[Irtalk] ASSAf Journal Management System (OJS) Webinar - Kevin Stranack

[Ina Smith]

Dear Colleagues

All most welcome to attend!

As indicated before, ASSAf is in the process of rolling out Open Journal Systems (OJS)<https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/> for the hosting of SciELO SA<http://www.scielo.org.za/> journals In need of a web site and online journal management system. These journals will be digitally preserved via Portico<http://www.portico.org/digital-preservation/>. The following two journals are part of the pilot, and a third one will be following soon:


·         South African Crime Quarterly<http://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/sacq>

·         Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal<http://journals.assaf.org.za/index.php/per>

We are currently in the process of training journal editors and other role players. The main page for ASSAf journals is http://journals.assaf.org.za/

Webinar on OJS, 23 October
As part of the role out, we have invited Kevin Stranack<http://stranack.ca/biography/>, one of the original developers of the software, to present a webinar on OJS. We would like to invite all editors to attend this webinar, scheduled as part of Open Access Week 2015<http://www.openaccessweek.org/>:

Date: Friday, 23 October 2015
Time: 16:00 - 17:00 SA Time
Venue: Virtual via ASSAf Webinar. More information to be communicated once registered.
Registration: complete the online form - click here<http://goo.gl/forms/0edtf0psP1>. Please register by 22 October 2015.

We are looking forward having editors interested in this software and project attending.

Kind regards
Ina


Ina Smith
SciELO Planning Manager
Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf)

LIASA Exco Portfolio ICT Development (2014-2016)
LIASA HELIG Chair (2014-2016)

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Email: ina at assaf.org.za<mailto:ina at assaf.org.za>

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