Post on 31-Dec-2015
description
Asoka Siriwardana
&
Tharanga Ranasinghe
Sri Lanka Journals Online (SLJOL): providing global
visibility to local research output
CALIBER 2013
Contents• Introduction to SLJOL
• History of SLJOL
• Coverage of SLJOL
• Services of SLJOL
• Usage of SLJOL
• Further Suggestions
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
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)
History of SLJOLInitiated in August 2008 with six (06)
journals
Project is supported INASP
Providing access to TOCsAbstractsFull text
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
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)
Services of SLJOL• Alphabetically listed journals
• Sophisticated searching tool
• Email alerts service
• Own home page for each journal
• Online full text for many journals
CMJ
Journal
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Link to Current Issue
Journal Homepage Current Issue
Link to PDF
Link to Journal Archive
Importance of SLJOLProvides a platform to publish local journals
online
Hosting full-text of journals
Facilitate worldwide access to the full text of Sri Lankan Journals
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