Introduction toOnline Journal System (OJS)

using Latin America Journals Online

(LAMJOL)

Sioux Cumming

INASP

Open Journal System (OJS)

‘OJS is an open source solution to managing and publishing scholarly journals online’

OJS is an initiative of the Public Knowledge Project at the University of British Colombia, Canada

http://pkp.sfu.ca

OJS Features• Locally installed and controlled• Editorial control (sections, reviews etc)• Online submissions and management• Subscription models• Indexing of content• Reading tools for content• Email notifications• Help support

OJS for INASP JOLs

• African Journals OnLine (AJOL) (www.ajol.info) – 30 countries– 400 journals

• Bangladesh – 55 journals• Nepal – 55 journals• Philippines – 38 journals• Sri Lanka – 29 journals

Features of INASP-JOLs

Websites for journals published in a country or region

• Features– List of journals on site– Homepages for each journal– Information about the journals– Tables of contents– Abstracts

Features of INASP-JOLs

– Full text of journal articles – Reader tools

• Email alerts• Information about the author• Citation information• Indexing information• Related information – searches for other

articles by the same author, definitions, other articles on same topic etc.

• Context sensitive Help support

Features of INASP-JOLs

• Online editorial process– Author submissions– Reviewers– Copyediting– Layout– Proofreading

User Interface

• The following slides illustrate the public view of journals on LAMJOL

Homepage of LAMJOL

Registration is optional but it enables email

alerts and other functionality

Registration as a user

Homepage of LAMJOL - search

Search

Search by information

known about the article

Search by the date

Search by the discipline, keywords, method of study and area

Homepage of a journal

The journal can be viewed by issue, authors and titles

Reader information page

All journals should have

an ISSN

Authors’ information page

Librarian information page

Information About the journal

People - contacts

Information About the journal

Policies – focus and scope/sections

Policies – additional items

Full Editorial Board as listed in the journal

Information About the journal

Submissions – Author guidelines

Submissions - checklist

Articles – abstracts and full text

Homepage of current issue

Click on title to see abstract

Article abstract

Full text can be obtained from the TOC or from here

Full text of article

Article available open access as

a PDF to download and

print out

Abstract - Reading Tools

About the author

How to cite the article

The URL for this article on LAMJOL

Email the Author or a colleague

Author’s email automatically

entered but not displayed

Article title automatically

enteredYou must be a registered user

to use this facility

Article abstract – related works

Related Items – Author’s works

Author’s name automatically

inserted

Related Items

• Author's work • Book searches • Working papers • Related studies • Relevant portals • National statistics

• Pay-per-view • Online forums • Teaching files • Government policy • Media reports • Web search

Conclusion

• INASP JOLs will provide– international visibility for journals– international exposure for research– increased submissions to journals– links to related information