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

Outlineskills and steps involved in

Designing

Implementing

Sustaining

3 parts

Background information

Crafting a new open access journal

Launching of open access journal

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

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

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.