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INTRODUCTION
CHAR SIMSER
CAROL ANN BORCHERT
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Libraries have been building publishing programs in increasing numbers, with motivations including the needs of local authors and editors and the desire to positively impact scholarly communications. Library publishers offer diverse services, depending on their goals and capabilities. In this column, two librarians involved in managing publishing services profile their institutions' respective programs. Efforts aimed at increasing library–publisher cooperation and education are briefly mentioned.
Keywords
Open Access, library publishing, scholarly communications
INTRODUCTION
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INTRODUCTION
CHAR SIMSER
CAROL ANN BORCHERT
CONCLUSION
Welcome to Open Dialog, a new column in Serials Review discussing issues related to the Open Access (OA) movement. I've often wondered about the roles librarians can play in the OA movement. As an electronic resources librarian, most of my day-to-day work with OA publications involves providing access to these publications within our link resolver, catalog, databases, and discovery tool. Many librarians have taken on roles as OA advocates. Libraries have hosted events, supported OA policies and mandates, put together guides, and spoken to faculty and students about how OA publishing relates to their work. In addition to access and advocacy, libraries have played an important part by hosting OA content in institutional and subject repositories, making valuable scholarship widely available.
In this installment of the column, the focus is on libraries that have gone a step further and launched publishing programs that go beyond the traditional role of an institutional repository (IR). Library publishing is by no means a new phenomenon. The Library Publishing Directory (Lipincott, 2015) includes institutions such as McGill University Library and Virginia Tech University Libraries, which began their programs in 1988 and 1989 respectively. However, the movement has picked up a great deal of steam in recent years due to several factors, including the popularity of the OA movement, the availability of open source or low-cost publishing platforms, and institutional needs for online publishing services (Skinner, Lippincott, Speer, & Walters, 2014).
For many library publishers, the desire to increase access to scholarly materials is the driving force behind a publication program (Mullins et al., 2012). It can be seen as another action in support of OA, alongside OA educational events and guides. Discussing this motivation, Skinner et al. (2014) state that library investment in publication programs “could serve both to increase access to scholarship (via open access models, largely preferred by library publishers) and decrease the library's expenditures over time.” This motivation can explain why some libraries, such as the University of Pittsburgh Library System, offer publishing services even to authors and editors who are not affiliated with their parent institution (Barnett, Chan, Collister, Dellyannides, & Gabler, 2013). Librarians dissatisfied with what they see as a scholarly publishing landscape dominated by profit-driven companies may want to seek and even create alternatives. Offering publishing services is a way to directly contribute to this goal.
The needs of local faculty may also drive the creation of publication programs. Skinner et al. (2014) note that faculty members have sought journal publishing assistance from libraries in many cases, thus spurring on the creation of a publishing service. Whether faculty are looking to publish a new journal or book, or looking to bring a long-running print publication online, they are likely to need a partner for some combination of hosting, marketing, copy editing, or other services. As mission-driven organizations, libraries may be better suited than commercial publishers or university presses with diminished institutional support to take on titles that are experimental in nature, locally focused, or unlikely to provide revenues sufficient to cover the cost of publication. Libraries are also likely to pursue this path with the goal of disseminating and promoting the work of their institution's faculty and status, much in line with the goals of an IR.
Additionally, libraries may have staff and systems that are well suited to accommodate publishing services. Most librarians are already familiar to some extent with scholarly publishing, often through collection development, work with faculty, and their own experiences as authors or editors. In addition, librarians are likely accustomed to working with authors, readers, and a wide range of stakeholders. Libraries are also likely to have servers or server space at their disposal, and many are already running platforms such as those for IRs that can double as journal or book platforms. Libraries already serve as a centralized resource to faculty across a wide range of disciplines, making this new role a natural fit.
Library publishing programs have a great range of diversity in terms of their motivation, the types of materials they publish, the range of authors they work with, and their intended audience. Some will focus exclusively on journals from faculty at their local institutions, while others may publish journals, books, proceedings, and more from authors across the globe (Lippincott, 2015). In order to get a better idea of the growth and experiences of library publishing programs, I'd like to focus on two in particular. I approached Char Simser, the coordinator of library data and electronic publishing at New Prairie Press in the Kansas State University Libraries, and Carol Ann Borchert, the coordinator of serials at University of South Florida Libraries, and asked them a few questions about the history, growth, and role of their publishing programs. The following material is drawn from their responses.
CHAR SIMSER
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INTRODUCTION
CHAR SIMSER
CAROL ANN BORCHERT
CONCLUSION
New Prairie Press (NPP) at Kansas State University Libraries began in 2007 and was housed in a digital initiatives department under the part-time direction of the web librarian and with minimal Information Technology support. A Scholarly Communications & Publishing department was established in a 2009–2010 librarywide reorganization, and a 2014 task force recommended the creation of a Center for Digital Scholarship & Publishing. I have been working in a 0.5 full-time equivalent (FTE) position as NPP Coordinator since 2011. My role will grow to 0.75 FTE within the Center by fiscal year 2016. Before our migration to Digital Commons in 2013, 0.2 FTE library IT staff managed our Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. Funding for NPP comes from the library budget.
NPP started with two open access journals and has grown to eight. Two additional publications will join us in 2015. Beginning in 2014, we now host two conference events (with at least one more coming on board in 2015) and two books. We should have a third book published by the end of this year and are in discussions with two other campus collaborators. It is an exciting time to be in this line of work.
Google Analytics for 2014 shows that just under 10% of our readership is local, i.e., Manhattan, Kansas. It's the largest concentrated group of readers. Kansas State University does not have its own university press. The University Press of Kansas represents the six state universities, a consortium established by the state Board of Regents. Their role covers the full spectrum of publishing scholarly monographs from editorial through peer review, copy editing, and layout. At this time, NPP provides hosting, initial setup, training, and ongoing support (in collaboration with Digital Commons) for ejournals, ebooks, and monographs, but editors and authors are responsible for the editorial workflow.
CAROL ANN BORCHERT
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INTRODUCTION
CHAR SIMSER
CAROL ANN BORCHERT
CONCLUSION
The University of South Florida forayed into open access publishing in 2007. Todd Chávez, the director of Academic Resources, cotaught a class with Len Vacher in the USF Geology Department. Dr. Vacher explained to Todd that there was no cross-disciplinary journal that discussed quantitative literacy in a holistic way, and Todd suggested that he start one—specifically as an open access journal hosted by USF. Dr. Vacher took this suggestion back to the National Numeracy Network, and they held a day-long meeting to discuss how they could make a significant contribution to the literature. The journal Numeracy was born from that brainstorming session and is the most successful born-digital journal in the USF Scholar Commons collection. Volume 1, issue 1 of the journal is dated January 2008, but since we were ready and the editors were so excited, we actually published the first issue online in late December 2007.
Numeracy and our second journal, Studia UBB Geologia, started on the bepress Edikit platform, but when the Digital Commons platform became available, USF moved the early journals to the new platform and added many others. As of December 2014, there are 14 OA journals on Scholar Commons with another under development. One of the key factors in selecting bepress's system is that the USF Tampa Library did not have the IT personnel to develop or support some of the other platforms available at the time, so bepress serves as our technical support for the system.
When fully staffed, Scholar Commons has a full-time person managing the repository with student help and 2.0 FTE for open access journal management spread across myself and two staff members. Recently, we added a part-time staff member to help with journal layouts, and we are currently advertising for a staff position split between journal publishing and overall IR management. Our full-time IR person recently accepted a position elsewhere, and we plan to upgrade that position to a faculty line.
Scholar Commons is entirely
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抽象的なセクションへジャンプします。導入CHAR SIMSERキャロル アン BORCHERT結論ライブラリは、増加数は、地元の作家や編集者や学術的コミュニケーションに積極的に影響を与える欲求のニーズを含む動機を公開プログラムを構築してきました。図書館出版社は、彼らの目標と能力に応じた多様なサービスを提供しています。このコラムでは、発行サービスの管理に関与する 2 つの図書館は、彼らの機関のそれぞれのプログラムをプロファイルします。増加ライブラリ-出版社の協力を目的として、教育は簡潔に記載されています。キーワードオープン アクセス、ライブラリの発行、学術的コミュニケーション導入セクションへジャンプします。導入CHAR SIMSERキャロル アン BORCHERT結論[開く] ダイアログ、新しい列がオープン アクセス (OA) 運動に関連する問題を議論する雑誌レビューへようこそ。私は司書の OA 運動で演じる役割についてよく分からない。電子リソース司書、OA 出版物と私の日々 の仕事のほとんどが私たちのリンクの競合回避モジュール、カタログ、データベース、および検出ツール内でこれらのパブリケーションへのアクセスを提供する含まれます。多くの図書館は、OA の支持者としての役割に撮影しています。ライブラリがイベントを開催して、OA 方針や規制をサポート、ガイドを一緒に入れて、OA 出版関連の仕事について、教員や学生に話されています。アクセスや権利擁護に加えライブラリは主催機関の OA 内容と対象リポジトリでは、広く利用可能な貴重な奨学金を作る重要な部分を果たしています。今回列の焦点は、ライブラリをさらに一歩を行っているし、機関リポジトリ (IR) の伝統的な役割を越えて行く出版プログラムを開始しました。ライブラリ公開は決して新しい現象です。ライブラリの公開ディレクトリ (Lipincott、2015年) には、マギル大学図書館、1988年、1989 年に彼らのプログラムをそれぞれ始まったヴァージニア技術大学図書館等の機関が含まれています。しかし、動きはピックアップ近年 OA 運動の人気、オープン ソースまたは低コストの公開プラットフォームでの可用性を含むいくつかの要因のため、制度的に蒸気の大きなオンライン発行サービスのニーズ (スキナー、リッピンコット ・ スピアー、ウォルターズは、2014年)。学術資料へのアクセスを増加する欲求は、多くの図書館の出版業者、文書プログラム (マリンズら、2012年) の原動力です。それは OA 教育イベントやガイドと一緒に、オープン アクセスをサポートする別のアクションとして見なすことができます。この動機は、文書プログラム ライブラリへの投資」役立つことができる (主に好まれ図書館出版社のオープン アクセス モデル) を経由して奨学金へのアクセスを高め、時間をかけてライブラリの支出を減少する両方「スキナーら (2014) 状態を議論します。この動機は、ピッツバーグ大学図書館システムなど、いくつかのライブラリが著者や編集者は、親機関 (バーネット ・ チャン、Collister、Dellyannides、・ ガブラー、2013年) と提携していないにも出版のサービスを提供する理由を説明できます。司書の利益主導の会社によって支配されている学術出版風景として見るものに不満を持っては、シークし、も代替案を作成する必要があります。公開サービスを提供するは、この目標に直接貢献する方法です。またローカル部のニーズは文書プログラムの作成を運転するかもしれない。スキナーら (2014) 注教員が多くの場合ライブラリからの援助を出版、発行サービスの創出に拍車がかかったジャーナルを模索してきた。教員は新しいジャーナルまたは本の発行をまたは長時間印刷文書をオンラインを求めている、彼らがマーケティング、ホスティングのいくつかの組み合わせのパートナーを必要とする可能性が高いかどうかは、編集、その他のサービスをコピーします。ミッション駆動型組織としてライブラリは適して商業出版社や大学を押すローカル焦点を当て、自然の実験またはそう出版物の費用をカバーする十分な収入を提供するためには、タイトルを取ると減少した施設支援とより良いことがあります。ライブラリが普及と推進機関の教員や、赤外線の目標に沿って多くの状態の作業の目標は、この道を追求する可能性が高いもまた、スタッフやサービスの公開に合わせて最適なシステム、ライブラリもあります。図書館員は、作成者または編集者としては、コレクションの開発、教員の仕事と自分の経験を通して多くの学術出版にある程度精通しています。さらに、図書館は、可能性が高い著者、読者、幅広い利害関係者と作業に慣れています。ライブラリもサーバーまたは彼らの処分でサーバー スペースを持っている可能性があり、多くは既にジャーナルまたは本のプラットフォームとして倍増できる IRs のためのそれらのようなプラットフォームを実行しています。ライブラリは既にこの新しい役割に自然なフィット感を作る、分野の広い範囲にわたって教員に一元的なリソースとして機能します。Library publishing programs have a great range of diversity in terms of their motivation, the types of materials they publish, the range of authors they work with, and their intended audience. Some will focus exclusively on journals from faculty at their local institutions, while others may publish journals, books, proceedings, and more from authors across the globe (Lippincott, 2015). In order to get a better idea of the growth and experiences of library publishing programs, I'd like to focus on two in particular. I approached Char Simser, the coordinator of library data and electronic publishing at New Prairie Press in the Kansas State University Libraries, and Carol Ann Borchert, the coordinator of serials at University of South Florida Libraries, and asked them a few questions about the history, growth, and role of their publishing programs. The following material is drawn from their responses.CHAR SIMSERJump to sectionINTRODUCTIONCHAR SIMSERCAROL ANN BORCHERTCONCLUSIONNew Prairie Press (NPP) at Kansas State University Libraries began in 2007 and was housed in a digital initiatives department under the part-time direction of the web librarian and with minimal Information Technology support. A Scholarly Communications & Publishing department was established in a 2009–2010 librarywide reorganization, and a 2014 task force recommended the creation of a Center for Digital Scholarship & Publishing. I have been working in a 0.5 full-time equivalent (FTE) position as NPP Coordinator since 2011. My role will grow to 0.75 FTE within the Center by fiscal year 2016. Before our migration to Digital Commons in 2013, 0.2 FTE library IT staff managed our Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. Funding for NPP comes from the library budget.NPP started with two open access journals and has grown to eight. Two additional publications will join us in 2015. Beginning in 2014, we now host two conference events (with at least one more coming on board in 2015) and two books. We should have a third book published by the end of this year and are in discussions with two other campus collaborators. It is an exciting time to be in this line of work.Google Analytics for 2014 shows that just under 10% of our readership is local, i.e., Manhattan, Kansas. It's the largest concentrated group of readers. Kansas State University does not have its own university press. The University Press of Kansas represents the six state universities, a consortium established by the state Board of Regents. Their role covers the full spectrum of publishing scholarly monographs from editorial through peer review, copy editing, and layout. At this time, NPP provides hosting, initial setup, training, and ongoing support (in collaboration with Digital Commons) for ejournals, ebooks, and monographs, but editors and authors are responsible for the editorial workflow.CAROL ANN BORCHERTJump to sectionINTRODUCTIONCHAR SIMSERCAROL ANN BORCHERTCONCLUSIONThe University of South Florida forayed into open access publishing in 2007. Todd Chávez, the director of Academic Resources, cotaught a class with Len Vacher in the USF Geology Department. Dr. Vacher explained to Todd that there was no cross-disciplinary journal that discussed quantitative literacy in a holistic way, and Todd suggested that he start one—specifically as an open access journal hosted by USF. Dr. Vacher took this suggestion back to the National Numeracy Network, and they held a day-long meeting to discuss how they could make a significant contribution to the literature. The journal Numeracy was born from that brainstorming session and is the most successful born-digital journal in the USF Scholar Commons collection. Volume 1, issue 1 of the journal is dated January 2008, but since we were ready and the editors were so excited, we actually published the first issue online in late December 2007.Numeracy and our second journal, Studia UBB Geologia, started on the bepress Edikit platform, but when the Digital Commons platform became available, USF moved the early journals to the new platform and added many others. As of December 2014, there are 14 OA journals on Scholar Commons with another under development. One of the key factors in selecting bepress's system is that the USF Tampa Library did not have the IT personnel to develop or support some of the other platforms available at the time, so bepress serves as our technical support for the system.When fully staffed, Scholar Commons has a full-time person managing the repository with student help and 2.0 FTE for open access journal management spread across myself and two staff members. Recently, we added a part-time staff member to help with journal layouts, and we are currently advertising for a staff position split between journal publishing and overall IR management. Our full-time IR person recently accepted a position elsewhere, and we plan to upgrade that position to a faculty line.Scholar Commons is entirely
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