Diamond Open Access Publishing in the Library

With developing guidance and policies around Open Access publishing, and with relatively high article and book processing charges from publishers, it is more important than ever for libraries to engage with Open Access publishing to provide support for their academics and students. It is even more important to be transparent about the process, so that we can foster an open community between libraries, providing viable alternative publishing solutions for the research community. Library publishing is a growing area, with more and more institutions now seeking ways to disrupt traditional publishing and support their staff and students through the power of Open Access. Edinburgh University Library has offered a Diamond Open Access journal hosting service for ten years, and recently launched a complimentary book hosting platform, bringing both services under the rebranded name of Edinburgh Diamond. Edinburgh Diamond is free of charge to Edinburgh staff and students, and enables them to publish journals, textbooks, monographs and edited collections with full library support in the areas of hosting (via open source software OJS & OMP), technical support, indexing, policy development, best-practice guidance, reporting and workflow training. Our service has grown and strengthened during the pandemic, with even more researchers looking online while physical libraries were closed. This growth hasn’t slowed now spaces are opening up again, and we are now actively growing our output. The rebranded service launched in October 2021 and we are keen to document and share our journey with the library community throughout the world

The Open Access Journals Toolkit

Contents: Getting Started 5 • Scope, aims and focus 5 • Choosing a title for your journal 6 • Types of content accepted 7 • Kick-off and ongoing funding 11 • Disciplinary considerations 16 • Journal setup checklist and timeline 18 • Running a journal 20 • Article selection criteria 20 • Publication frequency and journal issues 23 • Attracting authors 25 • Peer review and quality assurance 27 • The costs of running an online open access journal 31 • Running a journal in a local or regional language 34 • Flipping a journal to open access 36 • Indexing 38 • Building and maintaining a profile 38 • Journal and article indexing 41 • Search engine optimisation and technical improvements 43 • Journal and article level metrics 45 • Staffing 49 • Roles and responsibilities 49 • Recruiting journal staff 51 • Building an editorial board 54 • Training and staff development 57 • Policies 59 • Developing author guidelines 59 • Publication ethics and related editorial policies 61 • Compliance with funder policies and mandates 64 • Copyright and licensing 66 • Displaying licensing information 68 • Corrections and retractions 70 • Infrastructure 72 • Software and technical infrastructure 72 • Journal appearance and web design 74 • Article and journal metadata 76 • Structured content 79 • Persistent Identifiers 81 • About the Open Access Journals Toolkit 83 • About 83 • What is an open access journal? 86 • Frequently asked questions 89 • Glossary 92 • Further reading 9

Facilitating Student-led Diamond Open Access Publishing in the Library

Edinburgh Diamond is a book and journal hosting service, based in the University of Edinburgh’s library. A free service for our staff and students, Edinburgh Diamond seeks to embolden and support those who wish to be involved with diamond open access publishing. Almost half of the journals we host are student-led publications. This article demonstrates why student-led open access publishing is important for student engagement, experiential learning, and academic literacy, and how the library helps facilitate that