Multi-level eJournal support structures in the initiative Digital Peer Publishing

Horstmann W, Reimer P, Schirrwagen J. Multi-level eJournal support structures in the initiative Digital Peer Publishing. Presented at the Joint Workshop on Electronic Publishing, Lund, Sweden.Progressive scientific differentiation and an ever increasing vision of how to exploit the potential of the digital world cause scientific communities to initiate novel and alter their existing publication efforts. Yet, traditional peer reviewing and high quality presentation formats are still desired means for becoming distinguished and being recognized as a journal, its advancement or its offspring. In practice, setting up and operating such eJournals can – and maybe must – benefit from support structures that go beyond simply offering content platforms. Within the open access initiative “Digital Peer Publishing” (DIPP) the academic library centre HBZ-NRW offers technical, organizational and legal solutions