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Directory of Open Access Journals doaj eifl General Assembly 2010

Directory of Open Access Journals http://www.doaj.org eifl General Assembly 2010 in Lund, Sweden. Background Initiated during the first NCSC in Lund/Copenhagen 2002 Initially funded by Open Society Institute and co-funded by SPARC Project started in January 2003

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Directory of Open Access Journals doaj eifl General Assembly 2010

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  1. Directory of Open Access Journals http://www.doaj.org eifl General Assembly 2010 in Lund, Sweden Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office

  2. Background • Initiated during the first NCSC in Lund/Copenhagen 2002 • Initially funded by Open Society Institute and co-funded by SPARC • Project started in January 2003 • Service launched in May 2003 with 300+ journals Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office

  3. Purpose of DOAJ making it easier for • aggregators & libraries to integrate OA-journals data in their services • OA-publishers to get their journals visible • readers to find OA-material • authors to find a journal to publish in OA Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office

  4. Services and current projects • Uploading of metadata so that the journal becomes searchable on article level • SPARC Europe seal for OA journals • The long term preservation project Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office

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  6. Selection criteria • OA journals with full text • Peer review or editorial control • Research journals • Academic/scholarly community the main target group • Active journals • No embargo • ISSN Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office

  7. Open Access – the definition: • Open access journals = journals that have a business model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access. • Extensive usage rights: From the BOAI definition of "open access" = the right of "users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of these articles" Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office

  8. Candidates for inclusion: • Suggestions from the community - +150 per month • Collecting information for evaluation against the criteria • Evaluating – decision – inclusion • Continiously monitoring for compliance – weeding uncompliant journals Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office

  9. Benefits of being indexed in DOAJ • Global visibility • Increased usage, citation, impact • Integrated in OPAC’s in many, many libraries • Several service providers are linking to DOAJ • Feedback from publishers indicate that DOAJ is among the top 5 referral sites Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office

  10. Direct usage from the DOAJ-site: • Every month visits from 160+ countries • Redirected request constantly above 1 million • Visits from OAI-harvesters substantial However the indirect usage most important Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office

  11. Developing countries in DOAJ • Journals from 50 % of the Asian countries are in DOAJ • There are about 30 Central and Latin American countries and 23 of them have journals in DOAJ • Out of 50 African countries,14 have got journals in DOAJ • 33 % of the eifl countries have journals in DOAJ Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office

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  14. Future development and activities: • Statistical packages • DOAJ new interface • Advisory board • Continuing long term archiving • More metadata on article level Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office

  15. Future development and activities: • Agreements regarding pre-evaluation of journals • Couperin, France – in place • ANKOS, Turkey (in the pipeline) • ISTIC, China (MOU) Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office

  16. Functionality: • For end-users: search by journal, articles, country, language, keywords • For the community: an available suggestion form for OA journals • For aggregators and libraries: they can harvest data to their services by using an OAI-PMH metadata format • For journal owners: DOAJ is powered by an administration tool allowing journal owners to add metadata on article level Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office

  17. How are we funded? • By sponsors and members, benefits: • Acknowledgement as a DOAJ Member on the DOAJ Membership Pages, including link to your/your institution’s/your company’s homepage • Subscription to e-mail list for DOAJ members • Access to list of removed titles • The right to use the DOAJ membership in marketing activities • Contributing to the Open Access movement Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office

  18. Members as of July 2010: • 19 Individuals • 92 Libraries, Universities & Research Centers from 21 countries • 15 Library Consortia & Associations • 4 Aggregators and other Service Providers Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office

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  20. SPARC Europe award Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office

  21. Thanks for listening! And now questions? Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office

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