doaj: community funded, community driven, international
TRANSCRIPT
Community Funded, Community Driven, International
Dom MitchellCommunity Manager
Virtual Knowledge Web:Europeanization of Scientific Communication in
the Digital AgeBerlin, 18-20 March 2015
2
selection processes | procedures | standards | international |
community-originated | bottom-up projects | a common ground | publicly funded | centralisation |
gateway | aggregator
3
The problem
5
Our solution
Standards-based Open-source software Collaboration Encourage this in journal publishing among
publishers through EDUCATION
6
What is DOAJ?
A gateway to pre-selected high quality, peer-reviewed, open access journals from all over the world
A whitelist Curated by the community Journals from ALL disciplines 122 languages
7
What is DOAJ?
A hub for the display and collection of metadata 3rd parties link to, or collect and distribute Publishers want to:
– prove their quality, intentions
– have equal visibility alongside the large publishers
– get a mark of approval
– Increase their submissions Researchers get access to 1.8 million articles
8
Internationality
DOAJ staff: 15 languages
Journals from 136 countries Volunteers from 10 countries
Global usage
Global content
Based in Sweden & Denmark
International advisory board
Content in 122 languages
Registered in the UK
9
Usage by countrySept '14 - Feb '15, Top 20 countries
10
Top 20 Countrieswith the most journals in DOAJ
11
Usage by European CountrySept '14 - Feb '15, 31/50 countries
12
What is our aim? To be the starting point for all searches,
globally, for open access journals or their articles– maintain an international relevance:
curate partnerships worldwide– increase visibility and awareness, globally.– sensitive to geo-political, social, cultural,
linguistic differences
13
How are we funded?
Funded by donors and sponsors Libraries, consortia, research centres, library
associations Data aggregators, publishing services, publishers A few private individuals Why?
– To prove their OA credentials– To gain status– To cement their dedication to OA movement
Have only ever received funding from one funding body: FWF (Austrian Science Fund)
14
Online communities
Involve the community and increase our transparency by sharing information online:
Blog: DOAJ News Service http://doajournals.wordpress.com
Forums: public consultations Social media
15
Facebook fans
16
Online communities
Students and young researchers via Facebook Higher-qualified academia/faculty, researchers,
professionals (librarians, publishers, statisticians), open access enthusiasts via Twitter. Generally older.
LinkedIn: almost exclusively publishing and marketing professionals
Google+: Google staff!
17
Our new application form collects 55 pieces of information which all need to be checked for ~10 300 journals.
We use a network of 100 volunteers to do this work. A crowdsourcing model: gets the community directly
involved with DOAJ IMPORTANTLY: these are NOT the people who fund us.
A community of volunteers
18
A community of volunteers
