Book review: Developing Open Access Journals: A practical guide
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The document summarizes a book review of "Developing Open Access Journals: A practical guide" which outlines the skills and steps involved in designing, crafting, and launching an open access journal. The book contains 3 parts that provide background on scholarly journals, discuss how to plan, host, and disseminate an open access journal, and address launching and sustaining the journal. The book would be useful for those interested in starting open access journals such as faculty, librarians, and students.
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- 1. Book Review: Developing Open Access Journals: A practical guide Dr. Sarika Sawant Refresher Course in Lib and Inf Science Date: 24th Aug to 13th Sept 2012 Presentation 07/09/2012
- 2. Outline skills and steps involved in Designing Implementing Sustaining
- 3. 3 parts Background Crafting a Launching of information new open open access access journal journal
- 4. Part 1 • Brief history of scholarly journals, • The functions of journals in scholarly communities, • Ethical and practical arguments for open access to scholarship, • Models for open access journals
- 5. Part 2 • Planning • Hosting and Data Systems • Policies, Author Instructions • Resource and Financing Issues • Disseminating the Content of the Journal Part 3 • Launching, Maintaining and sustaining of the journal
- 6. Useful for whom • Those who wants to start open access journals; faculty members, academic librarians; and students. Bibliographical details • Solomon, D. (2008). Developing Open Access Journals: A practical guide. Chandos Publishing, 192 p. ISBN-13: 978 1 84334 339 4.