synergies , ojs, and the ontario scholars portal
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Synergies , OJS, and the Ontario Scholars Portal. http://www.synergiescanada.org Michael Eberle-Sinatra, Lynn Copeland, and Rea Devakos ElPub 2008. I. Synergies Michael Eberle-Sinatra Université de Montréal. Synergies Partners. Affiliated Universities. University of British Columbia - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Synergies, OJS, and the Ontario Scholars Portal
http://www.synergiescanada.org
Michael Eberle-Sinatra, Lynn Copeland, and Rea Devakos
ElPub 2008
I. Synergies
Michael Eberle-SinatraUniversité de Montréal
Synergies Partners
Affiliated Universities Acadia University Athabasca University Dalhousie University Memorial University Mount Saint Vincent
University St. Francis Xavier
University Université du Québec à
Montréal Université du Québec en
Outaouais Université Laval
University of British Columbia
University of Guelph University of
Saskatchewan University of Victoria University of Winnipeg Windsor University York University
II. OJS in the Synergies Context
Lynn CopelandSimon Fraser University Library
Ithaka report – recommendation
‘Develop a shared electronic publishing infrastructure’
Libraries Publishers
Technology… use and build Commercial discipline – Distribution and sustainability
Expertise in organizing info. Understand publishing proc.
Storage & preservation cap. Evaluate demand
Subject specialists Expert in editorial process
Connections to academy Work with faculty as content creators
Funding… but Marketing
SFU Library & PKP
Partnership akin to Ithaka report Lead: John Willinsky SFU Library: development & host SFU CCSP Press: publishing support
Development partners SPARC INASP, Oxford IBICT, Brasilia REDALYC, Mexico FeSalud, España JMIR Multiliteracy Project NCSI, IIS, Bengalooru
Kopak, Chan UBC Siemens et al UVIC Athabasca U U of Toronto UNB U Montreal
In conclusion:
Challenges too big to ‘go it alone’
III. Integration with Ontario’s Scholars Portal
Rea DevakosScholarly Communication
Initiative
The Partners: Ontario Synergies
U of Guelph U of Toronto (lead) U of Windsor York U
Running:– OJS– OCS– Dspace
The Partners: OCUL Scholars Portal
20 universities 382,000 FTE students, staff and faculty resource sharing collective purchasing Scholars Portal Service examples
– Ontario Data Documentation, Extraction Service and Infrastructure
– RefWorks– 150,000 e-books; 120,000 plus OA
Objectives To provide for the long term, secure archiving of
resources to ensure continued availability; To ensure rapid and reliable, response time for
information services and resources; To provide an environment that fosters additional
innovation in response to the needs of users; To create a network of intellectual resources by
linking ideas, materials, documents and resources.
Local loading 200 million citations from 200 A& I
– 47% science – 29% multidisciplinary – 18% social science – 5% arts and humanities
13 million full text journal articles from over 8,250 journals
4.2 million articles downloaded in 2007 Elsevier, Oxford, Taylor and Frances, Berkeley and
the America Chemical Society etc.
Synergies content into Mark Logic
Builds indexes not only on words but context and hence can provide a richer search– stores XML documents,, in native format. – indexes individual works, XML elements and
attributes, such as tables or illustrations NIH DTD New interface:
– relevance-based searching– facet-based browsing– thesaurus expansion– Language-based stemming and collations– automatic-classification
Challenges and Opportunities
Xml and our journals Subscription based journals Scholars Portal as a “Trusted digital
repository” Beyond journals
Conference proceedings/ abstracts Repository
Synergies, OJS, and the Ontario Scholars Portal
http://www.synergiescanada.org
Michael Eberle-Sinatra, Lynn Copeland, and Rea Devakos
ElPub 2008