DIGITAL platform demassified information as it opened its doors as not only a repository of data but its accessibility to wider stakeholders.
True enough, this becomes an ally for Benguet State University to capitalize on its functionality as researches of this 100-year-old university have been uploaded and accessed online.
Thus, BSU strengthens its research and development mandate through populating online visibility of researches through its online journal system (OJS).
Coping with and adopting innovation in journal publication, dissemination, and exchange, the visibility of researches published in the Mountain Journal of Science and Interdisciplinary Research (MJSIR) formerly BSU Research Journal, can now be accessed at the digital space.
The BSU OJS was officially opened online on July 9 through the initiative and collaborative effort of the Research and Extension Publication Office (REPO) under the Office of the Vice President for Research and Extension (OVPRE) and the University Library and Information Services (ULIS).
Prior to opening OJS online, BSU launched its operation on April 26.
Further, a hands-on training on OJS operation was conducted on May 18 to capacitate the publication office and research and extension personnel into its virtual control and maneuver.
More than 100 research articles are now accessible as online references not only for the students, researchers, and policy makers in the Cordilleras but also at the national and international level.
Included in the uploaded researches are articles published in the BSU Research Journal Volume 56, 65-67b, and 69-77. Research topics published online includes agriculture; forestry; fisheries and aquaculture, environment and natural resources; socio-cultural, economics and philosophy; education, mathematics and development communication; health, food, nutrition, and environmental concerns; information and communications technology; industrial technology; extension programs; human resource development; governance and policy advocacy; and gender and development.
BSU has been known for its research venture on agricultural commodities.
Through the years, BSU explored opportunities into multidisciplinary coverage of researches to include socio-economics, policy advocacy, education, and social sciences.
According to Lauren Kipaan, ULIS Director, the open journal system is a platform advisable for beginners to publish articles since it is free (open) and the range is worldwide.
He also mentioned that there is a high percentage of article citation in OJS since it is automatically indexed by Google Scholar, a free accessible web search engine that indexes scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines.
“Publishing researches in multi-platform not only limited to print journals can give wider opportunities for BSU researches to be known and be useful,” said Paul Joseph Nuval, REPO Director.
Nuval added: “In that way, research results may be communicated in wider stakeholders and may result to technology adoption for our communities and research collaborations for our institution.”
Before the materialization of the OJS last April, various review and trials were made before coming up with platform design for the BSU OJS in the past years. Also, REPO and ULIS conducted orientation to BSU researchers and staffs about the system and capacitated the BSU OJS management team in preparation for online launching.
As of press time, the REPO and ULIS continuously uploading the published articles in OJS until its first issue in 1977 known to be the Mountain State Agricultural College Journal.
With this, the BSU Open Journal System is now accessible at http://journals.bsu.edu.ph/index.php/BRJ. //OVPRE-REPO