Outside our comfort Zone: The Library as

PublisherNicole Sump-Crethar Robin LeechDigital Services Librarian Head, Digital InitiativesOklahoma State University Oklahoma State Universitysumpcre@okstate.edu robin.leech@okstate.edu

LITA National ForumSt. Louis, MOOct. 1, 2011

OJS Features

OJS can be installed locally or hosted at ScholarTime

Editors configure requirements, sections, review

process, etc.

Online submission and management of all content

Subscription module with delayed open access options

Comprehensive indexing

Email notification and commenting ability for readers.

Complete context-sensitive online Help support.

Professional Hosting . . .

• Journal began publishing in 2007• Dr. Todd Hubbard: Editor, Copyeditor,

Proofreader• Managed exclusively by faculty• Migrated (OJS) in 2008

Publishing – online only

• Published annually in print and online• ONPS in training for upload, editing, publishing• Using author submission/review process

Hybrid Annual

Publishes in both print and onlineA member of the National Institutes for Water ResourcesFunded by USGSProduces Research Reports every year (3-12)

Publishing Research Reports

Publishing the back file

Shared authorship/publication/copyright• University of Oklahoma• University of Central Oklahoma• Oklahoma State University

Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology

Technical Requirements

• PHP support (4.2.x or later)• MySQL (3.23 or later) or PostgreSQL (7.1 or later)• Apache (1.3.2x or later) or Apache 2 (2.0.4x or later) or

Microsoft IIS 6 (PHP 5.x required)• Linux, BSD, Solaris, Mac OS X, Windows operating systems

Help documentation: http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/demo/present/index.php/index/help/

OJS in an Hour: http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/demo/present/index.php/index/help/

Forums: http://pkp.sfu.ca/support/forum/

Logging In

• Basic user home (anyone registered with the journals, including readers, sees this screen)

Logging In

• Journal manager is the top level, but doesn’t have control over all functions, but can register users, assign roles and log in as other users

Editorial and Other Roles

• Journal Manager• Editor• Section Editor• Reviewer• Copyeditor• Layout Editor• Proofreader• Reader

From OJS in an Hour, p. 12

Customization

• Look customizable using style sheets• Language customizable using language files plug in

Using the author submission process• Individual authors can submit their work to the journal• Editors assign reviewers• Reviewers submit comments• Authors make revisions• Editors accept and publish the articles

Loading back files of a journal

• Articles will have to be separated from journal issues using acrobat or similar

• Issues where articles can be published will need to be created in OJS

• XML Plug In• Expedited submission process

• Begin as an author and submit the article• Choose to jump to the editing queue• You are automatically logged in as editor and can

publish the article to the appropriate issue

Possible uses for OJS

• Journal with a subscription model (embargoes are also possible)

• Open Access Journal• Technical Reports• Newsletters• More…

Getting Found

• Directory of Open Access Journals, http://www.doaj.org/ • Google Scholar• Databases like Ebsco

Training for Users

• Videos are best for people who want to manage their own journals

• Step by step instructions seem to work for students uploading articles

• Be prepared to answer lots of questions

Support

• Community forum is helpful for most questions• If you are hosting yourself it helps to know someone else

with a similar set up

Nicole Sump-CretharOklahoma State UniversityDigital Library Servicessumpcre@okstate.eduSkype: sumpcreGoogle voice: 405-509-9290Twitter: ansumpcre

Contact Us

Robin LeechOklahoma State UniversityHead, Digital Initiativesrobin.leech@okstate.edu405-744-9780Skype: robinhleech