Since early 2015 we have included Open Journal Systems (OJS) journal records in Multisearch and the Catalogue.  We have access to over 7,000 journals and many of these are open access.  Some, however, require a subscription or have embargoes on the latest issues.
Unfortunately the Public Knowlege Project which has developed OJS has not been able to provide separate lists for the titles which are fully open access and the titles which are restricted.  And they are now unable to provide any updates.   As a result of this ProQuest/Ex Libris (formerly Serials Solutions) have informed us that they will no longer be maintaining the records.  This means that we will need to make any changes such as updating urls ourselves and we will no longer receive records for new OJS journals.

LAC’s intention is to continue to maintain the existing OJS records but we will monitor user queries and access issues and if it becomes problematic we may need to review this decision.

We are interested in any comments about the OJS journals and if it is worthwhile continuing to provide access to them.