Transcript Responsible Publishing

Responsible Publishing
Sustainable Models for Scholarly
Communication
Kate Wittenberg, Director, EPIC
Opportunity in Crisis
• Transformations in Academia, Libraries,
Publishing, and Information Technology
• New approaches to Content, Needs of
Users, Potential of the Digital
Environment, and the Role of the
University in Scholarly Communication
• Must the choice be between Open Access
or Irresponsible Pricing?
Responsible Publishing: Thinking
Creatively and Collaboratively
• Breaking Down Traditional Publishing
Categories: Books, Journals, Databases,
Grey Literature, Teaching Resources
• Creating New Alliances with Scholars,
Libraries, Technology Providers, Scholarly
Societies, Publishers
• Sharing skills of Librarians, Technologists,
and Publishers in Creating Valuable
Resources at Reasonable Prices
Elements and Skills Needed for
New Models to Emerge
• High Quality Content from Diverse
Sources
• Peer-Review/Quality Assurance
• IP/Copyright Management
• User Services
• Access Management
• Outreach/Marketing
• Sustainability Plan
Hybrid Staffing Model
Content Editor (Press Employee)
Production Coordinator/User Services (Press
Employee; Shared Among Projects)
Web Developer (University Employee; Shared
Among Projects)
Advice on Content, Organization, Marketing,
Licensing, and Pricing Models (Librarians,
Contributed Time)
Marketing/Sales (Press Employee; Shared Among
Projects)
Technical Infrastructure (University Network)
University-Based Publishing Model
• Collects the most important and innovative
scholarship in a field
• Disseminates this material in a widelyaccessible, affordable, professionally presented
format
• Encourages and communicates innovative forms
of research and teaching
• Utilizes expertise of faculty, librarians, IT staff,
and publishers in a collaborative organization
• Builds on existing infrastructure and skills within
university
Sustainability Model
• Faculty create scholarly content
• University supports infrastructure for
development of scalable publishing and
dissemination mechanisms
• Sustainability for Publications through costrecovery-based subscriptions
• Evaluation of use, costs, and value by faculty,
libraries, students built into plan
• University becomes the center of activity for
development of new models of scholarly content,
communication, and sustainability