Transcript The Future of Publishing in the Humanities: A Library

Bradford Lee Eden, Ph.D.
Associate University Librarian for Technical Services &
Scholarly Communication
UCSB Library
[email protected]
Recent research and reports
Harley, Diane, et al. "Assessing the Future Landscape of Scholarly
Communication: An Exploration of Faculty Values and Needs in
Seven Disciplines."
http://escholarship.org/uc/cshe_fsc
Center for Studies in Higher Education, University of California,
Berkeley. A lengthy report from a study carried out since 2005
with support from the Mellon Foundation. Assesses how faculty
from seven disciplines (archaeology, astrophysics, biology,
economics, history, music, political science) conduct scholarly
communication. Valuable because of the in-depth
differentiation across disciplines from the sciences through the
humanities.
Ithaka S + R
Faculty Survey 2009: Key Strategic Insights for Libraries,
Publishers, and Societies
April 7, 2010
http://www.ithaka.org/ithaka-s-r/research/faculty-surveys-2000-2009/facultysurvey-2009
 Basic scholarly information use practices have shifted rapidly in recent years,
and as a result the academic library is increasingly being disintermediated from
the discovery process, risking irrelevance in one of its core functional areas;
 Faculty members growing comfort relying exclusively on digital versions of
scholarly materials opens new opportunities for libraries, new business models
for publishers, and new challenges for preservation; and
 Despite several years of sustained efforts by publishers, scholarly societies,
libraries, faculty members, and others to reform various aspects of the scholarly
communications system, a fundamentally conservative set of faculty attitudes
continues to impede systematic change.
Webinars available for Ithaka study
Chapter 2: The Format Transition for Scholarly Works
When: April 29th, 3pm - 4pm EDT
About: Faculty members' growing comfort in relying exclusively on
digital versions of scholarly materials opens new opportunities for
libraries, new business models for publishers, and new challenges for
preservation.
Who should attend: Librarians, publishers, and scholarly societies
interested in the print-to-electronic transition
How to register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/830016017
Chapter 3: Scholarly Communications
When: May 5th, 3pm - 4pm EDT
Publishers, scholarly societies, libraries, faculty members, and others
have laid significant groundwork for reforming various aspects of the
scholarly communications system, but faculty attitudes are driven by
incentives and suggest the need for continued leadership.
Who should attend: Publishers, librarians, scholarly societies, and
faculty members interested in the changing landscape for scholarly
communications
How to register: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/543934248
Recent issue of The Journal of Scholarly Publishing
(April 2010; v. 41, no. 3)
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_scholarly_publishing/toc/scp.41.3.html
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+ The Future of Scholarly Journal Publishing among Social Science and Humanities Associations:
Report on a Study Funded by a Planning Grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
by Mary Waltham
+ Negotiating Roles and Relationships: Stepping Through the Minefield of Co-Authors and Textbook
Publishers
by John D. Hewitt &
by Robert M. Regoli
+ Navigating and Expanding the MLA International Bibliography
by Humphrey Tonkin
+ What Competencies Do Today’s Academic Authors Need?
by Alison Baverstock
+ The Joy of Counting
by James Hartley
+ Making International Journals Truly International
by Stephen K. Donovan
+ Voice and Vision: A Guide to Writing History and Other Serious Nonfiction (review)
by Steven E. Gump
The Future of Scholarly Journal Publishing among Social Science and Humanities
Associations: Report on a Study Funded by a Planning Grant from the Andrew W. Mellon
Foundation
by Mary Waltham
Abstract:
The study described in this report grew from recommendations for an investigation into journal
economics by the National Humanities Alliance Task Force on Open Access and Scholarly
Communications. Since experiments are underway to understand and enable a range of options for a
shift to an open access (OA) business model for publishing some scientific, technical, and medical
(STM) journals, the question arises, Do these same options exist for a similar shift within humanities
and social science (HSS) journals? Findings are reported from detailed analyses of the publishing
economics, including all revenues and all costs, of eight flagship US journals across a number of
different HSS disciplines. Using actual business information from their association publishers
for each of the years 2005, 2006, and 2007, these findings clarify that for this sample of
journals, an OA business model based only on revenue from the research article author or
producer would not be sufficient to sustain these journals. The research articles published in
these journals were longer than typical STM journal articles, and the percentage of nonarticle content (e.g., book reviews and other scholarly content) was greater. Informationgathering tools and methodologies that enable like-for-like comparison of journal revenues and costs
were developed and are described in the report. As an initial in-depth business review of a sample of
HSS journals, the report further clarifies some of the key differences between STM and HSS
journals, articulates recent journal performance, makes tentative conclusions based on this
sample, and proposes further questions that need to be answered to support a shift to OA
business models that are sustainable across HSS journal publishing.
UC/Google digitized content now available
Users can now find links to HathiTrust volumes, including University of California Google digitized works, in the Next
Generation Melvyl Pilot. There are approximately 5.5 million digital volumes in HathiTrust, many unique. Of these, about 1.1
million (and counting) have been contributed by the University of California libraries. Volumes determined to be in the public
domain are fully viewable, numbering more than 850,000 from all the HathiTrust contributing libraries.
OCLC’s press release is available at http://www.oclc.org/us/en/news/releases/2010/201019.htm
To see examples, search for one of these OCLC numbers in NGM (http://melvyl.worldcat.org/ ):
557547365
557547405
567567816
557548408
557548748
Then,
1. Click on the item title to go to the detailed record.
2. Under “Find a copy online”, click on the link, “Show all links from other libraries”. (Later this year, the link will appear as
part of UC campus holdings.)
3. Click on the “HathiTrust Digital Library” link.
4. You will then go to the HathiTrust interface where you can search either the whole work, or selected sections.
Open Access Resources and Issues in the Humanities
http://guides.library.ucsb.edu/openaccess
Sherri Barnes, the librarian who compiled this website,
indicates that users should know this is a work in
progress, and that it is not comprehensive coverage of
this topic.
What are some “futures” for publishing in the humanities?
 The library as publisher
“The library as publisher: ready or not”
http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/presentations/13/
“The library as publisher: increasing library relevance through
institutional repository services”
http://works.bepress.com/richard_clement/5/
Libraries are there at the beginning/creation of research, and they
are there are the end to provide access and preservation; it makes
sense to provide the “middle” services that currently are offered
for outrageous prices by journal publishers.
Specialty
journals
Monographs
& other
media
Event
publishing
Community
Outreach
Publishing
Platform
Collaboration
Department
journals
Preservation
Student
journals
What is happening here at UCSB? (a few examples)
 Library is collaborating with English Department on NEH
grant for English Broadside Ballads Archive (EBBA). We
are helping them to convert their Text Encoding Initiative
(TEI) bibliographic records into the MARC format, as part
of their agreement with the British Library.
 Library has been a major contributor to many CDL digital
initiatives, including Calisphere and the Online Archive of
California (OAC), which use METS and EAD metadata
standards.
 We are providing consultation services and guidance on
issues regarding author copyright, open access journals,
and education to faculty on the current crisis in scholarly
communication.
What’s coming in the future regarding open
access to publicly-funded research?
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.1373:
Federal Research Public Access Act
Senator Lieberman’s S. 1373 bill to make other
government granting agencies follow mandates of NIH
bill.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/open/documents/opengovernment-directive
Open Government Directive
NEH, NSF, NHPRC, etc. would all be involved.
What does it mean?
 Faculty would have to indicate in their grant
applications how they (or their chosen journal of
publication) would provide access to their
government-funded research no later than six months
after publication.
 Faculty would have to indicate in their grant
applications how they plan to preserve and archive
their government-funded data and research in
perpetuity.
 Intersection of the faculty research process, Office of
Research, and the library.
Conclusion
 Libraries are a vital part of research creation, access,
and preservation.
 Becoming involved in the “publishing” part of the
equation is a logical step in this process (for an
example, check out University of Michigan).
 Public access to taxpayer-funded research is a hot topic
in Washington, and challenges the current scholarly
publication model.
 The UCSB Library wants to engage and assist faculty
and students with their scholarly communication
needs and opportunities. Just give us a call!!
“Toward a new Alexandria: imagining the future of
libraries”
http://www.tnr.com/article/books-and-arts/toward-new-alexandria
"Imagine a new Library of Alexandria. Imagine an archive that contains all
the natural and social sciences of the West—our source-critical,
referenced, peer-reviewed data—as well as the cultural and literary
heritage of the world's civilizations, and many of the world’s most
significant archives and specialist collections. Imagine that this library
is electronic and in the public domain: sustainable, stable, linked, and
searchable through universal semantic catalogue standards. Imagine
that it has open source-ware, allowing legacy digital resources and new
digital knowledge to be integrated in real time. Imagine that its Second
Web capabilities allowed universal researches of the bibliome. Well,
why not imagine this library? Realizing such a dream is no longer a
question of technology. Remarkable electronic libraries are already
being assembled."
Bradford Lee Eden, Ph.D.
UCSB Library Scholarly Communication Officer
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