Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
For more information, see the Public Knowledge Project web site:
http://pkp.sfu.ca
Partner Responsibility
SFU Library 1. Ongoing development of the software
2. Hosting equipment and technical support
services for the use of OJS as an online
publishing tool
SFU Canadian Centre for Studies in 1. Design and layout services for journal
Publishing publishers who wish to tailor the “look and
feel” of their journal rather than adopt the
standard OJS templates
Dr. John Willinsky 1. Ongoing research related to creating public
access to academic research.
Effective June 2005, the SFU Library entered the business of providing hosting services for OJS
and assumed responsibility for the ongoing maintenance and development of the system. The
Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing has been using OJS for several years and is a strong
addition to the partnership supporting the ongoing evolution of OJS.
The cost of the hosting service provided by the SFU Library has been set at a very affordable rate
for each journal hosted2. This allows journals to avoid the full costs of server data storage,
operations staff, offsite back-up, and new version implementation.
1
http://www.synergies.umontreal.ca
2
For more information on SFU Library’s hosting and support services, visit the web site at:
http://software.lib.sfu.ca/support.html
Editorial Board Academic direction of the The board should These individuals
journal in consultation with have strong and typically perform the
the Editor. Commitment to diverse academic & function as part of
review 3-5 articles per year. professional their overall
experience. Should be professional duties
expanded to be multi- and the time demands
institution when are not onerous.
possible.
3
All costs are in Canadian dollars.
Copy Editor Responsible for grammar Recommended that Typically these are
and appropriate academic this be a professional graduate students in
standards for the structure copy editor, familiar publishing, currently
and format of the article. with academic paid $30/hour or $300
formatting standards. - $400 per article.
Layout Responsible for setting up This is a professional Costs for layout work
Specialist the article in both HTML specialty. For typically run about
and PDF formats, laying academic journals the $800 per issue.
out the pages in a recommended page
professional manner. layout program is
Framemaker.
The costs implied by this resourcing model, assuming two issues annually and 8-10 articles per
issue, are as follows:
Editor release time One course release per term 2 2 courses of workload
Task Timeframe
Determine who will fill the roles of editor (& backup), Week 1
managing editor/assistant to the editor (& backup), editorial
board.
Agree on statement of purpose for the journal, and theme for Week 1
first issue if desired.
Conduct training for editor and managing editor and their Week 2 - 3
backups.
Conclusion
This investigation has revealed that online publishing has moved from the experimentation and
development stages and is now a proven technology. Dr. John Willinsky’s Open Journal System
has proven to be a fully-functioned online journal system. Simon Fraser University’s experience
with hosting online journals, their participation in a national consortium of universities publishing
online, and their experience with online publishing through the Centre for Studies in Publishing
provides both a hosting service and a base of expertise that is readily accessible to a new journal.
This greatly reduces the uncertainties associated with commencing online publishing.
Hard costs associated with the operation of an online journal are in the vicinity of
$11,000 to $14,000 per year. Soft costs include 20% of the annual salary of an administrative
assistant and 2 course release credits for the Editor. Offsetting revenue opportunities exist if
advertising space is sold in the journal.
The combination of established technology, established service providers, and modest
operating costs argue in favour of pursuing the publication of an online peer-reviewed journal.
However, there remain critical success factors that are intangible but which should be considered
Appendix 1: Contacts
Dr. Rowland Lorimer Director, Canadian Centre for Studies Phone: 604-291-5240
in Publishing, SFU
Email: rlorimer@sfu.ca