Improving Journal Management Quality, Politap Organizes OJS Technical Guidance

Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic) (Ketapang State Polytechnic, POLITAP) organized Technical Guidance (BIMTEK) on Electronic Journal Management using the Open Journal System (OJS), Thursday (12/11). The technical guidance activity aimed at journal managers within Politap was held in Integrated Lecture Building II of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang. This activity was attended by 30 Politap journal management participants with resource persons Zaenuddin Hudi Prasojo and Setia Purwadi from Relawan Jurnal Indonesia (RJI) explaining OJS management and OJS setup.

The event was opened directly by the Director of Politeknik Negeri Ketapang, Endang Kusmana. In his opening remarks, Endang stated that electronic journals are an essential element in supporting the quality improvement of research and community service publications. According to him, publishing journals within Politap is expected to increase both the quality and quantity of research publications.

On the same occasion, Muh Anhar, chairperson of the OJS Bimtek organizing committee and Head of Journal Management at Politeknik Negeri Ketapang, stated that, “Currently Politeknik Negeri Ketapang has 7 research periodicals (journals) and 1 community service (PKM) journal. These journals represent academic fields corresponding to study programs at POLITAP, namely Jurnal Teknologi Pangan dan Industri Perkebunan (LIPIDA), Journal Applied Information Technology and Computer Science (AICOMS), Journal Electrical Network Systems and Sources (ENTRIES), Indonesian Journal of Mechanical Engineering Vocational (INJECTION), Journal of Civil engineering as applied science (RIGID), Journal of Mining, Mineral Processing, and Energy (JUMPE), Journal Agro of Plantation (JAP) and Jurnal Teknologi Terapan Vokasi (LITERASI) for community service journals,” he stated in the activity report.