1. Changes and Challenges of Producing a Student-run Peer-reviewed Publication
The Dalhousie Journal of Information & To stabilize and authenticate DJIM’s online
Management was formed in 2005 by a presence, we applied for and successfully
group of six Masters of Library and obtained an ISSN: 1923-6530.
Information Studies students who wished
to showcase the best student work from DJIM is now listed
Dalhousie’s Faculty of Management. in significant
journal repositories,
By 2008 it was renamed the Dalhousie such as the
Journal of Interdisciplinary Management Old Home Page
Directory of Open
(DJIM) to better reflect the diverse and Access Journals
wide-ranging work coming out of the (DOAJ) (Fig. 4).
Faculty of Management. Fig. 4: DJIM in the
DOAJ
A social networking presence
was established through
Facebook and Twitter
Workflow Management Embedded Email Client accounts.
DJIM is a student-led initiative aimed at
publishing Dalhousie graduate student Find us!:
work of the highest quality and Facebook.com/DalhousieDJIM
significance in all areas of management. Twitter.com/DalhousieDJIM
Goals:
1.To foster the convergence of ideas
within the fields of Business 1. Acquire funding for a Digital Object
Administration, Environmental Studies, Identifier (DOI)
Information Management, Public New Home Page: Fig. 3: Anatomy of the new DJIM website
Administration, and Marine Affairs http://djim.management.dal.ca 2. Expand our coverage to two issues per
2.To promote collegiality year—one each in the Fall and Winter
3.To encourage interdisciplinary semesters
communication and research
3. Expand our interdisciplinary scope, with
the goal of publishing equal content
from all schools within Dalhousie’s
Faculty of Management
4. Register content in further online
In 2010, DJIM expanded its organizational repositories to increase DJIM’s
mandate by: readership and influence
•Creating departmental liaison positions in all 5. Continue to publish the best graduate
five Schools in Dalhousie’s Faculty of Fig. 1: DJIM email student work from Dalhousie’s excellent
Management Faculty of Management!
•Revising our executive structure to
incorporate new positions in Special Projects Poster created by:
and Communications Amy Paterson and Stephanie Winston,
•Increasing participation across departments DJIM Editorial Co-Chairs 2010-11
djim@dal.ca
Fig. 2: FTP file storage