Yes, very well done, but unfortunately many people have pop-up blockers and will never see this. I wonder if a "spash-page" might be better, which would contain the same information and a button to "continue to" the journal's web page.

Diane

Diane Arnold
Serials Librarian
Logue Library
Chestnut Hill College
9601 Germantown Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19118

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	From: Natalia Koudinova [mailto:nataliakoudinova@NEUROBIOLOGYOFLIPIDS.ORG]
	Sent: Wed 6/30/2004 6:36 PM
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	Subject: [SERIALST] A way to promote Open Access

	Of possible interest:

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	From: Alexei Koudinov <sparcoaforum@neurobiologyoflipids.org>
	Subject: [SOAF] A way to promote Open Access

	Dear Librarian,

	I thought that you could find interesting that Neurobiology of Lipids (ISSN 1683-5506) home introduced a pop-up easy-to-close window with a short message and a form to search DOAJ articles at two most visited journal pages.

	Click on one or another links and see the result:

	NoL Home page:
	<http://neurobiologyoflipids.org/myjournalindex.html>

	or

	NoL Noteworthy articles page:
	<http://neurobiologyoflipids.org/noteworthy/noteworthy2004.html>

	When a query is submitted, a reader is brought to DOAJ search result page and will hopefully explore the DOAJ further.

	The page coding is available upon request to those willing to make DOAJ search a part of their web resources. The setup will take minutes, and the form can be provided as a part of existing library web page, perhaps at eJournal resources. It can be customized to any size and layout to fit the hosting page style.

	In my view, once readily available at a library web page such form could stimulate faculty and students to search DOAJ directory for articles and, perhaps, journals to consider publishing at, and thus serve an efficient way to promote OA.

	Sincerely,

	Alexei Koudinov, MD, PhD
	neuroscientist and editor
	Neurobiology of Lipids
	<http://neurobiologyoflipids.org/myjournalindex.html>