Free e-journal publishing services Timothy S. Deliyannides Director, Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing and Head, Information Technology.
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Free e-journal publishing services
Timothy S. DeliyannidesDirector, Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing
and Head, Information Technology
the University of Pittsburgh experience
Strategic GoalInnovation in Scholarly Communication
Support researchers in – efficient knowledge production– rapid dissemination of new research– open access to scholarly information
Build collaborative partnershipsaround the world
Improve the production and sharing of scholarly research
Support innovative publishing services
Establish trusted repositories for the research output of the University
Collaboration withUniversity of Pittsburgh Press
Press focuses on books andmonographs rather than journals
Press Digital Editions– collaborative project between Press and
Library– 750 books digitized by ULS – includes both in-print and out-of-print
titles– all are Open Access
Open Access Author Self-archiving Repositories
2001 PhilSci Archive
2001 Electronic Theses & Dissertations
2002 Archive of European Integration
2003 Minority Health Archive
2003 Aphasiology Archive
2009 D-Scholarship@Pitt (general Institutional Repository)
2010 Industry Studies Working Papers
FY2000 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 FY2004 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 -
5,000
10,000
15,000
20,000
25,000
30,000
35,000
40,000
Total number of documents inULS e-publications FY2000-FY2010
FY2000 FY2001 FY2002 FY2003 FY2004 FY2005 FY2006 FY2007 FY2008 FY2009 FY2010 FY2011 FY2012 -
2 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 7
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- - -
- - - 2 3
4
9
22
27 Open Access Archives E-Journals
Growth in the number ofULS E-Publications
ULS E-Journal Publishing
Rapid growth to 27 journals since 2007
Peer-reviewed scholarly research journals
Most are Open Access and electronic-only
Based on PKP Open Journal Systems (OJS)
Editorial teams are located around the world
Five journals have multilingual content
25
2
Refereed
Non-refereed
Breakdown of Pitt Journals
15
10
Edited at U. of Pittsburgh
Non-Pitt: hosted for ex-ternal partners
Breakdown of Pitt Journals
20
7
Faculty/Scholar-edited
Student-edited
15
12
Existing Publications
New titles
Journal publishing goals
Propel scholarship at the University of Pittsburgh
Extend service beyond the home institution
Save ‘at-risk’ journals without the infrastructure or know-how to go electronic
Incentivize Open Access Publishing worldwide
Journal Publishing Strategies
Maintain quality and academic integrity
Choose partners carefully
Rely on self-sufficient editors
Work smart, not hard
Keep costs low
Based on self-sufficient editors
Editorial staff are expected to become self-sufficient by the time first issue is published
Editors are responsiblefor managing: – all content decisions– all processing workflow– all communication with
their editorial staff, reviewers,authors, subscribersand readers
Journal Proposal Form
Collects detailed information on which to base selection decision
Focus, scope, description of content
Justification of need
Credentials of Editorial Board
Description of review process
Selection Criteria
Original scholarly content
Rigorous blind review process
Commitment to Open Access for content
Editorial Board of internationally recognized scholars
Student Publications
Only supported for University of Pittsburgh
Provides valuable learning experience
Faculty involvement is required to maintain continuity
Selection criteria are relaxed for student publications– Peer review process– Quality of editorial board
Publications Advisory Board
Includes leaders in scholarly publishing and Open Access issues
Provides strategic guidance and expertise for ULS digital publishing program
Assists in development of publication policies governing:– Selection and evaluation criteria for partners– Open Access and Creative Commons licensing– Cost recovery mechanisms
Staffing for journal publishing
1.00 FTE OJS production manager
0.25 FTE administrator: partner relations, marketing
0.30 FTE graphic designers
0.20 FTE OJS sys admin
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1.75 FTE TOTAL
100% funded from internal reallocation of operating budget
Advertising
Currently exploringOpenX Ad server asa plug-in to OJS
In development:– policies/procedures for publisher
review of advertising– cost model to cover Publisher
overhead for advertising
Future challenges
Understanding sustainability issues– Track labor costs– Separate one-time and
ongoing labor– Long term data collection
required
Quantitative measurementof impact
Ongoing monitoring/evaluationof academic quality
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