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Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL): providing global visibility to local research output

CALIBER 2013. Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL): providing global visibility to local research output. Asoka Siriwardana & Tharanga Ranasinghe. Contents. Introduction to SLJOL History of SLJOL Coverage of SLJOL Services of SLJOL Usage of SLJOL Further Suggestions. About SLJOL.

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Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL): providing global visibility to local research output

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  1. CALIBER 2013 Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL): providing global visibility to local research output Asoka Siriwardana & Tharanga Ranasinghe

  2. Contents • Introduction to SLJOL • History of SLJOL • Coverage of SLJOL • Services of SLJOL • Usage of SLJOL • Further Suggestions

  3. About SLJOL • A service to provide access to Sri Lankan published research • Increase worldwide knowledge of indigenous scholarship • Database of journals published in Sri Lanka, covering the full range of academic disciplines • The objective is to give greater visibility to the participating journals, and to the research they convey

  4. About SLJOL • Member service of Journals Online (JOL) Project of INASP • Other JOL services: • Bangladesh Journals Online (BanglaJOL) • Nepal Journals Online (NepJOL) • Philippines Journals Online (PhilJOL) • Uses Open Journals System (OJS) – an Open Source Software developed by Public Knowledge Project (PKP)

  5. History of SLJOL • Initiated in August 2008 with six (06) journals • Project is supported INASP • Providing access to • TOCs • Abstracts • Full text

  6. Coverage of SLJOL • 46 journals listed (as of 30th January, 2013) • 44% of journals published by professional associations • 42% of journals published by universities and affiliated institutions • 8% of journals published by research institutions

  7. Subject Coverage of SLJOL • Agriculture (7 journals) • Architecture, Building and Planning (1 journal) • Biological Sciences (5 journals) • Education (2 journals) • Environmental Sciences (1 journal) • Law (1 journal) • Mathematics and Computer Sciences (3 journals) • Medicine and Dentistry (16 journals) • Multidisciplinary (1 journal) • Physical Sciences (6 journals) • Social Studies (6 journals) • Subjects allied to Medicine (3 journals)

  8. Statistics • 364 ToCs • 3611 articles • 97% of full text articles

  9. Services of SLJOL • Alphabetically listed journals • Sophisticated searching tool • Email alerts service • Own home page for each journal • Online full text for many journals

  10. www.sljol.info New Journals New Issues Browse Journals Link to Journals

  11. CMJ Journal Homepage Current Issue Link to Journal Archive Link to Current Issue Journal Image Link to PDF

  12. CMJ Full-text Archives

  13. Usage of SLJOL - December 2011

  14. Importance of SLJOL • Provides a platform to publish local journals online • Hosting full-text of journals • Facilitate worldwide access to the full text of Sri Lankan Journals

  15. Further Suggestions • Covering all local journals • Maintain high quality service • Serving as an Indexing Service • Facilitating entire Editorial Process • Introducing a range of access models

  16. Thank you!

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