Directory of Open Access Journals eifl General Assembly 2010 in Lund, Sweden Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office February 6, 2014

Background Initiated during the first NCSC in Lund/Copenhagen 2002 Initially funded by Open Society Institute and co-funded by SPARC Project started in January 2003 Service launched in May 2003 with 300+ journals Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office February 6, 2014

Purpose of DOAJ making it easier for aggregators & libraries to integrate OA- journals data in their services OA-publishers to get their journals visible readers to find OA-material authors to find a journal to publish in OA Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office February 6, 2014

Services and current projects Uploading of metadata so that the journal becomes searchable on article level SPARC Europe seal for OA journals The long term preservation project Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office February 6, 2014

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Selection criteria OA journals with full text Peer review or editorial control Research journals Academic/scholarly community the main target group Active journals No embargo ISSN Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office February 6, 2014

Open Access – the definition: Open access journals = journals that have a business model that does not charge readers or their institutions for access. Extensive usage rights: From the BOAI definition of "open access" = the right of "users to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full text of these articles" Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office February 6, 2014

Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office Candidates for inclusion: Suggestions from the community per month Collecting information for evaluation against the criteria Evaluating – decision – inclusion Continiously monitoring for compliance – weeding uncompliant journals February 6, 2014

Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office Benefits of being indexed in DOAJ Global visibility Increased usage, citation, impact Integrated in OPACs in many, many libraries Several service providers are linking to DOAJ Feedback from publishers indicate that DOAJ is among the top 5 referral sites February 6, 2014

Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office Direct usage from the DOAJ-site: Every month visits from 160+ countries Redirected request constantly above 1 million Visits from OAI-harvesters substantial However the indirect usage most important February 6, 2014

Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office Developing countries in DOAJ Journals from 50 % of the Asian countries are in DOAJ There are about 30 Central and Latin American countries and 23 of them have journals in DOAJ Out of 50 African countries,14 have got journals in DOAJ 33 % of the eifl countries have journals in DOAJ February 6, 2014

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Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office Future development and activities: Statistical packages DOAJ new interface Advisory board Continuing long term archiving More metadata on article level February 6, 2014

Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office Future development and activities: Agreements regarding pre-evaluation of journals Couperin, France – in place ANKOS, Turkey (in the pipeline) ISTIC, China (MOU) February 6, 2014

Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office Functionality: For end-users: search by journal, articles, country, language, keywords For the community: an available suggestion form for OA journals For aggregators and libraries: they can harvest data to their services by using an OAI-PMH metadata format For journal owners: DOAJ is powered by an administration tool allowing journal owners to add metadata on article level February 6, 2014

Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office How are we funded? By sponsors and members, benefits: Acknowledgement as a DOAJ Member on the DOAJ Membership Pages, including link to your/your institutions/your companys homepage Subscription to list for DOAJ members Access to list of removed titles The right to use the DOAJ membership in marketing activities Contributing to the Open Access movement February 6, 2014

Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office Members as of July 2010: 19 Individuals 92 Libraries, Universities & Research Centers from 21 countries 15 Library Consortia & Associations 4 Aggregators and other Service Providers February 6, 2014

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Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office SPARC Europe award February 6, 2014

Thanks for listening! And now questions? Sonja Brage, Lund University Libraries, Head Office February 6, 2014