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services are available to the McMaster University community and support both subscriptionbased
and open access journals. However, the library encourages journals to consider open access
as an option, where possible. The library is considering requiring editors to sign a memorandum
of understanding with the library to ensure that participant are serious and committed to their
journal projects.
University of New Brunswick Electronic Text Centre
www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/
The Electronic Text Centre at University of New Brunswick Libraries offers a variety of services
in the area of electronic publishing, digital imaging, and humanities computing. The Centre
partners with people and institutions across Canada to promote advanced technologies in
scholarly communication. The Centre is considered a vital part of the Library's commitment to
enriching scholarly communication through advanced technologies and to preserving our digital
heritage. The collaborative projects are based on a shared commitment to open standards for
engaging with content and technologies.
The Text Centre is involved in a diverse number of projects. However, in terms of peer-reviewed
publications, the Centre works with both electronic journals and e-books. It is the regional node
for Synergies and hosts journals participating in the project originating in the Atlantic provinces.
The Centre creates and distributes 16 university journals employing a variety of business models.
They also occasionally publish monographs.
Queens University Library
http://library.queensu.ca/ojs/index.php/index/index
Queen's University Library (QUL) has installed the Open Journals System software for use by
Queen's faculty and staff wishing to publish an online open-access or subscription-based journal.
The library currently hosts 7 journals employing a variety of business models (open access and
subscription based). The major journal in the field of surveillance studies (Surveillance &
Society) has just moved to the QUL site from Germany and will be available soon.
The library services are offered free of charge. Through the program, the library will provide the
server space to host the journal; create the journal using OJS software and help with basic design;
train editors in the use of OJS software; provide ongoing advice and support. The goal of the
program is that eventually journal editors will be self-sufficient and will be able to publish future
issues independently.
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