JournalServer
Encyclopedia
JournalServer is an Oxford
-based international initiative to create a digital library
of academic journal
s freely available to the public. It involves the collaboration of several leading universities
across the world.
As of May, 2007, there were 8 journals listed, of which only 5 had any actual content available.
s to be accessible free of cost, and to promote the use of these journals by the international community. The project objectives are:
, BITS Pilani and the National Science Council of Taiwan, with seed-funding from the AIT Trust based in Imperial College London
.
JournalServer.org is registered as a non-profit corporation in the state of New York since August 2002.
Oxford
The city of Oxford is the county town of Oxfordshire, England. The city, made prominent by its medieval university, has a population of just under 165,000, with 153,900 living within the district boundary. It lies about 50 miles north-west of London. The rivers Cherwell and Thames run through...
-based international initiative to create a digital library
Digital library
A digital library is a library in which collections are stored in digital formats and accessible by computers. The digital content may be stored locally, or accessed remotely via computer networks...
of academic journal
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
s freely available to the public. It involves the collaboration of several leading universities
University
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...
across the world.
As of May, 2007, there were 8 journals listed, of which only 5 had any actual content available.
Background information
JournalServer assists peer-reviewed academic journalAcademic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
s to be accessible free of cost, and to promote the use of these journals by the international community. The project objectives are:
- to promote access to peer-reviewed journals by means of a digital libraryDigital libraryA digital library is a library in which collections are stored in digital formats and accessible by computers. The digital content may be stored locally, or accessed remotely via computer networks...
of scholarly publications freely available through the Internet. - to assist scholars and publishers from low and middle income countries in making the transition to electronic modes of publication and dissemination.
- to strive to reduce the impact of the digital divideDigital divideThe Digital Divide refers to inequalities between individuals, households, business, and geographic areas at different socioeconomic levels in access to information and communication technologies and Internet connectivity and in the knowledge and skills needed to effectively use the information...
and the scholarly communication crisis.
History
The initiative was formed in the summer of 2001 with the support of the University of OxfordUniversity of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, BITS Pilani and the National Science Council of Taiwan, with seed-funding from the AIT Trust based in Imperial College London
Imperial College London
Imperial College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom, specialising in science, engineering, business and medicine...
.
JournalServer.org is registered as a non-profit corporation in the state of New York since August 2002.