Here are links to the resources briefly presented in class September 9:
Student Journals
Topics in Scholarly Communication (produced by 1st SLAIS Schol. Comm class)
http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/libr559l
Dalhousie Journal of Interdisciplinary Management
http://djim.management.dal.ca/index.htm
PKP conference presentation on undergrad serious student journal in biotechnology
http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2009/pkp2009/paper/view/204
Creative Commons
Creative Commons Canada: to learn about Creative Commons and obtain licenses.
http://creativecommons.ca/
Flickr. Photo sharing. Try an advanced search, limiting to CC-licensed content, for material that you can use in your OJS Journal project.
http://www.flickr.com/
Open Access Resources
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): a librarian-vetted list of fully open access, peer-reviewed scholarly journals. Over 4,000 titles, growing at a rate of about 2 titles per day (DOAJ Canada, about 2 titles / month).
http://www.doaj.org
OpenDOAR: a vetted list of open access repositories (archives). Over 1,400 listed.
http://www.opendoar.org/
Scientific Commons: a metasearch tool for open access archives (repositories)
http://www.scientificcommons.org/
PubMed: a free version of Medline, links to PubMedCentral, world’s largest open access archive
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/
E-LIS: open access archive for library and information studies
http://eprints.rclis.org/
Registry of Open Access Repository Material Archiving Policies (ROARMAP): list and links to funding agency and institutional open access policies
http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/
Public Knowledge Project
Best known for developing Open Journal Systems, the Public Knowledge Project was initially developed by John Willinsky at UBC to bring academic knowledge to the public. PKP is now a partnership of UBC, SFU, and other partners; the main software development site is SFU library.
http://pkp.sfu.ca/