In part, my summer has been spent on a major project to convert two Durham-based journals onto the
Open Journal Systems platform. Previously published as static HTML pages, both
Postgraduate English and
Kaleidoscope are now running within OJS, although not quite ready for public launch.
OJS carries all sorts of advantages for editors and contributors alike: better article visibility, better metadata, an easy way to submit and manage the editing process. However, migrating journals that have been previously published in a different format onto OJS is no easy task. It is, as I have discovered, a very time-consuming one! I've learned lots of lessons whilst converting these two journals, and have produced a simple workflow for other journal editors who are trying to migrate to OJS.
This is not the only possible workflow, though based on my experiences running down a lot of blind alleys to do with XML it is the most straightforward. The
OJS documentation at the Public Knowledge Project is currently being redeveloped, and this workflow will be contributing to that. In the meantime, here in its entirety is
A Simple Workflow for Converting Old Journals to OJS.
Labels: editing, journals, Open Journal Systems, Public Knowledge Project
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