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Creating and Maintaining an Open-Access E-journal:
Library Philosophy and Practice and The PNLA Quarterly
Mary K Bolin, PhDProfessor and Chair, Technical Services
University LibrariesUniversity of Nebraska--Lincoln
Lincoln NE 68588-4100
Gail Z EckwrightHumanities Librarian, Professor
LibraryUniversity of Idaho
Moscow, Idaho 83843
PNLA Annual Conference Poster SessionAugust 7, 2009
Missoula, Montana
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LPP
Library Philosophy and Practice
Peer-reviewed electronic journalFounded in 1998 at the University of Idaho Library by Mary Bolin and Gail Eckwright.
broad spectrum of topics in library and information science. Strong international presenceContributors from the US, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iran, Malaysia, and Turkey.
LPP homepage
http://unllib.unl.edu/LPP/lpp.htm
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Visitors to LPP site
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Readers in many countries
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We started small and grew
In 1998, LPP had 3 articles in each of two yearly issues
• That number grew gradually larger
Contributions from India, Nigeria, and other countries began in about 2000 and grew rapidly
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What you need to create an e-journal
Server space
Software
Editors
Peer reviewers
• LPP resides in 3 places• Idaho• Nebraska• Nebraska institutional repository
• html• pdf• ftp
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Good to have
Listserv:
RSS feed
Stat counters
• Your institution may have listserv system
• Set up a free one using Google or Yahoo
• LPP uses mysitefeed.com• Add RSS code to each page
• LPP uses statcounter.com free version
• Add stat counter code to each page
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Process: Communicate with authors
Editorial board members serve as reviewers, as do others who are invited to do peer review
Editorial board has been assembled from LPP authors in various countries, and others who have an interest in the journal
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Process: Communicate with authors
Peer review cycle
Reviewers receive manuscript with no identification of author(s)
Editor communicates with author
Editor schedules accepted papers for publication
• Reviewers use a standard form
• Make recommendation:• accept, revise, reject
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Revision cycle
Author submits
Author submits revised version
Revised versions that are accepted are scheduled for publication by the
editor
• Peer reviewer recommends revision
• Editor asks author to revise
• Editor accepts• Editor sends for another
peer review• Editor rejects
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Editing and publication
Monthly schedule of accepted papers
Copyediting
FTP to websites
• Add to tables of contents
• Html version• Pdf version
• Send message to listserv
• Create RSS feed entry
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Publicizing new articles
Listserv
Special issues• Libraries and Google 2007• Iranian Medical Library
Student Association 2009
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PNLA Quarterly
Read about the history of PNLA and of the Quarterly in this awesome article by Linda Frederiksen:
http://unllib.unl.edu/LPP/PNLA%20Quarterly/frederiksen73-4.htm
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From Print to Electronic
PNLA Quarterly made a gradual change from print to e-journal
In Spring 2009, the PNLA Board made the decision to make the Quarterly an e-only journal.
The new Quarterly has a website with tables of contents and links to individual articles in html and pdf, and a pdf of the whole issue.
Quarterly homepagehttp://unllib.unl.edu/LPP/PNLA%20Quarterly/pnlaq-home.htm
• An interim step was to have a pdf of the printed issue on the PNLA website
• Printing and mailing costs for any print journal are significant
• A pdf of the whole issue is also available on the PNLA organizational website.
• PNLA homepagehttp://www.pnla.org
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Editing and publication process:
Software:
Both LPP and PNLAQ are produced using DreamWeaver
Sites are designed to be readable, attractive, and easy-to-navigate.
Each site has a "favicon" that appears in the address bar.
• Use any html editor that suits you.
• Colors are consistent.• Articles are centered on the page
with wide margins for legibility.
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Pages and files created: PNLAQ
Homepage
Individual articles
• Available issues• Instructions for submitting
articles• Information about PNLA• Tables of contents• links to html and pdf versions of
articles• pdf of entire issue
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Pages and files created: LPP
Homepage
Tables of contents
Individual articles
• links to available issues• list of all articles• instructions for submitting articles• editorial board members• RSS feeds• istserv signup.
• links to html and pdf versions of articles
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What skills are needed?
Copyediting
Html/web design
Pdfs for downloading and printing
Publicity
Author relations
• Never utilize use "utilize”• Always use “use”
• Seek advice• Use common sense• Think of your own user experience• Keep it simple• Redesign when necessary.• Explore new features and ideas.
• listserv• RSS• Facebook, etc.
• mentoring
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Benefits
Participation in an international community of
colleagues
Learning opportunities
• It can be lifechanging to feel that you have friends in Iran.
• Software• Editing• Article topics
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What should you do?
Submit to the electronic
PNLA Quarterly
Submit to LPP
• Deadlines are Oct 1, January 1, April 1, July 1
• Submit to [email protected] (PNLAQ)
• Any time!• Mary:
[email protected] (LPP)• Gail:
[email protected] (LPP)