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Using OJS to manage & publish your online Open Access journal
The document discusses how to use Open Journal Systems (OJS) to set up and manage an online open access journal, including how to install and customize OJS, configure the journal workflow and sections, publish issues, and engage the community through features such as commenting and notifications. OJS is an open source journal management and publishing system that allows journals to have an online presence with submission and review functionality while maintaining local control. Setting up an OJS journal provides benefits such as reduced costs, improved accessibility, and capacity building through community involvement and skill development.
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- 1. Using OJS tomanage & publish your online Open Access journal Presented by Ina Smith DOAJ Ambassador [email protected]
- 2. Agenda • Open JournalSystems (OJS) • Open Source Software • Installing OJS & creating a journal • Setting up a journal • Workflow • Publishing an issue
- 3. “Scholars need themeans to launch a new generation of journals committed to Open Access, and to help existing journals that elect to make the transition to Open Access.” Budapest Open Access Initiative, 2002
- 4. Open Journal Systems(OJS) • Journal management & publishing system, web site – all in one • Licensed as Open Source Software (OS) (GNU General Public License) • Developed by Public Knowledge Project (PKP) & Simon Fraser University • Community of developers • Download and install on local server https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ • Version 3.0 in August/September 2016
- 5. Benefits of OJS •Installed locally and locally controlled • Online submission and management of all content • Central archive – documentation, communication etc • Comprehensive indexing of journal content • Reading tools for content • Plugins (additional tools) • Email notifications and commenting options • Builds capacity, reduces dependency • Allows for flexible publishing frequency • Editors configure requirements, sections, review process
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- 14. Open Source Software(OSS)(1) • Developers highly skilled, self-motivated, peer recognition • Clean design, reliability, maintainability, standards, interoperability • Community approach • Code available & transparent – no clever salesperson • No purchase, but resources to install, customize, maintain • Versions released – keep to most recent stable version
- 15. Open Source Software(OSS)(2) • No registration of licenses • Less vulnerable – viruses, downtime, loss of data, security breaches, hacking • Self-empowerment – develop local skills – lifelong self-learning • OJS Base URL available to harvesters/databases • Interoperability with systems such as ORCID, Creative Commons, Crossref, DOAJ, Portico
- 16. Hosting Solutions • Self-hostingon a server at home institution • Self-hosting on a server in the cloud e.g. with Hetzner https://hetzner.co.za/ • PKP/OJS Publishing Services https://pkpservices.sfu.ca/content/journal-hosting
- 17. Requirements for self-hosting •PHP 4.2.x or later (including PHP 5.x) with MySQL or PostgreSQL support • A database server: MySQL 4.1 or later OR PostgreSQL 8.0 or later • UNIX-like OS recommended (such as Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, Mac OS X, etc.) • Download OJS 2.4.8-1 (.tar.gz) (18 MB) • See https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ojs_download/
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- 19. Creating a journalon a federated OJS
- 27. User Home >>Journal Manager >> Users
- 28. User Home >>Journal Manager >> Users >> Users Enrolled in this Journal
- 30. User Home >>Journal Manager >> Users >> Create New User
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- 66. Also see: JournalManagement >> System Plugins >> Public Identifier Plugins >> DOI
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- 88. XML • XML wasdesigned to carry data - with focus on what data is • HTML was designed to display data - with focus on how data looks • XML tags are not predefined like HTML tags are • It simplifies data sharing • It simplifies data transport • It simplifies platform changes • It simplifies data availability http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_whatis.asp
- 89. XML OJS ParsingService http://pkp-udev.lib.sfu.ca/
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- 92. “Without data youare just another person with an opinion.” – W. Edwards Deming http://dataverse.org/
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- 95. Thank you for assistingwith developing and building a database of quality, peer-reviewed Open Access journals!