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Basically, this seems a good idea in principle, but the implementation leaves much to be desired. For example, the information about the journal that I edit, Libri, is inaccurate in at least three respects. The journal is published in Munich, Germany, and not in Copenhagen. Munksgard sold it to Saur more years ago than I can remember. Saur is now an imprint of Walter de Gruyter GMBH. It claims that the journal is not open access. Libri makes full-text articles available online without subscription one year after publication. Visit: http://www.librijournal.org <http://www.librijournal.org> Libri is also abstracted or indexed in: Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences, Information Science Abstracts, Library Literature, IBZ (Internationale Bibliographie der wissenschaftlichen Literatur.) I hope the rest of the entries are more accurate than this. So far as the alternative journals are concerned, I can't see what basis was used for 'selecting' them. It gives quality indicators without explaining their significance, and in the case of FRIDA this is impossible to assess as the FRIDA web site is not in one of the major international languages. As this claims to be a service for researchers, why is there no information about the peer-review process to save them scambling through such information as the journals' web sites provide? ________________________________ From: Repositories discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Håkan Carlsson Sent: 29 June 2007 08:35 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Journal Info - information about journals with an OA-twist (http://jinfo.lub.lu.se/) Dear All, Lund University Libraries has, with financial support from the National Library of Sweden, put together a new tool to support researchers in their choice of journal for publication. The service, called "Journal Info", gives fast and simple access to journal information through a web interface, http://jinfo.lub.lu.se <http://jinfo.lub.lu.se/> . The journal information is divided up in general, accessibility, cost and quality and each area is supported by a number of relevant points. You can e.g. find in which databases a journal is indexed, how much it costs for the library to subscribe and which alternative OA journals exists. A total of 18,000 journals are currently supported in the database. The service takes its aim at the researchers themselves and includes explanations for the interested beginner. The information is compiled from a larger number of services and will continually be updated. The service is designed to be a complement to DOAJ, the Directory of Open Access Journals (www.doaj.org), which is also produced in Lund. Welcome to test the new service. Please send comments and forward the announcement to fellow researchers and colleagues. Best regards, Håkan --------- Håkan Carlsson Biblioteksdirektionen / Head Office Lunds universitet / Lund University Libraries Box 134 221 00 LUND Tel. +46 46-222 15 30 Fax + 46 46-222 36 82