Walker Library offers free journal hosting services to members of the MTSU community. All of the journals we service are digital and open access—free to read online. Walker Library established this journal hosting program to meet the needs and support the mission, values and vision of the university. In doing so, this also expands the role of Walker Library where collaborative faculty/student research and creative practice is valued and helps meets strategic direction goals.
Journal Hosting Options:
Scholarly journals vary by size, content and mission. Walker Library provides journal editors with the technical infrastructure to publish journals on their choice of two platforms:
1. JEWLScholar, MTSU’s institutional repository, will make journals visible to a global audience and assures long-term preservation. This option is appropriate for journals that do not need editorial software for workflow procedures, but want permanent, open access and dependable archiving of the journal content.
2. Open Access Journals, MTSU uses the Open Journal System (OJS) software to not only make journals visible while assuring its preservation, but also supports the entire editorial management workflow (article submission, peer-review, indexing). This option is for journals that have a stable editorial team and usually publish scholarly content on a regular basis.
Ready to sign up? Want to know more?
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The series of tabs across the top of this page are meant to help guide you through the journal hosting process.
If you have any suggestions on additional materials that would be helpful for development purposes, please indicate that in the Journal Form below.
New to Open Access? Check out the video below.
All journals hosted at Walker Library are open access. Watch this short 3 minute video that explains what Open Access is all about.
