From: ElHassan ElSabry <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 07:39:43 +0900
Apologies for the missing link.
Directory of Free Arab Journals
ElHassan
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 7:01 AM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> From: ElHassan ElSabry <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 06:51:27 +0900
>
> Dear Liblicense Members,
>
> I am writing to you to announce the release of the second version of
> the Directory of Free Arab Journals . It is an independent initiative
> to produce a directory for all OA journals produced in Arab countries,
> curated and funded by a group of OA activists in the region (myself
> included). The website was there since 2013 the new version released
> last week includes over twice as many journals and many new website
> features. It currently lists 250 journals from 172 publishers in 17
> Arab countries. The guide is published under a CC-BY-NC license.
>
> So far, the interface is available only in Arabic but our (near)
> future plans include adding an English interface as well as creating a
> list of "distinguished" journals (those meeting extra quality
> criteria) to induce competition among listed journals to raise their
> own standards. The scientific publishing scene in the Arab World is
> not so bright and we aim to contribute to changing this situation.
>
> Other plans include using the current website blog and a future
> mailing list to steer discussion about OA in the region. The plan is
> to move the website from just being a directory to a portal/forum for
> Open Access activism in the region. I am personally working now to
> create a guide for editors on how to create and maintain OA journals
> (probably using OJS) which should be the first of it's kind in Arabic.
> Hopefully we can later extend the training material to include
> repository management software too.
>
> Several universities have already linked to DFAJ and I encourage the
> librarians in the group to add it to their Lib-guides if they believe
> their patrons might be interested in scientific literature coming from
> the Arab World.
>
> You can find more about the directory by visiting the website (link
> above, in Arabic though). However, for your reference, DFAJ currently
> offers the following features:
> 1. A listing of all Arab journals (produced by Arab universities and
> research institutions) that are openly available on the internet
> (regardless of their field and whether or not they have a print
> edition)
>
> 2. Hyperlinks to all listed journals and their publishing organizations
>
> 3. Standard information including ISSN, Publisher (and commercial
> publishing partners, if any), country of publication, frequency,
> keywords and fulltext language(s)
>
> 4. The ability to browse journals by field as well as an advanced
> search function (to search by any of the elements mentioned above)
>
> 5. A form to suggest new journals
>
> 6. Information about the peer-review style as well as indexing in
> international databases (only Scopus & DOAJ for now)
>
> 7. The ability for visitors to create accounts and save their favorite journals
>
> Needless to say, we would be very happy to receive any feedback or
> suggestions to enhance the directory.
>
> Regards,
> ElHassan
> (on behalf of the DFAJ team)
>
> --
> ElHassan ElSabry, M.Sc.
>
> Doctoral Candidate
> Science & Technology Policy Program
> National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (Japan)
>
> Content Development Specialist
> Directory of Free Arab Journals (DFAJ)
>
> Assistant Editor
> "Backchannels": the Official Blog of the Society of Social Studies of Science
--
ElHassan ElSabry, M.Sc.
Doctoral Candidate
Science & Technology Policy Program
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (Japan)
Content Development Specialist
Directory of Free Arab Journals (DFAJ)
Assistant Editor
"Backchannels": the Official Blog of the Society of Social Studies of Science
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