Information For Librarians

For Librarians

Welcome to the librarian resources page for Digital Art & New Media Studies (DANMS). As a newly founded open access, peer-reviewed journal focusing on digital art and new media research, we are actively preparing for official launch and standardized academic operation. This page presents our open access policies, database inclusion plans and library cooperation services to facilitate collection construction and resource retrieval management.

1. Open Access Policy & Collection Value

DANMS will adopt a full open access operating model without subscription fees and access barriers. All published articles will be released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), enabling permanent free reading, downloading and citing for all users. Adhering to international open science norms, the journal covers frontier research directions such as generative art, XR creative practice, computational creation and digital cultural research, and can serve as an important supplementary academic resource for digital art, media studies and creative technology library collections.

2. Indexing & Discoverability (Planned & In Preparation)

During the early founding stage, the journal is actively preparing qualification application and access procedures for mainstream international academic databases. We will strictly comply with the access standards of each platform to complete qualification review and metadata docking, and steadily improve the academic influence and global retrievability of published papers. The specific inclusion planning is as follows:

  • Crossref: Membership registration procedures are in active preparation. After official launch, all published manuscripts will be assigned exclusive persistent DOI identifiers and synchronously included into Crossref retrieval system.
  • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): Formal inclusion application will be submitted immediately after journal launch. The final admission depends on official audit of open access specification and standardized editorial operation, with the expected review cycle within six months.
  • Google Scholar: Automatic crawling and indexing configuration has been fully prepared. Published articles will be captured and displayed following official search rules, and complete retrievability is expected to be realized within three months after formal publication.
  • Art Abstracts / Art Index: We will accumulate stable peer-reviewed academic achievements, and submit formal access application gradually. The journal plans to complete database admission within 12–18 months after launch.
  • EBSCO Humanities Source Ultimate: Inclusion application is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2026. Relevant application work will be launched after the release of the inaugural issue and meeting all basic access requirements.
  • ProQuest Arts & Humanities Database: Database access arrangement will be promoted in 2027. We will apply for admission steadily along with the continuous enrichment of high-quality research contents.

The journal will support OAI-PMH metadata harvesting protocol after launch, helping libraries integrate Dublin Core formatted metadata into local retrieval catalogs. MARC records and KBART standard files will be provided to cooperative institutions on request.

3. Long-Term Access & Archiving

The journal attaches great importance to long-term safe preservation of academic resources. We are preparing to join authoritative digital archiving systems to guarantee stable and permanent access of all published papers. All articles will be equipped with fixed persistent access links and unique DOIs to ensure reliable citation and long-term resource preservation. Libraries are welcome to collect and bind stable journal homepage and issue links for user inquiry service.

4. Library Support & Partnerships

We sincerely welcome long-term cooperation with academic libraries to jointly promote open access development and academic communication in digital art field. The journal can provide customized supporting resources for cooperative libraries:

  • MARC cataloging records provided on demand
  • Official promotional materials for library platform display
  • Institutional exclusive APC preferential policies for affiliated authors
  • Academic sharing and open access popularization activities

Contact for Librarians

For inquiries about database inclusion progress, cataloging service, institutional cooperation and other library-related matters, please contact the editorial team via [email protected].