<strong>the</strong>ir instituti<strong>on</strong>s for access. We take <strong>the</strong>right of “users to read, download, copy,distribute, print, search, or link to <strong>the</strong> fulltexts of <strong>the</strong>se articles” as mandatory fora journal to be included in <strong>the</strong> directory.Definiti<strong>on</strong> Quality C<strong>on</strong>trol: Thejournal must exercise peer-review oreditorial quality c<strong>on</strong>trol to be included.Definiti<strong>on</strong> Research Journal: Journalsthat report primary results of researchor overviews of research resultsto a scholarly community.Definiti<strong>on</strong> “Periodical: A serial appearingor intended to appear indefinitelyat regular intervals, generally morefrequently than annually, each issue ofwhich is numbered or dated c<strong>on</strong>secutivelyand normally c<strong>on</strong>tains separatearticles, stories, or o<strong>the</strong>r writings. Newspapersdisseminating general news,and <strong>the</strong> proceedings, papers, or o<strong>the</strong>rpublicati<strong>on</strong>s of corporate bodies primarilyrelated to <strong>the</strong>ir meetings, are not includedin this term. Ann Okers<strong>on</strong> made<strong>the</strong> observati<strong>on</strong>, “those who compile andpublish a directory like to think <strong>the</strong>y cansee overarching trends. Two are worthmenti<strong>on</strong>ing: (1) blurring boundaries between<strong>the</strong> different types of electr<strong>on</strong>icserials, so that it is difficult to categorize<strong>the</strong>m by <strong>the</strong> same tax<strong>on</strong>omies as thoseused for paper serials; and (2) blurringboundaries between formats. That is,some electr<strong>on</strong>ic serials are electr<strong>on</strong>ic<strong>on</strong>ly, but various of <strong>the</strong>m ei<strong>the</strong>r index orreview paper publicati<strong>on</strong>s, and o<strong>the</strong>rsmove between electr<strong>on</strong>ic and more traditi<strong>on</strong>alformats.”Selecti<strong>on</strong> Criteria1. Informati<strong>on</strong> coverage.1.1 Subject: all scientific and scholarlysubjects are covered1.2 Types of resource: scientific andscholarly periodicals that publish researchor review papers in full text.1.3 Acceptable sources: academic,government, commercial, n<strong>on</strong>-profit privatesources are all acceptable.1.4 Level: <strong>the</strong> target group for includedjournals should be primarily researchers.1.5 C<strong>on</strong>tent: a substantive part of<strong>the</strong> journal should c<strong>on</strong>sist of researchpapers. All c<strong>on</strong>tent should be availablein full text.2. <strong>Access</strong>2.1 Cost: Journals that use a fundingmodel that charges users or <strong>the</strong>ir instituti<strong>on</strong>sare not included.2.2 Registrati<strong>on</strong>: Free user registrati<strong>on</strong><strong>on</strong>line is acceptable.2.3 Journals that has an embargoperiod will not be added.3. Metadata3.1 Granularity: Resources will becatalogued <strong>on</strong> journal title level.4. Quality4.1 Quality c<strong>on</strong>trol: for a journal to beincluded it should exercise quality c<strong>on</strong>trol<strong>on</strong> submitted papers through an editor,editorial board and/or a peer-reviewsystem.Project BackgroundThe proliferati<strong>on</strong> of freely accessible<strong>on</strong>line journals, <strong>the</strong> development of subjectspecific pre- and e-print archivesand collecti<strong>on</strong>s of learning objects providesa very valuable supplement of scientificknowledge to <strong>the</strong> existing types ofpublished scientific informati<strong>on</strong> (books,journals, databases etc.). However<strong>the</strong>se valuable collecti<strong>on</strong>s are difficult tooverview and integrate in <strong>the</strong> library andinformati<strong>on</strong> services provided by librariesfor <strong>the</strong>ir user c<strong>on</strong>stituency.At <strong>the</strong> First Nordic C<strong>on</strong>ference <strong>on</strong>Scholarly Communicati<strong>on</strong> in Lund/Copenhagen (http://www.lub.lu.se/ncsc2002) <strong>the</strong> idea of creating a comprehensivedirectory of <strong>Open</strong> <strong>Access</strong>Journals was discussed. The c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>was that it would be a valuable servicefor <strong>the</strong> global research and educati<strong>on</strong>community.Available technologies make it possibleto collect and organize <strong>the</strong>se resourcesin a way that makes it possiblefor libraries worldwide to integrate <strong>the</strong>seresources in existing services thus offeringvalue adding both for <strong>the</strong> serviceproviders of <strong>the</strong>se resources and for <strong>the</strong>global research and educati<strong>on</strong> community.Increased visibility leads to increasedusage and <strong>the</strong>re is a practical need andvested interest for <strong>the</strong> community tosupport new open access journals. Aservice that systematically provides--journal level informati<strong>on</strong>--article level informati<strong>on</strong>--access to full text of articles--simplified integrati<strong>on</strong> with o<strong>the</strong>rserviceswould c<strong>on</strong>tribute substantially to securinga future for <strong>Open</strong> <strong>Access</strong> Journals.THE EGGS 28
Eggshell sculptorMy name is Alan W. Rab<strong>on</strong>. I am an eggshell sculptor and carver. I am attaching a link tomy web page so you can see examples of my work.http://www.n-georgia.com/egg-sculptures.htmI wanted to know if you might like to do an article <strong>on</strong> my unique art form for your newsletter?I can produce almost any image <strong>on</strong>to <strong>the</strong> surface of an egg. I hand carve everythingfrom a chicken egg up to an ostrich egg. Why would your readers care you may ask? Yourreaders who are in <strong>the</strong> “Egg” business can use my sculptures as unique corporate gifts or forawards, etc... Anytime you need to make an impressi<strong>on</strong> <strong>on</strong> a client and want <strong>the</strong>m to thinkof your company or organizati<strong>on</strong>, my egg sculptures will fulfill <strong>the</strong> need. Please take a lookand tell me what you think.If you are not interested but can make some suggesti<strong>on</strong>s as to o<strong>the</strong>r organizati<strong>on</strong>s orcompanies that may be interested please tell me and I will gladly c<strong>on</strong>tact <strong>the</strong>m by e-mail.Thank you in advance for your time and c<strong>on</strong>siderati<strong>on</strong>.Sincerely,Alan W. Rab<strong>on</strong>We really do take diverse letters! As we read at Alan’s website, eggshell sculptures “arereal egg shells that have been emptied of <strong>the</strong>ir c<strong>on</strong>tents, cleaned and sanitized. Then, <strong>the</strong>egg design is drawn <strong>on</strong>to <strong>the</strong> surface of <strong>the</strong> egg or just cut free-hand” with a dental drill.“Small eggs take approximately 1-2 hours to carve. Depending <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> design, larger eggssuch as <strong>the</strong> ostrich, and emu and rhea eggs can take days to complete”. Nice to know. -Ed.THE EGGS 29
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