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Open Journals @ Queen's: Service Description
Services provided
Queen’s University Library will:
- Host your journal with the Open Journal Systems (OJS) publishing system, located at: https://ojs.library.queensu.ca.
- Provide initial support for Journal Managers and Editorial teams to set-up their serial publication or conference proceedings.
- Support standard OJS configuration templates.
- Help you explore the requirements for inclusion in subject-specific databases.
- Mint Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for articles published in your journal. See our DOIs & Your OJS Journal guide.
- Provide system generated reports to journal teams when requested.
- Provide advice on copyright permissions and licensing.
- Provide advice and support on future preservation and archiving of journal content.
- Act as the first line of contact for service related questions.
- Discuss configuration options including the automatic assignment of author identifiers (ORCID) for journal authors.
Publisher responsibilities
The publisher (faculty member, student, department or unit represented by the journal manager(s)) will:
- Manage the administration of the journal including all submissions, review and editing processes and workflows within the Open Journal Systems publishing system.
- Develop and maintain all policies and guidelines relating to the journal such as Copyright; Peer Review; Privacy Statement; Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement; Permissions and Licensing etc.
- Be responsible for the production and quality control of journal content.
- Provide the library with advance notice of changes to the journal’s status (e.g. Journal stops publishing; Need to migrate; Updates to editorial board membership).
- Undergraduate journals must designate a faculty sponsor, who would agree to maintain contact with the library and your editorial team.
- Represent the journal editorial team in liaising with the library.
- Present a plan or demonstrate the intent to set-up a serial publication or conference proceedings.
If you are interested in this service contact open.scholarship.services@queensu.ca.