Substantive changes to the policy page noted here:

  • 3/17/2022: Added requirement for student journal staff to meet annually with CUL program staff.
  • 1/7/2022: Added to responsibilities of participating editors and journals: "Managing article processing charges, if applicable"
  • 11/29/2021: Changes to "Service prioritization and capacity"
    • Changed student journal language to require that student organizations be registered
    • Change "faculty advisor" to "faculty and/or staff advisor"
  • 9/9/2021: Changes to "Service prioritization and capacity"
    • Removed "Journals hosted on another Open Journal Systems (OJS) instance" because our goal is not simply to move an OA journal from one OJS instance to another.
    • Changed "Open access journals" to "Open access journals and journals transitioning to open access" to more accurately reflect the purpose of the program.
  • 7/14/2021: Added information about eCommons as an alternative when journals are not eligible for hosting on OJS.
  • 5/21/2021: Added information on what qualifies journals for participation in the PKP preservation network.
  • 5/18/2021: Updated language on creating Word templates to also include HTML templates.
  • 3/2/2021: Changed priorities to prioritize journals publishing at least twice per year over those publishing once per year.
  • 2/8/2021: Clarified library and journal roles for supporting users of the hosting platform.
  • 1/13/2021: Updated preservation information. Added general program statement of purpose.
  • 2/7/2020: revised part of privacy policy. Clients notified.
    • Old: Editorial staff are responsible for drafting and making their privacy policies available to users.
    • New:
      • Journal must link to CUL's privacy policy.
      • Journal must abide by and post this privacy policy: The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
  • 1/17/2020: added "Uploading articles and creating journal issues" to user responsibilities


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