Journals OnLine (JOL) Projects

INASP provides advice to journals wishing to publish online, including resource guides and links to suitable technologies and hosting organisations.

From INASP's experience with African Journals OnLine (AJOL - see the INASP AJOL page, and the current AJOL website www.ajol.info), a methodology has been developed for groups of journals to publish on community websites. This enables a cost-effective and secure methodology for online journals, which gives them greatest online visibility and discovery.

• Read about the INASP JOL methodology

INASP has been helping to develop online solutions for Nepal, Bangladesh and Vietnam and, more recently, the Philippines, all of which launched in late 2007. See here for more details.

INASP works in partnership with the Public Knowledge Project (PKP), based at Simon Fraser University, Ontario, Canada), using their Open Journals System technology to support the development of websites that can host a number of journals. INASP also works in partnership with CrossRef, the multi-publisher linking association, to include journals within their linking network and so increase their visibility and discovery.

To develop a Journal OnLine project, INASP runs capacity-building workshops to familiarise editors and publishers with online publishing; and assists them to load their own content and to manage their editorial systems, as well as providing guidance on best use of the technology to undertake the publishing functions. For full details see the INASP JOL methodology page.

New JOLs in Nepal, Vietnam and Bangladesh and the Philippines

In Nepal INASP has been working with Tribhuvan University Central Library (TUCL) to establish an online platform for Nepal journals called Nepal Journals OnLine - NepJOL (www.nepjol.info). For more information please go to the INASP NepJOL page.

In Vietnam, INASP has been working with National Center for Scientific and Technological Information (NACESTI), the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), and Vietnamese Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) to establish an online platform for Vietnamese journals called Vietnam Journals OnLine - VJOL (www.vjol.info). For more information please go to the INASP VJOL page.

In Bangladesh INASP has been working with the Editing and Publication Association of Bangladesh (EPAB), the Bangladesh Centre for Scientific and Technical Documentation (BANDSOC), and the Bangladesh Academy of Science (BAS)  to establish an online platform for Bangladesh journals called Bangladesh Journals OnLine - BanglaJOL (www.banglajol.info). For more information please go to the INASP BanglaJOL page.

In the Philippines, INASP has been working with Ateneo de Manila University and De La Salle University to establish an online platform for Philippine journals called Philippine Journals OnLine – PhilJOL (www.philjol.info). For more information please go to the INASP PhilJOL page.

In Sri Lanka , INASP has been working with the University of Colombo to establish an online platform for Sri Lankan journals called Sri Lanka Journals Online – SLJOL (www.sljol.info). For more information, please go to the INASP SLJOL page.

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