Post on 02-Jan-2016
North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) Publications:
A Review
Brian Voss, NOAA Libraries
Janet Webster, Oregon State University Libraries
33rd IAMSLIC Conference, Sarasota, Florida
October 2007
Background
• Publications program purpose– Documenting conditions in North Pacific Ecosystem– Examining problems– Proposing approaches – Recording the organization’s administration
• 2003 Review– Focus on production mechanics & process
• 2007 Review– Focus on transition to electronic
Budget & Costs
2003 2004 2005
Printing $74,025 $67,005 $128,523
Communications $30,980 $33,839 $31,792
Total budget $829,870 $810,344 $970,867
% Printing & Communications
12.6% 12.4% 16.5%
Approach
• Review the 2003 recommendations.• Examine current cost, purpose & audience.• Understand current workload issues.• Examine current distribution.• Describe indexing, collecting and usage.
Collecting as Access
Transition to electronic = greater reliance on local access to print copies– Examine current geographic distribution of PICES
collections (WorldCat)– Identify locations for potential archival collections
(IAMSLIC or non-WorldCat/Z collections)– Examine geographic concentrations of primary
readership (PICES distribution lists) Establish MOU with selected libraries for
permanent print collections
Collecting as Access - Issues
• Data collection issues– Limits and variability in WorldCat data– Difficulty identifying foreign language collections
• Audience issues– Preferences of readership (print v. online)– Network infrastructure to support online distribution– Cultural/institutional restrictions
PICES/IAMSLIC survey of readership and libraries
Indexing as Exposure
ASFA 159
BIOSIS 4
Fish & Fisheries 360
WAVES 64
Web of Science 20
Zoological Record 39
Indexing as Exposure
Reports indexed by title (32)
Articles within reports indexed (302)
ASFA 10 98
BIOSIS 0 0
FFW 22 196
WAVES 32 0
WOS 0 0
Zoo 3 10
Usage = Access + Exposure
• Citations to the PICES Scientific Reports– Scopus = 235– Web of Science = 80
• Citations to 352 articles in journal issues– Scopus = 3276– Web of Science = 1938
Usage = Access + Exposure
• Web usage of PICES publications• Marine Ecosystems of the North Pacific
• Harmful Algal Blooms in the PICES Region of the North Pacific
• PICES Science: the first ten years and a look to the future)
• Shark abundance increases in the Gulf of Alaska
Recommendations
• Streamlining the publication workflow• Increasing recognition of PICES as a publisher• Enhancing access through library & indexer cooperation• Improving distribution efficiency• Increasing visibility and ensuring perpetuity through a
digital repository
A digital repository• Establish a pilot project in the Aquatic Commons.
– PICES / IAMSLIC cooperative effort
• Complete digitization of PICES publications.– PICES Database and Web Administrator
• Negotiate with publishers the right to archive digital copies of articles.– PICES Secretariat / Commercial publishing partnership
• Develop a copyright agreement.– PICES Secretariat
• Financial impact:– Possible staffing needs for repository pilot project
Continued Cooperation between PICES and IAMSLIC
• PICES collection within the IAMSLIC digital repository, Aquatic Commons, as a pilot project
• Survey PICES distribution lists to complete assessment of collection policies and reader needs.
• Develop memoranda of understanding with libraries for permanent, ongoing archiving print versions of PICES publications.
• Complete the linking to electronic versions of PICES publications from existing WorldCat records.
Next Steps
• Feedback from IAMSLIC
• Presentation to PICES F&A Committee
• Await action from PICES
Acknowledgments• PICES
– Alex Bychkov – Skip McKinnell– Julia Yazvenko
• IAMSLIC– Joan Parker
• Our Institutions– NOAA/NESDIS Seattle– OSU/ Hatfield Marine Science Center