CUNY ITNovember 29, 2012

The Online Journal System: Implications for Scholarly

Publishing in CUNY OJS Background and

Urban Library Journal on OJS

Monica BergerAssociate Professor, LibraryNew York City College of TechnologyJournal Manager, Urban Library Journal

Open Journals System

1.Background: 1.What is OJS and 

2.what can it do

2.Urban Library Journal and OJS 

3.What does OJS look like behind the curtain

1. BackgroundOJS is an open source solution to managing and publishing 

scholarly journals online

Highly flexible editor‐operated journal system installed on a local Web server {Steve}

Reduces time and energy devoted to clerical and managerial tasks {Beth}

Improving the record‐keeping and efficiency of editorial processes {Beth}

Improves indexing and discoveryfrom OJS in an Hour

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OJS was created by Public Knowledge Project (PKP) “is dedicated to improving the scholarly and public quality of research. It operates through a partnership among the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia, the Simon Fraser University Library, the School of Education at Stanford University, and the Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing at Simon Fraser University.” http://pkp.sfu.ca/about

1. OJS, what is it, what can it do / For the reader

1. OJS, what is it, what can it do / For the author

1. OJS, what is it, what can it do / For the webmaster/journal manager

1. OJS, what is it, what can it doFor the editor: 

• Saves tons of administrative time as follows …

1. OJS, what is it, what can it do / For the editor

2. Urban Library Journal and OJS

Hosting from Office of Library Services, moving to Graduate Center next year

History: html  Joomla  OJS

Online editorial process finally used [yay!] after initial set up in 2009

Most challenging task for journal manager (other than learning OJS!): expedited uploading of back issues—tons of metadata creation, manager needs to enroll as editor & author

Help with this? See the PKP wiki

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Here are some screenshots going from public view to backend …

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More OJS views –what the reader sees when they click into an article. note the reading tools in the right pane

3. What does it look like behind the curtain?

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Journal manager’s view

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Journal manager’s view

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Editor’s view—editing an article

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For the author: uploading a submission. After uploading the submission, the author then enters metadata including affiliation, abstract, indexing keywords, etc.

Practical considerations  

• Server available access/budget

• Will editors, copyeditors, and/or reviewers have time to learn the system?

• Back issue creation onerous although expediting uploading saves a little time

• Initial setup time‐consuming

THANK YOU!

Prof. Monica Berger

NYC College of Technology

mberger@citytech.cuny.edu