From: Irene Perciali <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 15:30:20 -0700 The responses on this thread so far pretty much cover the free journal publishing software out there. But there's also the slightly different question of a free journal publishing platform. In that vein, I think it's worth mentioning that academic libraries themselves host journal publishing platforms. Though not free to the library, libraries offer it for free to editors and journals on campus. Most commonly, academic libraries host local installations of OJS or they use Digital Commons (which includes full journal publishing as part of the IR). We're almost at 500 journals now supported by the 200-some schools using Digital Commons. I think it's valuable, when compiling lists of journal publishing options, to include the model where libraries host journal publishing for their campus. For scholars who want to launch a journal and are reviewing options, there's an increasingly good chance that their academic library offers just what they need. The best resource that surveys journal publishing systems in use by academic libraries is the IMLS funded 2011 report "Library Publishing: Strategies for Success." It's on Purdue University's IR at: http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/purduepress_ebooks/24. And, I'll be covering trends and best practices in library-led publishing in an upcoming webinar called "New Directions: Library Publishing": http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/pubseries. Thanks for the great thread and links, Irene Irene Perciali, Ph.D. Director of Strategic Initiatives bepress [log in to unmask] digitalcommons.bepress.com On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 4:27 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >From: Peter Suber <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:43:23 -0400 >The Open Access Directory (a wiki) maintains a list of OA journal >launch services. >http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/OA_journal_launch_services >I suspect it's very incomplete. > >Peter Suber >gplus.to/petersuber