Book Review: Developing Open Access Journals: A practical guide

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.