Publishing An e-Journal What Are They?

1. Pres 3 Publishing An e-JournalWhat Are They? UKOLN is funded by Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries, the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the Higher and Further Education Funding Councils, as well as by project funding from the JISC and the European Union. UKOLN also receives support from the University of Bath where it is based.

2. E What Are Webzines, E-Journals and Web Magazines? • In small groups attempt exercise A-3 (if time) • If no time give some quick differences between: • An E-Journal • A Web Magazine • An Electronic Newspaper • A Web site

3. Electronic Publications • Electronic publishing is a term that can refer broadly to the publication of any document in electronic media • Webzines • E-Journals • Web Magazines • Electronic Newspapers

4. What Is A Publication? • To qualify as a publication a document should conform to the following characteristics: • It must be fixed • It should be publicly available • It should be persistent • Authenticity must be guaranteed • A bibliographic record that describes the work should be available • There should be a commitment to access and retrievability through archiving Based on “Defining and Certifying Electronic Publication in Science” at <http://www.stm-assoc.org/intconta/aaas/recommend.htm>

5. Characteristics Weblogs Vanity press Self-publication Added to continually Content may be fixed No notion of issues, volume, etc. Can be professional, social, etc. • Web Site Consistent look-and-feel Issues of “Quality”: Are “published” Contain “articles” Have a “publication date” Have (an external?) publisher Peer reviewed / Editor / editorial board Author-defined quality Electronic Publication News Articles Can be professional, social, etc Terminology: Professional (academic / scholarly) online publications will have notions of fixed content / permanent record Content Webzine Web magazine E-Journal Online journal Academic Publicity / promotion

6. Electronic Journal • A journal is a serial. • A serial can be defined as: "A publication, in any medium, issued in successive parts, usually having numerical or chronological designations and intended to be continued with no predetermined end." • ISO 3297 standard • <http://www.issn.org/brochure/The_ISSN.htm>

7. E-Journal Characteristics • An e-journal is a journal, usually scholarly, that can be read in an electronic form • though further divisions can be made into scholarly and non-scholarly or scientific and popular-scientific • Within it articles by different authors are published • Usually a full text journal • ISSN

8. E-Journal Names Online journal E-journal Internet journal Electronic Journal Cyber journal Ezeitschrift http://www.aslib.co.uk/jdoc/

9. Web Magazine • Informative - content is king • Articles should be original • The magazine is likely to be mainly static and not change after publication • Identifiable look http://www.cultivate-int.org/

10. Webzine • A shorter, more snappy version of a Web Magazine • Usually written by and for fans like fanzines • Quite often only one writer http://www.newcenturynutrition.com/public_html/webzine/

11. Definitions….. • NOTE • The boundaries between these definitions are very blurred. You need to decide what purpose your publication should have and set yourself guidelines prior to publishing.

12. Questions • Any questions?