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  • mȏre (the sea)- a great quantity, plenitude, a great number of something, a vast space [a sea of books, a sea of magazines ]
  • press - a special service that transfers and distributes information to end users, a place where creators and editors of the content have all the necessary tools to work in a single place

Morepress is a branch of publishing activities of the University of Zadar that is focused on innovative creation and dissemination of digital scholarly, teaching, and professional publications in the open access of university departments and scientific research centres. The purpose of Morepress is to enhance the University's publishing activities by using advanced digital technologies intended for the process of gathering, creation, editing, and transfer of open content as well as to actively contribute to the representation of Croatian science and culture in the web environment. The aim of Morepress is to develop new or adjust current technological solutions, intended for merging and transfer of large amount of digitized data and born-digital data, in a unique website called Morepress (http://morepress.unizd.hr). From the mentioned general goal stem specific goals:

  1. to gather currently distributed academic publishing content of the University of Zadar in a unique website (Morepress)
  2. to create a platform for editing and distribution of scholarly and professional journals and other periodical publications in the OJS (Open Journal System) for the organization of editing processes (Morepress | journals)
  3. to create a platform for editing and distribution of scholarly and professional monographs (books, textbooks, handbooks, course materials) - Morepress | monographs
  4. to create a platform for editing and distribution of conference papers and other kinds of miscellanies - Morepress | miscellanies
  5. to create a thematic blog that serves for publishing information about current scientific and academic accomplishments at the University of Zadar - Morepress | blog
  6. to integrate the full-text search system for all types of publications
  7. to test standard publishing distribution formats and models
  8. to develop a digital curation and preservation system for all publications at the University of Zadar

About Morepress | journals

The publishing platform based on adjusted Open Journal Systems (OJS) enables efficient organisation of editorial processes and online publishing of scholarly and professional journals as well as other periodical publications. The aim of the Morepress | journals is the development of a single OJS platform for publication and archiving of all digital journals published by the University of Zadar. There are four key activities:

1. The  adjustment of the software to the specific needs of the University

The chosen software (Open Journal System) will be installed in the IT infrastructure and optimized according to the specific needs of the University of Zadar. Further development of the e-journal platform will be based on the feedback of all the members in the publishing chain (editors, authors, readers etc.).

2. Gathering information on journals and the analysis of the future needs of the users

To gather necessary data through the systematic exchange of information from all the members and users of the OJS platform (Publishing Office – Journal Editorial Board) in order to publish all journals published by the University of Zadar.

To research and document (future) technical and organisational needs of the users of the journal platform.

3. Establish the user community and educate the members of the editorial board

Establish a functional net of journal platform users through which the members of the editorial board are systematically educated and that serves to exchange mutual experiences and examples of good practice.

The organisation of thematic workshops and the making of teaching/learning materials intended for the users of the journal platform.

4. The increase of visibility of the University journals

The unique journal platform based on the OJS will contribute to the visibility of the results of scientific and scholarly work published in university journals. The content available on the journal platform will be automatically integrated into relevant repositories and other kinds of online bibliographic databases (journal article indexing systems and services) like HRČAK, DOAJ, or the Google Scholar. Special attention will be dedicated to quality improvement, accessibility and visibility of journal article metadata. Adjusted functional system add-ons will ensure the automatic registration of articles on CrossRef and assignment of the DOI to all publications.

Editorial Team

  • Franjo Pehar, Editor-in-Chief
  • Ante Blaće, Editorial Board
  • Marko Lukić, Editorial Board

Morepress was developed by

c/o University of Zadar
Publishing department
Zadar, Republic of Croatia

Leading team:

  • Project lead: Franjo Pehar
  • Publishing lead: Ivana Morić Filipović
  • Developer: Jakov M. Vežić
  • Student coordinator: Nikolina Peša Pavlović
 

Associates:

  • Associate developer: Tomislav Jakopec
  • Publishing associate: Jadranka Stojanovski
  • System administrator: Tomislav Sruk

Contact

Publishing Office of the University of Zadar- Morepress, Rectorate, Mihovila Pavlinovića 1, 23000 Zadar, Croatia. Phone. +385 (0)23 200 741. Email: morepress@unizd.hr