Shoestring to Sustainability: Creating a Successful Independent Open Access Journal

Authors

Christopher V. Hollister, University at Buffalo
Robert Schroeder, Portland State UniversityFollow
Stewart Brower, University of OklahomaFollow

Document Type

Citation

Publication Date

3-23-2017

Subjects

Scholarly publishing

Abstract

The discussion leaders will use this roundtable session to facilitate brainstorming and to generate action items for attendees who wish to develop their own successful independent OA journals. Attendees will also learn practical elements of independent OA journal publishing such as financial and business planning, open source software adoption and web hosting, indexing and vendor contract negotiations, marketing, establishing a readership, and forming effective divisions of labor in daily operations.

Description

Roundtable presentation at the ACRL 2017 Conference in Baltimore, March 22-25, 2017.

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/19541

Citation Details

Hollister, C., Schroeder, R., and Brower, S. "Shoestring to Sustainability: Creating a Successful Independent Open Access Journal.” Roundtable presentation at the ACRL 2017 Conference in Baltimore, March 22-25, 2017.