Journal Publishing Services
Western Libraries’ journal publishing service offers a no-fee local publication facility for students and faculty who wish to publish an online open access journal. We partner with the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) and Scholars Portal to host and distribute more than 40 open access journals.
Our publishing libraries provide support in the set-up and continued maintenance of journals, as well as guidance in increasing the visibility and discoverability of online journal content. Our librarians and staff will facilitate indexing and dissemination of your journal’s contents, and validate standard identifiers for the publication and its content as needed.
Western’s library-hosted journals use the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. OJS is a collaborative, open-source journal management and publishing system that has been developed by the Public Knowledge Project.
If you are thinking about starting a journal or if you have a journal that you would like to move to our publishing service, please contact us with a brief description of your situation. One of our publishing librarians will be in touch to set up a meeting to learn more about your journal plans and share more about how our publishing service operates. This meeting will help us determine if we have the resources to support your journal, and will help you understand what is involved in operating a journal through our publishing service.
For current journal editors, please see Resources for Journal Editors for more information about using the OJS publishing platform or about improving your journal’s visibility.
Any questions about journal publishing at Western Libraries can be sent to the Research and Scholarly Communication Team.
