Just for everyone's information: the Code4Lib editors have completed the process of meeting the DOAJ's enhanced requirements for having the journal and its articles represented in the list (https://doajournals.wordpress.com/2016/12/23/update-on-reapplications-and-new-applications/ <https://doajournals.wordpress.com/2016/12/23/update-on-reapplications-and-new-applications/>). Go us! Peter Murray Code4Lib Journal Coordinating Editor for Issue 36 > From: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Date: January 19, 2017 at 5:15:57 AM CST > To: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Directory of Open Access Journals - journal accepted > > Dear Coordinating Editor, > > You are listed as the Journal Contact for Code4Lib Journal. A reapplication for this journal to remain indexed in DOAJ has been successful and you can see the updated and expanded entry by searching for the journal: http://bit.ly/1IPWhtD <http://bit.ly/1IPWhtD> > > An email has also been sent to Jonathan Rochkind who is the account holder for this journal. > > It is advantageous for this journal's metadata to be uploaded to DOAJ as this will increase the visibility, impact, distribution and usage* of its content. Please urge Jonathan Rochkind to do this as soon as possible. > > We are absolutely delighted to retain this journal in DOAJ and look forward to seeing the article metadata soon. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. > > The DOAJ Team > > *Benefits of supplying DOAJ with metadata: > > - Our statistics show more than 900 000 page views and 300 000 unique visitors a month to DOAJ from all over the world. > - Many aggregators, databases, libraries, publishers and search portals collect our free metadata and include it in their products. Examples are Scopus, Serial Solutions and EBSCO. > - DOAJ is OAI compliant and once an article is in DOAJ, it is automatically harvestable. > - DOAJ is OpenURL compliant and once an article is in DOAJ, it is automatically linkable. > - Over 95% of the DOAJ Publisher community said that DOAJ is important for increasing their journal's visibility > - DOAJ is often cited as a source of quality, open access journals in research and scholarly publishing circles.