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Building Support for Open Access: a comprehensive program at the University of Pittsburgh
Timothy S. DeliyannidesDirector, Office of Scholarly Communication and PublishingUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgh
PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference 2013August 20, 2013
Vanessa GablerElectronic Publications ManagerUniversity Library System, University of Pittsburgh
Open Access: key to strategic plan for Innovation 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
A Comprehensive Program for OA
Support for Gold Open Access: – Publishing journals, books and conference proceedings– Open Access Author Fee Fund; COPE
Support for Green Open Access:– 6 global, subject-based repositories– Local institutional repository and OA Mandate
Learning and teaching about OA
Advocacy and support for our OA partners
Measuring and marking success
Why become a Publisher?
Incentivize Open Access
Transform the subscription pricing system that punishes libraries and scholars
Provide services that scholars understand, need and value
Deepen our understanding of scholarly communications issues
ULS E-Journal Publishinghttp://www.library.pitt.edu/e-journals
35 scholarly journals published by ULS
42 additional journals hosted by ULS (through Scholarly Exchange® hosting service)
Most are Open Access (CC-BY is standard)
Based on PKP Open Journal Systems (OJS)
Editorial teams are located around the world
Six journals have multilingual content
Hardware platform
ISSN registration
Assignment of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)
Consultation on editorial workflow and management
Advice on best practices in e-publishing
Graphic design services
Custom article template design
Added-Value Services beyond OJS
Web-based training for editorial staff
Hosting of back issues
Registration with major abstracting and indexing services
Web site usage statistics
Marketing and promotion
Archiving and preservation (LOCKSS)
Print on demand (Espresso Book Machine)
Added-Value Services beyond OJS (continued)
Journal Publishing Strategies
Maintain quality and academic integrity
Choose partners carefully
Rely on self-sufficient editors
Work smart, not hard
Keep costs low
Ongoing monitoring/evaluation of academic quality
Ensuring and Maintaining Quality
Selection Criteria
Publications Advisory Board– Advises on major policy decisions– Reviews journal proposals
Periodic Review of Journal Content
Periodic Review of Peer Review Process
Assessment of Research Impact
Journal proposal form
About our program (PowerPoint)
Service agreement
Author copyright agreement
Communication protocol
Web site design brief
Article template questionnaire
“Establishing your own domain name” setup guide
Google Analytics account setup documentation
Documentation to aid the process
Innovation in peer reviewDialogic Pedagogy: An International Online Journalhttp://dpj.pitt.edu
• 2 parallel OJS sites
• Initial check for scope by Editors
• Submission is posted immediately on community forum for public comment
• Simultaneous traditional peer review
• Peer reviewer comments are posted to the public comment forum for additional discussion for 4 weeks
• Final acceptance decision is made by the Editors
• Refereed content is formally published in a separate area.
Scholarly Exchange®
http://www.scholarlyexchange.org
42 additional Open Access journals
Acquired by the ULS on August 1, 2012
Hosting service only
ULS is NOT the publisher and does not provide full publishing services
Benefits small journals in low-resource settings
Open Access Monographs - an early experiment
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– increased sales for some titles
Monographic publishing for new content
Based on PKP’s Open Monograph Press (OMP)
Pitt participating in early testing and software development
forthcoming titles:– Rescher, Nicholas. Leibniz and cryptography: an account
on the occasion of the initial exhibition of the reconstruction of Leibniz’s cipher machine
– Russell, Daniel S. The emblem and device in France
Author Self-archiving Repositories (Eprints)
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
2012 Archive for Essential Limb Care
Conference Hosting
Based on PKP’s Open Conference Systems (OCS)
Complements other Open Access repositories
Offered to publishing partners only
Authors must agree to perpetual Open Access
Pennsylvania Digital Library
Based on PKP’s Open Harvester Systems
Uses OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
Includes digital collections from universities, public libraries, and cultural institutions
Content is by, for, or about Pennsylvania
Documents in repositories and journals
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Subject based archives and repositories
e-journals
Growth in number of titles published
Sustaining our publishing program
Since July 1, 2012, we charge fees for services to all new publishing partners
We incentivize Open Access through subsidies
We subsidize Pitt publications
Pitt student publications are still free!
Advocacy for OA publishing
First library publisher in North America to join the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)
Founding member of Library Publishing Coalition
Member of Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity (COPE)
Major Development Partner for Public Knowledge Project (PKP)
Learning and teaching about OA Pitt Open Access Web site (openaccess.pitt.edu)
Lunch and learn series for liaison librarians– Monthly series of informal talks– 24 topics on wide range of Open Access & scholarly
communications issues– Inform ourselves and strategize how we can best talk to our
patrons about the issues
Outreach to the university community– Faculty and student orientations– Elevator talks– Open Access Week activities
Measuring success: altmetrics
Aggregates dozens of traditional and new measures
Coming soon: article-level altmetrics widget imbedded in OJS journals
Altmetrics pilot project (PlumX by Plum Analytics)
http://www.library.pitt.edu/e-journals