> I would worry about this > > Peter Burnhill > Director, EDINA > University of Edinburgh
So would I: https://who.is/whois/https://journalsconsortium.org indicates the country in which the domain has been registered and the non-organisational email address associated with it. Seb Schmoller > > Desk: +44 (0) 131 650 3301 <tel:+44%20(0)%20131%20650%203301> > Text: +44 (0) 7740 763119 <tel:+44%20(0)%207740%20763119> > > On 6 Aug 2015, at 12:36 pm, Danny Kingsley <da...@cam.ac.uk > <mailto:da...@cam.ac.uk>> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> One of our PhD students has received an offer to upload their thesis >> to something called the 'Journals Consortium Archive' >> http://journalsconsortium.org/ >> >> I have never heard of them, the 'About us' tab is a file not found and >> there is no information yet about Australia or the UK. This raises >> some suspicions (to say the least). >> >> But before I respond with a loud warning to the student I would like >> to check that this is not some new start up that is legitimate. Please >> let me know if you have had a positive experience with these people. >> >> Regards >> >> Danny >> >> INTRODUCING ARCHIVE OF POSTGRADUATE DISSERTATIONS >> >> Dear Dr. XXXX, >> >> We are glad to introduce to you the Journals Consortium Archive of >> Postgraduate Dissertations [1]. >> >> Postgraduate thesis/dissertations are resources of immense research >> value across academic disciplines. Unfortunately, most >> thesis/dissertations tend to be restricted to university libraries and >> archives. >> >> Journals Consortium Postgraduate Archive >> http://pgd.journalsconsortium.org/ [1] provides a new and exciting way >> of digitally archiving postgraduate thesis/dissertations. This enables >> postgraduate students to archive their thesis/dissertations by uploading >> them to the Journals Consortium Postgraduate Archive platform. This not >> only extend these thesis/dissertations work from university libraries to >> the global academic community, but also gives them a global audience and >> better chances for these thesis/dissertations to be cited by other >> researchers. >> >> Using the Open Access model, these thesis /dissertations will be freely >> available to all researchers by simply visiting the Journals Consortium >> Postgraduate Archive website [1]. >> >> Please inform your colleagues and students of this archive and encourage >> them to submit their postgraduate theses/dissertations. >> >> Yours sincerely, >> >> Postgraduate Dissertations Department >> >> Journals Consortium >> >> dissertati...@journalsconsortium.org >> <mailto:dissertati...@journalsconsortium.org> >> >> http://journalsconsortium.org/ [2] >> >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] >> http://msl.journalsconsortium.org/index.php?subid=391656&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=31&mailid=22 >> [2] >> http://msl.journalsconsortium.org/index.php?subid=391656&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=13&mailid=22 >> [3] >> http://msl.journalsconsortium.org/index.php?subid=391656&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=14&mailid=22 >> [4] >> http://msl.journalsconsortium.org/index.php?subid=391656&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=15&mailid=22 >> [5] >> http://msl.journalsconsortium.org/index.php?subid=391656&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=url&urlid=16&mailid=22 >> [6] >> http://msl.journalsconsortium.org/index.php?subid=391656&option=com_acymailing&ctrl=user&task=out&mailid=22&key=KIJRuBvw8UYM9L >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr Danny Kingsley >> Head of Scholarly Communications >> Cambridge University Library >> West Road, Cambridge CB39DR >> P: +44 (0) 1223 747 437 >> M: +44 (0) 7711 500 564 >> E:da...@cam.ac.uk >> T: @dannykay68 >> ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3636-5939 >> _______________________________________________ >> GOAL mailing list >> GOAL@eprints.org <mailto:GOAL@eprints.org> >> http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > > > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. > > > > _______________________________________________ > GOAL mailing list > GOAL@eprints.org > http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal > -- Seb Schmoller 312 Albert Road, Sheffield, S8 9RD, UK +44 (0)114 2586899 http://schmoller.net - @sebschmoller -- _______________________________________________ GOAL mailing list GOAL@eprints.org http://mailman.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/goal
