Scholarly Exchange, the free ejournal platform, has launched a web forum for editors of journals, especially SE-based OA journals. From today's announcement:
Scholarly Exchange, the free-and-sustainable e-journal platform, has started an open web forum
for editors of scholarly journals....[T]he Editors' Forum offers practical discussions and information about ways to start and run an
electronic journal. It serves as a gathering point for editors to ask questions about strategies, management, and
technology and to share their practical experience. Focusing on issues related primarily to
electronic journals but applicable to scholarly publishing in general, the forum is open to all
editors and journal managers. Distinguished e-journal and open-access experts have agreed to
join the discussions, as guest commentators. The Editors' Forum is designed to help with: [1] Basic issues: building communities of interest, recruiting editors, generating submissions, [2] Developing recognition: ISSN, indexing services, DOIs, [3] Archiving options: journal archiving options, sharing journal archives (OAI Harvester and LOCKSS), least-cost XML conversion resources, [4] Printing options: single-copy or short-run editions, best sources and prices, [5] Sustainability: making freely accessible journals feasible, revenue sources, subscriptions,
submission or publication fees.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 3/17/2006 07:55:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
