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The Library Publishing Coalition welcomes you to the final day of the 2021 Virtual Library Publishing Forum! 

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The last day of the 2021 Forum begins at 12:00 PM ETD with a keynote from Kaitlin Thaney. (And Join Kaitlin later for our final meet-up—see below). 

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Sponsor Bingo winners!

  • Nina Collins is Grand Prize Winner of a complimentary registration to the in-person 2022 Forum in Pittsburgh!

  • Prize winners of an item from the Forum Zazzle store are Vanessa Gabler, Zeineb Yousif, and Wilhelmina Randtke!

Congratulations to our winners and thanks to all for participating in Sponsor Bingo!

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Thursday, May 13 • 2:45pm - 3:45pm
Developing Open Access Journals using OJS: Best practices maintaining, promoting, and growing your portfolio of student-run academic journals

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Since the beginning of the COVID lockdown BC libraries has seen an increased interest in Open Access E-Journals on OJS. Three new journals have joined the platform since the beginning of the lockdown as physical printer and publication workflows have become more uncertain. While many young editorial teams can struggle to establish a journal, focusing on indexation, setting up DOIs, and international growth have helped guide our student journals towards consistently relevant publication in their disciplines.

Additionally, analyzing the usage of the Open Access Publishing Funds available at BC has shown increasing interest in publishing open access in Nursing, Physics, and other hard sciences which are generally less represented by our portfolio. Recently, we have welcomed BC’s Medical Humanities Journal to the electronic platform – further expanding the disciplinary scope of the ejournals hosted by the library. As of now, our 20 journals have been downloaded in over 208 countries, which is a statistic itself that inspires our editorial teams to think very broadly about audiences for their journal not only outside of the BC community but as a part of the international community.

Featuring our student journals in a biannual newsletter has also been a great way to highlight the best practices used by some of our most advanced student journals. This also will preserve these practices across editorial teams transition over the years through graduations. By providing resources and being direct and straightforward about some aspects of what it means for the journal to make progress, we have been able to encourage continued interest in publishing open access.
Speakers
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Gabe Feldstein

Digital Publishing and Outreach Specialist, Boston College Libraries

Thursday May 13, 2021 2:45pm - 3:45pm EDT
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