Resources for Journal Editors
These resources are provided by Western Libraries’ journal publishing service to support editors of open access journals on the OJS platform.
General resources
- Creative Commons Licensing: An overview of the six Creative Commons licenses, to help you choose the right one for your journal.
- Creating Accessible Documents: Guidelines for creating accessible Word and PDF files, so that you can publish accessible content in your journal.
- Using the HTML Galley Template: Journals publishing in HTML format may choose to use this template.
- Design Resources from Huron Library & Learning Services, to help design your journal’s site.
Working with OJS
- DOIs For Your Journal: Why to use DOIs, what is the DOI format, and how to set up DOIs in your OJS journal.
- Complete OJS documentation from PKP: Links out to the documentation from the developers of OJS.
- Setting up a Journal in OJS 3.3: A Youtube playlist of short training videos created by the developers of OJS, covering topics like journal set-up and design, user profiles, workflow settings, plugins, and distribution. Further OJS tutorials are available in the free courses offered by the PKP school.
- OJS Plugin Recommendations: The plugins most frequently used by Western Libraries’ hosted journals.
Any questions about working with your journal can be sent to Kristin Hoffmann, khoffma8@uwo.ca.
