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Introduction to
Online Journal System (OJS)
using
Latin America Journals Online
(LAMJOL)
Sioux Cumming
INASP
Open Journal System (OJS)
‘OJS is an open source solution to
managing and publishing scholarly
journals online’
OJS is an initiative of the Public
Knowledge Project at the University of
British Colombia, Canada
http://pkp.sfu.ca
OJS Features
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Locally installed and controlled
Editorial control (sections, reviews etc)
Online submissions and management
Subscription models
Indexing of content
Reading tools for content
Email notifications
Help support
OJS for INASP JOLs
• African Journals OnLine (AJOL)
(www.ajol.info)
– 30 countries
– 400 journals
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Bangladesh – 55 journals
Nepal – 55 journals
Philippines – 38 journals
Sri Lanka – 29 journals
Features of INASP-JOLs
Websites for journals published in a
country or region
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– List of journals on site
– Homepages for each journal
– Information about the journals
– Tables of contents
– Abstracts
Features of INASP-JOLs
– Full text of journal articles
– Reader tools
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Email alerts
Information about the author
Citation information
Indexing information
Related information – searches for other
articles by the same author, definitions, other
articles on same topic etc.
• Context sensitive Help support
Features of INASP-JOLs
• Online editorial process
– Author submissions
– Reviewers
– Copyediting
– Layout
– Proofreading
User Interface
• The following slides illustrate the public
view of journals on LAMJOL
Homepage of LAMJOL
Registration as a user
Registration is
optional but it
enables email
alerts and other
functionality
Homepage of LAMJOL - search
Search
Search by
information
known about
the article
Search by the
date
Search by the
discipline,
keywords, method
of study and area
Homepage of a journal
The journal can be
viewed by issue,
authors and titles
All journals
should have
an ISSN
Reader information
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Authors’ information
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Librarian information
page
Information About the journal
People - contacts
Information About the journal
Policies – focus and scope/sections
Policies – additional items
Full Editorial Board as
listed in the journal
Information About the journal
Submissions – Author guidelines
Submissions - checklist
Articles – abstracts and full text
Homepage of
current issue
Click on title to
see abstract
Article abstract
Full text can be obtained from
the TOC or from here
Full text of article
Article available
open access as
a PDF to
download and
print out
Abstract - Reading Tools
About the author
How to cite the article
The URL for this article
on LAMJOL
Email the Author or a colleague
Author’s email
automatically
entered but not
displayed
You must be a
registered user
to use this
facility
Article title
automatically
entered
Article abstract – related works
Related Items – Author’s works
Author’s name
automatically
inserted
Related Items
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Author's work
Book searches
Working papers
Related studies
Relevant portals
National statistics
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Pay-per-view
Online forums
Teaching files
Government policy
Media reports
Web search
Conclusion
• INASP JOLs will provide
– international visibility for journals
– international exposure for research
– increased submissions to journals
– links to related information