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OA Journal Publishing Resource Index 3: Governance Issues

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3.1 Organization and Governance Structure

Solomon, pp. 53 – 54.

Sutton, 2.5.5,
http://www.doaj.org/bpguide/set-up/5/#2-5-5-consider-governance-issues

3.2 Incorporation

“Setting Up a Nonprofit Tax-Exempt Corporation,” Goldstein (2004).

Sutton 2.5.5.2,
http://www.doaj.org/bpguide/set-up/5/#2-5-5-2-registerincorporate-owners

3.3 Trademark Protection

Sutton, Section 2.5.3,
http://www.doaj.org/bpguide/set-up/5/#2-5-3-register-for-trademark-prote…

3.4 By-laws & Journal Policies

Solomon, pp. 92 – 95.

Sutton 2.5.5.1,
http://www.doaj.org/bpguide/set-up/5/#2-5-5-1-write-bylaws

3.4.1 Bylaw Examples:

Digital Medievalist
http://www.digitalmedievalist.org/bylaws.html
Hastings Law Journal,
http://www.uchastings.edu/student-services/docs/bylaws/bylaws-hlj.pdf
Hastings Science & Technology Journal
http://www.uchastings.edu/student-services/docs/bylaws/bylaws-STLJ.pdf
Journal of Industrial Technology, Association of Technology, Management and Applied Engineering
http://atmae.org/jit/JITBylaw.pdf
Society for the Study of the Holy Roman Empire
http://www.jhre.org/bylaws.html
3.4.2 Sample Mission Statements:

Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh Libraries
http://jffp.pitt.edu/ojs/index.php/jffp

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