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As an active journal editor in OJLU, you can assign a DOI number to your articles. The DOI is a unique, permanent, alphanumerical identifier assigned to electronic documents such as articles. The DOI functions as a lasting link to the publication; even if the URL changes, the DOI always remains the same. Journals on the OJLU publication platform have the option of assigning DOIs to their articles.
Professional organisations have developed guidelines for research journals, which can be used as guidance for your journal. Guidelines for transparency The organisations COPE, OASPA, DOAJ and WAME have jointly developed guidelines for transparency and good publishing practice in the field of scholarly publications. The guidelines constitute a common minimum standard for membership in each organisa
A journal becomes searchable and easier for readers to find if it is indexed in various databases. Here we have gathered information about what is required and how a journal goes about getting indexed in different databases. For an article to be disseminated as much as possible and found by readers conducting research in the same field, it is important for the journal and its articles to be indexe
https://www.lub.lu.se/en/services-and-support/publishing-and-registering/open-journals-lund-university-ojlu/indexing - 2025-09-29
Part of good practice in scholarly publishing is that each journal establishes and publishes its own guidelines on copyright and licenses, to clarify the conditions for readers and potential authors. Copyright The financial rights to a publication are sometimes still ceded to a journal or its publisher but, within open access publishing, the most common scenario is that the author maintains the en
The Libraries at Lund University operates a platform for e-book publishing, with the purpose of providing an effective electronic dissemination of books produced at Lund University. The platform Open Books at Lund University (OBLU) is a platform for publishing open access e-books produced within Lund University. The platform is operated by the Libraries at Lund University, who also run the journal
https://www.lub.lu.se/en/services-and-support/publishing-and-registering/open-books-lund-university-oblu - 2025-09-29
This page contains information about the basic guidelines for content to be published at OBLU. Presentation For the publication to be presented properly on the website, there needs to be a cover image and a description of the publication. The description should not be longer than 400 words. Copyright page The copyright page contains different types of bibliographical information, for instance copy
Opening hours and contact information The libraries at Lund University Finn Finn, the Lund University Libraries’ new search tool, will replace LUBcat and LUBsearch on 1 October. LUBcat Lund University Libraries' catalogue LUBsearch The collective entry point to all the Lund University libraries’ resources. Research portal Search information about LU researchers, research projects, publications etc
https://www.lub.lu.se/en/lund-university-libraries - 2025-09-29
The 1st October 2025 LUBcat and LUBsearch will be replaced by a new search interface. A beta version of the search system is available (you'll find a link below). Feel free to share your feedback, and let us know if you’re interested in participating as a test user in usability testing!Beta versionIn the beta version you can search the libraries' electronic and print collections. You can also requ
https://www.lub.lu.se/en/find/new-search-interface - 2025-09-29
Use Finn to find books, journals, articles, and databases at Lund University.Large parts of the electronic materials are available in full text. If you log in, you can access full text wherever you are.In Finn, you can see which library has which printed material and whether it is available. You can often request material from one library and pick it up at another within Lund University. You can a
https://www.lub.lu.se/en/find/finn-libraries-search-tool - 2025-09-29
Biology Library, Library of ScienceVisiting address: Kontaktvägen 10Building: EkologihusetEmail: biologibiblioteket [at] science [dot] lu [dot] se (biologibiblioteket[at]science[dot]lu[dot]se)Telephone: 046 222 38 12, HS: 50 Campus Helsingborg, LibraryVisiting address: Universitetsplatsen 2Building: C, floor: 2Email: bibliotek [at] ch [dot] lu [dot] se (bibliotek[at]ch[dot]lu[dot]se)Telephone: 042
https://www.lub.lu.se/en/our-libraries - 2025-09-29
We recommend that you make your doctoral thesis freely available online when you register it. If you or the University owns the rights to your doctoral thesis, you decide whether or not you want your doctoral thesis to be made available electronically. Naturally, if your doctoral thesis, or parts of it, is published by external publishers, this must be taken into consideration, but it is often sti
Lund University has one of Sweden’s oldest and largest research libraries. Together with the University Library, more than 20 faculty, department and centre libraries in Lund, Malmö and Helsingborg constitute a network of libraries at Lund University. Close to 200 people work in the network, providing high quality support to all the University’s students and employees, as well as the general publi
https://www.lub.lu.se/en/our-libraries/library-network/organisation - 2025-09-29
The library board leads the activities collective to all the libraries at Lund University and is also the board of the University Library. The chair of the library board is appointed by the vice-chancellor; for the 2015–2017 period the chair is Olov Sterner. All faculties are represented on the board. The board takes decisions on issues concerning the collective orientation of shared library activ
https://www.lub.lu.se/en/our-libraries/library-network/organisation/library-board - 2025-09-29
A study in the use and usability of a search system During the spring semester 2014, an investigation of LUBsearch, the library network’s shared information system, was carried out. The aim of the investigation was to collect data from actual users to study the use and usability of LUBsearch. We wanted to find out how different groups of users use the system (e.g. students and researchers) and als
https://www.lub.lu.se/en/library-network/projects/use-lubsearch - 2025-09-29
How can the University best support lecturers who want to make e-books part of their teaching materials? The e-book as a teaching resource is a collaborative project between the Centre for Educational Development (CED) and the libraries at Lund University. The aim of the project, which ran in 2013–2014, was to inventory the conditions for teaching staff wishing to make e-books out of teaching mate
https://www.lub.lu.se/en/library-network/projects/e-book-educational-resource - 2025-09-29
During 2012, employees from various faculty libraries worked on the planning and implementation of a project with the overall aim of developing the libraries’ services to researchers at Lund University. The project group consisted of librarians from six faculties and the University Library.The aim of the project was to identify areas in which the libraries can develop and reinforce the services th
https://www.lub.lu.se/en/library-network/projects/researchers-library-service-needs - 2025-09-29
What impact does the libraries’ teaching have on students’ information management skills? The impact project was started in 2011 and concluded in 2015. Its aim was to investigate the impact of the libraries’ teaching on students’ ability to search for and manage information and to critically review sources.MethodsDuring the initial phase (2011) focus group interviews were held with students, lectu
https://www.lub.lu.se/en/library-network/projects/impact-libraries-teaching - 2025-09-29
During 2014 a cooperation project was carried out between the university libraries in Gothenburg and Lund and an upper secondary school library in Mölnlycke, with the aim of developing methods and tools for the evaluation of the libraries’ teaching within the field of information literacy. The project Methods and tools for the evaluation of courses in information literacy is a collaboration betwee
https://www.lub.lu.se/en/library-network/projects/methods-and-tools-evaluation - 2025-09-29
MembersJacob Branting, Faculty of EngineeringÅse Lugnér, Faculty of Fine & Performing ArtsViktoria Hörnlund, Joint Faculty of Humanities & Theology Catarina Carlsson, Faculty of LawCarola Tilgman, Faculty of MedicineKristina Holmin Verdozzi, Faculty of ScienceMaria Ohlsson, Faculty of Social SciencesDaniel Gunnarsson, School of Economics and ManagementHåkan Carlsson, University LibrarianLena Landg
https://www.lub.lu.se/en/our-libraries/library-network/organisation/library-directors-group - 2025-09-29
Open access (OA) means that research results are published in such a way that they are freely accessible online. There are two “roads” to OA, the “golden road”, and the “green road”. In Lund University’s policy on publishing, researchers are encouraged to publish OA as much as possible in order to increase research visibility, use and impact. Today, many of the large research funders demand that r
https://www.lub.lu.se/en/services-and-support/publishing-and-registering/open-access - 2025-09-29
