Free e-journal publishing services Timothy S. Deliyannides Director, Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing and Head, Information Technology.

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

http://www.library.pitt.edu/e-journals