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.
- Design Resources from Huron Library & Learning Services, to help design your journal’s site.
- HTML Galley Template: For journals that you would like to publish in HTML format, contact us for a template, which we can help you customize for your journal.
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.
Any questions about working with your journal can be sent to the Research and Scholarly Communication Team.
