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<p style="margin: 0;"><span style="font-size: 1.1em;">In June 2013, DOAJ announced its intention to revise its criteria for selecting journals to be included in the directory (<span>http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=news&nId=303&uiLanguage=en)</span>. A public consultation period followed where feedback was received. The consultation period incited much discussion on social media, in mailing lists and via email. Redalyc ran several workshops (see page 5 - <span>https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Fw8p9XB3C6Qlp1Rm9kRVUwNzg/edit?usp=sharing </span>) dedicated to raising awareness and collecting feedback.</span></p>
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<p>In general, the changes were welcomed by the communities but further refining was needed: the consultation period produced some important feedback. A summary of changes and DOAJ's response to each is now available: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Fw8p9XB3C6NjBwN3dGNFpqajA/edit?usp=sharing. Most significantly, it was clear that the term "revised Selection Criteria" was not appropriate to describe the project that DOAJ is undertaking.</p>
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<p>As a first step, all changes have been incorporated into a draft Google form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1u0F-fVbEHySkTRXvJLkfd1s_ace9-nTzRYIWdJwSR68/viewform The fully functional form will be hosted directly on the DOAJ site, as it is now.</p>
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<p>DOAJ is also publishing its Roadmap of activities until the end of 2013 https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1Fw8p9XB3C6OGtUZzZTVFFCSkk/edit?usp=sharing</p>
<p>We encourage you to share this document with your institutions and libraries.</p>
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<p>For further information, contact Lars Bjørnshauge (lars@doaj.org) or Dom Mitchell (dom@doaj.org)</p>
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<p style="font-family: monospace; white-space: nowrap; margin: 5px 0px 5px 0px;">------------<br/>Dom Mitchell<br/>Community Manager, DOAJ<br/><br/>Support us! http://www.doaj.org/doaj?func=loadTemplate&template=supportDoaj<br/>Follow us: https://twitter.com/DOAJplus</p>
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