One question that often comes up as we transition to open access publishing is how to assess new open access journals. How do we know that these are legitimate? Here is my answer, informed and inspired by conversation on the SCHOLCOMM listserv, and reflecting my own perspective.
THE KEY QUESTION for assessing the quality of any academic journal, is whether the journal is the communication vehicle for a group of serious scholars committed to appropriate quality control such as peer review.
SOME APPROACHES TO ANSWERING THIS KEY QUESTION: - If you have received a solicitation to participate in an academic journal, who did this come from? A colleague that you know and trust? A leader in your field? Or someone you have never heard of? For more http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/2011/03/assessing-new-open-access-jo... by Heather Morrison
Interesting article
Just caught it yesterday
Priti Jain, (2011) "New trends and future applications/directions of institutional repositories in academic institutions", Library Review, Vol. 60 Iss: 2, pp.125 - 141. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/00242531111113078
unfortunately not OA (as far as I could find)