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Achieving Sustainability
CNI Spring MeetingSan Diego, April 4, 2011 1
Outline
PKP OverviewCommunity Profile
FinancialOrganization & Governance
Proposal & Next Steps
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Public Knowledge Project• 13 years old in 2011• aims to improve the quality of scholarly
research and the public access to this research
• directed by Dr. John Willinsky at Stanford• Core team at SFU:
• 8 technical (3.5 fte)• 5 support (2 fte)
• Community & in-kind: plug-ins; translations, etc.
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PKP Software
established softwareOpen Journal Systems (OJS)Open Conference Systems (OCS)Open Harvester Systems (OHS)
software in developmentPKP Web Application Library (WAL)Open Monograph Press (OMP)
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Jan.2011: 8300 OJS Installations
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OJS Journal Survey: March 2009
http://pkp.sfu.ca/files/OJS%20Journal%20Survey.pdf
• 998 of 2748 OJS journals responded; i.e. 36%• Commercial publishers: 6%• Scholarly societies: 32%• Independent or scholar publisher: 62%
• Open Access policy: 83% (another 8% embargo OA)
• Average first copy cost: $188 (compare w.RLIN 2008 estimate of $1784) 7
Libraries & Journal Hosting
Hahn: 2008 survey w. 80 ARL library responses• 44% already hosting journals• 21% in the planning stages
Canadian OA group: 2010 survey w. 33 responses• 55% already hosting journals• 24% considering
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PKP Finances: Income
Synergies: $300,000Cost-recovery hosting/development: $140,000Research grants:$50,000Total cash: $490,000 SFU Library in-kind: $75,000Development partners in-kind: $50,000Total in-kind: $125,000
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PKP Finances: Expenses
Staff: $440,000 (5.5 fte)Hosting/Custom Dev.: $75,000Infrastructure & Overhead: $25,000Total: $540,000
The Challenge:
Synergies funding will be exhausted by March 2012
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PKP Finances: Long Term
• Grant funding• Cost-recovery• Community partners/support
• 3 potential sustainability tiers:• Minimum, i.e. basic survival $231,000
• Medium, i.e. current $537,000• Optimum $1,027,000
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PKP Organization & Governance
• Project, not an independent or formal entity
• John Willinsky’s affiliations w. UBC & Stanford
• SFU Library as Synergies node and “home” base
4 options:• Status quo• More formal relationship w. SFU Library• Find an umbrella organization• Independent legal entity
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Initial Consultation SessionMarch 2011
• Jim Fruchterman, President and CEO, Benetech• Carol Moore, University Librarian, University of Toronto
• Oya Reiger, AUL for Digital Scholarship Services, Cornell University
• Judith Russell, Dean of Libraries, University of Florida
• John Teskey, Director of Libraries, University of New Brunswick
• Plus key PKP and SFU Participants
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PKP Organization4 options:
• Status quo• More formal relationship w. SFU
Library• Find an umbrella organization• Independent legal entity
Administrative changes:Separate cost centreIntellectual property and trademarkingQuestion: Is this sufficient at this time? 14
PKP Organization• Formal consultation with community• But not on a “pay to play” basis• Advisory Committee• Technical Committee• Some questions:
• Terms of reference?• Composition?• Relation between the two?
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PKP Sustainability Campaign• Financial goal: $1,000,000 annually
• Grant funding: $200,000• Cost-recovery: $200,000• Community partners/support: $600,000
• Phase 1: April 2011 – September 2011• Develop campaign• Feedback/early adopters• Full launch at PKP 2011 Conference in Berlin
• Phase 2: October 2011 – March 2012• Full roll-out
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Grant Funding - $200,000• John Willinsky’s role• Sloan, IDRC, SSHRC, NSF, INKE• Focus on research and new development• Some cautionary notes:
• Granting agency requirements & timelines• Research vs. production software
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Cost Recovery - $200,000
• Strong support from March 2011 consultation
• Question: what additional services?
• Requirements:• ISP-like hosting environment• New pricing model for hosting• Optimize ratio bet. revenues and
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Community - $600,000
3 concurrent areas of activity• Overall marketing plan• Development agencies• Academic Institutions, primarily North
America
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Academic Institutions Campaign
• Test marketing/Early Adopters: 10-12 sites• 3 tier Duraspace model:
• Gold ($10K)• Silver ($5K)• Bronze ($2.5 K)
• Value proposition: support for scholarly communication services
• PKP Appliance and related services
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Thank You
http://pkp.sfu.ca
Questions, comments, suggestions on PKP sustainability? Send them to:
brian_owen@sfu.caThird International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference
Sept. 26-28, 2011 Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2011/pkp2011
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