Useful guide for developing Open Access Journals

David J. Solomon’s Developing Open Access Journals: A practical guide is well worth the read.  This abridged, point form version of his full length book is an excellent reference resource.  I was impressed with Solomon’s nods to alternative publishing practices, such as suggesting that instead of waiting for regular intervals to publish a journal issue, that journals publish articles as they are ready for publication announcing them to readers via an e-mail subscription list.

Solomon also introduces the reader to alternative flavours of OA to illustrate the multiple methods that journals can use to finance their operation, and in several places indicates the role of institutions and libraries as hosting and research partners for journals.