The «Bollettino AIB» as an open journal: from print to OJS passing through HTML

Abstract

The article describes the transmigration on OJS platform of the «Bollettino AIB» volumes already hosted on the old AIB website, focusing on specific technical problems as well as on the wider theoretical issue of the difference between paper and digital reviews. The work – accomplished by a team of volunteer librarians – allowed the editorial team to implement the old review volumes with additional features. Besides, it offered the chance to consider how editorial decisions were made also depending on the review’s format – the paper edition, the old digital edition hosted on AIB website, and the new digital edition published using OJS software. One of the most notable considerations is that not only the review content is heavily influenced by its media (analog VS digital), but that different digital architectures bring to different editorial choices.