Section: Content accessibility (§5.5) | Training Material for Technical Standards in Diamond OA Publishing

Select activity Jupyter notebook automating of OJS publication processes

Jupyter notebook automating of OJS publication processes URL

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This Jupyter notebook was created in 2024 by IBL PAN and includes a Python script to enable the automatic transfer of texts and their metadata to OJS instances.
Select activity Toolkit for Small and Scholar-led OA Publishers. 12. Dissemination and Discoverability

Toolkit for Small and Scholar-led OA Publishers. 12. Dissemination and Discoverability URL

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This chapter of the toolkit first published by the Open Book Collective in 2023 also raises keypoints that can be transferred to OA journals.
Select activity Introduction: Getting Found, Staying Found, Increasing Impact: Enhancing Readership and Preserving Content for OJS Journals, Second Edition.

Introduction: Getting Found, Staying Found, Increasing Impact: Enhancing Readership and Preserving Content for OJS Journals, Second Edition. URL

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With this documentation PKP provide extensive information on journal visibility and preservation fro OJS journals.
Select activity Toolkit for Small and Scholar-Led OA Publishers. 14. Marketing

Toolkit for Small and Scholar-Led OA Publishers. 14. Marketing URL

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This chapter of the toolkit first published by the Open Book Collective in 2023 also raises keypoints that can be transferred to OA journals.
Select activity OAPEN. OA Books Toolkit. Dissemination & discoverability

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Although this toolkit for OA books by OAPEN, published in 2024, is not immediately directed at Diamond OA journals, the key issues can be transferred.
Select activity Increasing visibility and discoverability of scholarly publications with academic search engine optimization

Increasing visibility and discoverability of scholarly publications with academic search engine optimization URL

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This research article from 2021 by Lisa Schilhan, Christian Kaier and Karin Lackner introduces ways for Academic Search Engine Optimization.
Select activity JISC New University Press Toolkit. Preservation

JISC New University Press Toolkit. Preservation URL

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The "Preservation" section of the new University Press Toolkit from 2021 by JiSC includes short summaries on reasons for preservation, possibilities for OA publishers and options for monographs (which are also useful for journals even if not aimed at them specifically).
Select activity JISC New University Press Toolkit. Using social media

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The "using social media" section of the 2021 New University Press Toolkit by JISC includes short summaries on defiinng the audience, making relevant messages, encouraging authors to self-promote, meassuring success; all information could feed into social media alterting services of a journal and point to issues to consider.
Select activity 'Good, Better, Best': Practices in Archiving & Preserving Open Access Monographs

'Good, Better, Best': Practices in Archiving & Preserving Open Access Monographs URL

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Produced as part of the COPIM project, this resource from 2023 has a focus on digital preservation of monographs. However, especially the introductions in chapter 1 and chapter 2 as well as the glossary-type explanations from p. 115 ff. proof to be of interest for the Diamond OA journals community too.
Select activity Toolkit for Small & Scholar-Led OA Publishers: 13. Archiving and Preservation

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As this is part of the Open Book Collective's 2023 Toolkit for Small and Scholar-Led OA Publishers, the focus is on archiving books. The concise explanations of archives like CLOCKSS/LOCKSS and file formats like XML/PDF/A are nevertheless a good ressource, particularly in the section "Key issues".
Select activity Digital Preservation Handbook

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This 2015 handbook by the Digital Preservation Coalition provides an overview on principles of digital preservation/long-term archiving.
Select activity JATS XML Converter Service Guidelines and Tutorial

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This 2024 video tutorial by SRCE explains how to use the JATS XML Converter Service by SRCE which allows for converting .docx files into JATS XML files.
Select activity OA Journals Toolkit. Structured content

OA Journals Toolkit. Structured content URL

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The article from the 2023 OA Journals Toolkit created by DOAJ and OASPA introduces the advantages and disadvantages of publishing content in an XML format.

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