[BOAI] OA Day at the University of Pretoria Library

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from Monica Hammes.  --Peter Suber.]


1. As part of its OA Day celebrations 
(http://www.library.up.ac.za/openup/oaday.htm) 
the University of Pretoria Library Services 
launched its list of Accredited Open Access 
Journals ­ South Africa (AOAJSA) 
(http://www.library.up.ac.za/aoajsa.htm) . The 
600 titles are all listed in one or more of the 
following and hence qualify for the South African 
Department of Education's university subsidy scheme:

Web of Science Science Citation Index Expanded
Web of Science Social Sciences Citation Index
Web of Science Arts & Humanities Citation Index
IBSS Journal List
DoE List of Accredited South African Journals

In South Africa university researchers will not 
publish in open access journals unless they are 
also seen to be reputable and the publication fee 
is affordable.  Accreditation by the DoE is 
viewed a basic indicator of a journal's 
reputation and publishing in one of these 
journals will earn the university and the researcher some money.

2. We also decided to use the annual OA Day to 
review the progress that we are making with open 
access and have created an OA Scorecard 
(http://www.library.up.ac.za/openup/scorecard.htm).

Regards
Monica
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