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Katharina Klemperer (kklemperer@harrassowitz.de)

Charleston, Nov. 4, 2011

What are the recommended best practices?

Overview and scope

Recommendations

Examples

Next steps

How to become involved?

Resources

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Overview and scope

Guidance to e-journal publishers and providers to ensure that e-journal content can be reliably discovered, cited, and accessed by users over time

Short and simple

Minimize library jargon

Benefits to all parties involved in scholarly pursuits: researchers, authors, librarians, online providers, publishers, and other intermediaries

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But the following are not included

Continuously updated resources (databases, looseleaf services, many reference works)

Website design (except as related to presentation and identification)

Overall publishing guidelines

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The recommendations

Journal Title and Citation Information

Title Changes and Title History

ISSN

Enumeration and Chronology Systems

Publication Information

Access to Content

Preservation of Content Digitized from Print

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Appendices – supporting and enlightening the recommendations

Glossary

ISSN

Determining title

DOI and Cross-ref

References (recommended reading)

Examples of good practice

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Examples of good practice

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8Use title under which content was originally published

9Provide complete title history, with dates, enum. and ISSN’s

10Provide “journal information” page with vital facts

Next steps (NISO procedures)

Completion of documentation

45 day public review period

Resolution of comments (by working group)

Approval of revisions by working group

Approval of best practices document by NISO business information topic committee

Publication on NISO website

Formation of standing committee to encourage adoption in the community, also to review after 1.5 or 2 years

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How to get involved?

Publishers and online providers: adopt the best practices!

Libraries: encourage your online providers to adopt!

Anyone: participate in the public review of the best practices

Anyone: volunteer to join the standing committee and spread the word.

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Resources

PIE-J workroom:

http://www.niso.org/workrooms/piej

Further information about the best practices.

PIE-J information mailing list:

http://www.niso.org/lists/piejinfo

For notifications about progress through the approval process.

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