Launching an Open Source Journal of Blogging and Social Media Research #lra18 #IndieWeb #digped #DooO

 

Each year at LRA I release a tool the community could use as an open source alternative to our nonexisting community tools.

I have set up private social networks using open source technologies. I created portfolio systems using Mahara that could be used isntantly at conferences and for free by members.

This year I wanted to try a new challenge. Could I launch the infastructure for an open source journal where author's published from their own websites in a practice of Academic Samizdat.

Academic Samizdat

Samizdat is aterm ofr the undergroung journalists and artists who risked their lives under Soviet regimes. While academic samzdat does not try to equate our struggle with one of life or death we do recognize that the academic world is exploited and governed by despots.

A system built on privledge will always reinforce privledge and we do need to stand up and shake that tree of liberty. Publishing is no different

Samizdat: Journal of Blogging and Social Media Journal will be an open source, open access, open peer review journal. If we have a high rejection rate, shamne us. What kind of model of knowledge should be based on rejection?

You will publish all of your drafts from your website and always mantain control of your data. We highly encourage you to publish your studies elsewhere and accept previously published studies where copyright allows.

And poetry. we will always take poetry. 

Serious Endeavor

My previous MVP (minimum viable product) lanuches at LRA were more theortical. I wanted to show the Board how easy this could be to create open respoistories from the conference.

This year is different. Samizdat is a real journal. The first call for proposals is out. Folk that went to blogcon from 2033-2006 could even dust off their old papers and pass the pixels along.

Researchers at #lra18 are welcome to submit articles.

I also need help. Specifically another leade editor or two and then the editorial review board. My guess is we wuld have reviewers work with 2-3 authors a year. This isn't a rate and forget it review. We will coach and facilitate articles to publication. 

If you want to get involved please reach out.