[BOAI] Workshop on developing OA journals

[David Solomon]

We have developed a workshop for scholars and researchers interested in
founding new or enhancing existing open access journals in their field of
study and are looking for partners such as libraries, societies, and/or
groups organizing conferences than would be interested in working with us to
host a workshop.

Versions of the workshop were very well received at the 2nd European
Conference on Scientific Publishing in Biomedicine and Medicine and the 2nd
International PKP Scholarly Communication Conference.   Our basic workshop
is approximately one day in length and consists of short didactic sessions,
small group discussions. The workshop focuses on working with the
participants to conceptualize and design a journal. Topics include:

- Determining the scope, name, editorial board and governance structure,
review process, format/style and layout for the journal
- Developing policies, procedures, and instructions for authors
- Options for web hosting, journal management, backup, and web development
- Estimating the resource requirements for operating the journal and
developing a business plan and financing options to address those
requirements
- Considerations in developing partnerships with academic libraries,
university presses and/or working with professional publishers and other
consultants/partners
- Indexing, archiving and dissemination issues in developing a new journal
or enhancing access to an existing journal
- Preparing for launching the journal, including obtaining initial content,
developing a reviewer pool, marketing and publicizing the journal
- Ensuring visibility through marketing and the creation of multiple entry
points to your journal

We can be flexible in altering the topics, format and length of the workshop
to fit the needs of specific audiences.
More information is available at:

http://www.openaccesspublishing.org/index.php

If you would like to discuss organizing a workshop, please contact us at
info at openaccesspublishing or contact us individually.

David Solomon
dsolomon at msu.edu

Caroline Sutton
caroline.sutton at co-action.net
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