ULS Journal Publishing:Why We Do It

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Office of Scholarly Communication & Publishing

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Origins & objectives

Toolbox Tips

Future programs

Training site

What else?

Now or later?

Who’s Whom in ULS Publishing

Oversight of the program– Tim Deliyannides, Director of the Office of Scholarly

Communication and Publishing

Journals, Monographs, Author Fees Fund, Publishing– Vanessa Gabler, Electronic Publications Manager– Lauren Collister, Electronic Publications Associate

Repositories, Copyright, Scholarly Communications, Altmetrics– John Barnett, Scholarly Communications Librarian– Jennifer Chan, Asst. Scholarly Communications Librarian

Libraries as Publishers – Current Trends

More than 75% of ARL libraries offer or plan to offer publishing services.

Most expect to expand these services in future.

Dedicated publishing staff are rare.

Most do not have sustainability plans.

Most plan to expand cost recovery mechanisms moving forward.

Source: Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success Research Report , v. 2.0. http://wp.sparc.arl.org/lps/

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

Journal publishing goals

Incentivize Open Access Publishing worldwide

Extend service beyond the home institution

Propel scholarship at the University of Pittsburgh

Save ‘at-risk’ journals without the infrastructure or know-how to go electronic

Why become a Publisher?

Provide services that scholars understand, need and value

Transform the unsustainable commercial subscription pricing system

Take direct action to support Open Access

Deepen our understanding of scholarly communications issues

Open Access—Origins Crisis in scholarly

communication/publishing

– Flat to declining collections budgets– More demand for newer, expensive resources– Greatly increased pricing for serials, electronic

resources Rise of Internet and Worldwide Web

– Rapid dissemination of new research– Better connectivity between scholars

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Crisis in scholarly journal pricing

Bill Hooker, April 2009. Data sources: Library Journal Annual Serials Price Surveys, Association of Research Libraries, US Dept. of Labor

How the ULS publishing program is making an impact at Pitt

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Pitt Faculty

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Breakdown of ULS-published journals

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

At-risk journals edited at Pitt now published online by the ULS

Revista Iberoamericana

Carl Beck Papers

Bolivian Studies Journal

Pitt Political Review

Ethnology: An International Journal of Cultural and Social Anthropology

The five law journals University of Pittsburgh Law Review Pittsburgh Tax Review Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law and Policy Pittsburgh Journal of Environmental and Public Health Journal of Law and Commerce

Toolbox Tip: How to make a referral to publish a journal with the ULS

Direct inquiries about journal publishing to the e-journals Web site www.library.pitt.edu/e-journals for more information

Contact the Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing at e-journals@mail.pitt.edu with questions or to propose a journal