In June 2013, DOAJ announced its intention to revise its criteria for selecting journals to be included in the directory (http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=news&nId=303&uiLanguage=en). A public consultation period followed where feedback was received. The consultation period incited much discussion on social media, in mailing lists and via email. Redalyc ran several workshops (see page 5 - https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Fw8p9XB3C6Qlp1Rm9kRVUwNzg/edit?usp=sharing ) dedicated to raising awareness and collecting feedback.
In general, the changes were welcomed by the communities but further refining was needed: the consultation period produced some important feedback. A summary of changes and DOAJ's response to each is now available: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Fw8p9XB3C6NjBwN3dGNFpqajA/edit?usp=sharing. Most significantly, it was clear that the term "revised Selection Criteria" was not appropriate to describe the project that DOAJ is undertaking. As a first step, all changes have been incorporated into a draft Google form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1u0F-fVbEHySkTRXvJLkfd1s_ace9-nTzRYIWdJwSR68/viewform The fully functional form will be hosted directly on the DOAJ site, as it is now. DOAJ is also publishing its Roadmap of activities until the end of 2013 https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Fw8p9XB3C6OGtUZzZTVFFCSkk/edit?usp=sharing We encourage you to share this document with your institutions and libraries. For further information, contact Lars Bjørnshauge (l...@doaj.org) or Dom Mitchell (d...@doaj.org) ------------ Dom Mitchell Community Manager, DOAJ Support us! http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=loadTemplate&template=supportDoaj Follow us: https://twitter.com/DOAJplus _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
