CALJ and the Journal Community
Since 1990 the Canadian Association of Learned Journals (CALJ) has represented the interests of an increasing number of journals from across the scholarly disciplines. The three key functions of CALJ are:
- to provide services to CALJ member journals;
- to develop industry initiatives for CALJ member journals; and
- to enhance the collective strengths of the CALJ journal community.
To find out the benefits of membership, visit our benefits page, here.
To find out how to become a CALJ member, click here.
To all CALJ Members: INFORMATION ON HST
Many of you have inquired about the impact of the HST on journal subscriptions and operations (e.g. typesetting and printing).
The Canada Revenue Agency has supplied us with an explanation of how the HST applies to non-profit organizations like CALJ and how and when to apply for a rebate of any HST you pay.
You can view this information on the member’s only site.
Upcoming Events / Project Activities
CALJ participates in the annual Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences (see www.fedcan.ca for more info). CALJ annual Congress activities include:
- Congress book fair promotion for member journals
- CALJ annual conference with sessions for editors and journal managers
- CALJ keynote address to the larger scholarly community
CALJ launches new activities (such as marketing and promotion, professional development, and industry research) with project contributions from the Canada Magazine Fund (CMF). For info on our recent/current project activities, click here.
Annual Conference at the Congress of the Canadian Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences
The 2010 Congress (www.congress2010.ca) program was a terrific success, including the following sessions:
- International keynote speaker, Raym Crow
From the U.S. looking in: Promise and possibility for the research community, scholarly journals and university libraries in Canada - Collaboration with CFHSS and Concordia
The Age of Open Access: New paradigm for universities and researchers
Also: our annual session with SSHRC, a panel of editors on the review process, journal metrics and impact factors, research findings on Canadian journal industry, and more...
Presenters from our conference have been contacted with a request to post their presentations on the CALJ website.
Visit the CALJ website for updates on these presentations and our plans for Congress 2011.
Congress 2011 will be held in Fredericton, New Brunswick and information can be found here: www.congress2011.ca
A Snapshot of Scholarly Journals in Canada
Results of the first data capture made possible by the CALJ online membership form were presented by Johanne Provençal at the 2010 conference at Congress. The report has been translated and in the coming weeks will be circulated as a benefit of membership to all CALJ members. For the table of contents, click here.
