secures a non-exclusive license to distribute.
⇒ Offers free (gratis) access on the web.
➢ Libre
⇒ Author attaches Creative Commons license.
⇒ Journal offers free (gratis) access on the web.
⇒ Journal relays rights for free (libre) use on reader.

19. Creative Commons
➢ Licenses are blanket statements granting
various rights to everyone.
➢ “distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your
work, even commercially” with attribution.
➢ Can restrict derivatives and commercial use.
➢ Machine, lawyer, and human readable.
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/

20. Public Domain
➢ Journal not required to secure distribution
rights from author.
➢ Journal should use a Public Domain Mark to
inform readers of the content’s status and
their rights.
http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

21. Questions?
http://cdss.library.oregonstate.edu/digital-publishing
http://journals.oregondigital.org
Contact:
Tom Johnson, Digital Applications Librarian
541-737-3443
thomas.johnson@oregonstate.edu
Michael Boock, Head, Center for Digital Scholarship and Services
541-737-9155
michael.boock@oregonstate.edu