The document discusses the evolving role of libraries in scholarly publishing, emphasizing the need for libraries to adapt and diversify their services to remain relevant amidst the rise of open-access resources like Sci-Hub. It highlights potential strategies for libraries to engage with their communities and establish their own publishing initiatives, alongside considerations for staffing, business planning, and technological infrastructure. The session aims to foster collaboration and share resources among libraries to enhance their publishing capacities.

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Office of Scholarly Communication
Stop Press: Libraries' Role in the
Future of Publishing
Dr Danny Kingsley
Head, Office of Scholarly Communication
University of Cambridge
@dannykay68
Assisted by: NiamhTumelty
Librarian, Dept of Engineering
University of Cambridge
@niamhpage

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• The hashtag for this session is #SLA2016
#StopPress
• There will be a series of live tweets going out
as the session runs so you don’t need to
frantically note urls etc.
Join in!!

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• Who are we?
• Changing role of libraries
• What is publishing
• Staffing implications: recruitment and skill sets
• Software, hardware and hosting options
• Business plans
• Engaging the community and encouraging
uptake

4. OSC Who are we? – govote.at

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Aren’t libraries supposed to be curators?
Why are we doing this?

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Open Web Resources Published licensed
materials
Research & learning
outputs
Special Collections &
locally digitised
materials
Many
collections
Few
collections
Low
stewardship
High
stewardship
Emphasis has
been here

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• Science 28 April 2016 “Who's downloading
pirated papers? Everyone”
– http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/04/whos-
downloading-pirated-papers-everyone
• Including people who have legal access.The
interface is better than the one libraries offer.
Threats

10. OSC Correlation between research hotspots and Sci-Hub use
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/04/whos-downloading-pirated-papers-everyone

11. OSC Which doYOU think is easier?
1. Google article, first page of
results is 100% likely to contain
PubMed or journal page.
2. Click relevant site.
3. Copy PubMed ID or DOI (digital
object identifier; the ‘serial
number’ of published online
documents) to Sci-Hub main
page.
4. Push enter.
5. Read the article.
Yes, that’s it.
1. Load library search page.
2. Click ‘journals’ in the OPAC.
3. Enter the name of the journal where the article resides.
4. Select a journal from the list presented.
5. Select a form of access to the journal (often this is
provided from different databases, and you need to select
the right once. For instance a “Legacy” collection may only
access from 1977 to 2001, and a current collection may
access from 1991 to present).
6. Insert your institutional login / password.
7. Wait while the hamsters in the proxy server shake off their
sawdust, adjust their tiny, adorable trousers and start
turning the wheels.
8. Insert the title name in the search bar of the journal, push
enter.
9. Hope it works—these have a tendency to either a) reject
queries for being too long b) reject queries for not being
long enough (i.e. not recognising text you pasted into the
search bar), c) throwing an error because you put in a
‘special’ character, such as a semi-colon, colon, question
mark, hyphen etc.
10. Click the article if the search works. If not, browse through
the journal tree (Year, Volume, Page Number) until you
find the right research. Click. Science time.
Why Sci-HubWillWin
https://medium.com/@jamesheathers/why-sci-hub-will-win-595b53aae9fa#.s7lzv9flx
Finding a paper on Sci Hub Institutional library access

12. OSC And publishers are moving in on our territory
See: “Watch out, it's behind you: publishers' tactics and the challenge they
pose for librarians”
http://www.slideshare.net/DannyKingsley/watch-out-its-behind-you-
publishers-tactics-and-the-challenge-they-pose-for-librarians

13. OSC We need to change if we want a future
Open Web Resources Published licensed
materials
Research & learning
outputs
Special Collections &
locally digitised
materials
Many
collections
Few
collections
Low
stewardship
High
stewardship
Emphasis
needs to be
here

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“In the digital-world supply chain, where the internet, and not
the library, has become the first point of departure for
researchers, libraries have been disintermediated, cut out not
only of the distribution link in the supply chain but also of
establishing what is trustworthy.”
http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2015/12/16/the-knowledge-supply-chain-in-
the-internet-age-who-decides-what-information-is-trustworthy/

15. OSC Let’s face it -
• We need to diversify to stay relevant
– We know about managing content
– We have access to material that is generated by
our organisations
– We have expertise and something to say
– We have a relationship with our community

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• By moving into a publishing role
– We can raise visibility and status of library/information services in the
organisation
– We can regain control of academic discourse
– We can continue the support role Libraries have traditionally
provided.
• We are in a good position
– We can showcase hidden content from our organisation
– We have a captive audience - in terms of researchers or staff
members
– In an academic environment can co-opt the student population
Opportunity
Image: CC BY-SA 3.0 NY http://www.thebluediamondgallery.com/tablet/b/business-opportunity.html

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What are we talking about?
• Social media
• Newsletters
• Journals
• Bibliographies
• Datasets
• Others?
When you say publishing…

18. OSC Academic content derived by the library itself
https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?page_id=2
http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/darwin_mss

19. OSC Internal publications

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http://osc.cam.ac.uk/open-access/oa-newsletters
https://twitter.com/CamOpenData
https://twitter.com/CamOpenAccess

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https://infograph.venngage.co
m/p/104975/cambridge-open-
access

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But you know what – that *is* real publishing.
You are doing it already!
I thought this session was about
*real* publishing

23. OSC Real publishing - theses and grey literature
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/253562

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https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/255394
Real publishing – rescuing academic content
http://journal.acs-cam.org.uk/
From this:
• No digital indexing
• No preservation
• Unstable webpage
To this:
• Full digital indexing
• Download statistics
• DOIs for all items
• Sustainable archiving

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ANU scholarly information services 2015 annual report -
http://anulib.anu.edu.au/files/document-collection/2015-sis-annual-report.pdf

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Spectrum running from providing:
Advice to authors
A platform for material produced elsewhere
Copyediting and indexing services
Full coordination of review and editorial
Publishing means many different things

27. OSC Time to vote again

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There are a few things to consider:
Business Case
Staffing
Infrastructure
Marketing
If you are considering setting up
a full publishing service

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• The hashtag for this session is #SLA2016
#StopPress
• We want to build some shared resources.
– Tweet links to resources on ‘Library as Publisher’
– Tweet links to some good examples you know about
(including your own!)
• If you have examples you want to share please
come up to a microphone
Join in!!

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• You will need high level buy in
• Business Plan – essential
– Mission, how will it benefit your institution
– What are your plans what to publish over what period
– What staff and resources might we need
– What is the governance structure like?
– Risk analysis – you may be up against established
publishers of long standing
– What is the market and demand?
Considerations and Planning
Image: David Nicholas is licensed under CC BY 2.0

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• SPARC Europe: ‘Business PlanToolkit -
Publishing an OpenAccess Journal’
http://sparceurope.org/wp-
content/uploads/2016/01/BusinessPLAN_OAJ
ournals_0116.pdf
Helpful

32. OSC Money! – How sustainable is this?
• Costs
– Staff
– Production costs (copy
editing, typesetting and
design)
– Marketing
– Infrastructure
– PoD – cost of sale for retail
discount or commission
• Revenue
– Print sales
– Subscription
– Membership
– Grants/support from
organisation. Is this secure?
Image: CC-BY
www.gotcredit.com

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Who and what do we need to make it happen?
But how do we go about this?
Image: Marc Wathieu (CC BY-NC 2.0) https://www.flickr.com/photos/marcwathieu/3024646907/

34. OSC Providing advice
• You can do this stuff right now:
– Support with getting materials indexed
– Abstracting services
– Advice on third party copyright
– Advice on legal deposit
– Advice on licences e.g. Creative Commons
– Advice on access models: green/gold/hybrid/paywall

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• Someone has to do some of this at some stage:
– Development editing
– Copy editing
– Typesetting
– Proofing
– Cover design
– Freelance pool management
– Working on budgets and schedules
• These are outside the usual set of skills in a Library.
The other skills may not exist in your current workforce
Image: Wilhei (Own work) [CC-BY 3.0] https://www.lib.utk.edu/tndp/2013/07/26/typesetting/

36. OSC Staffing
• Training vs Recruiting
• What roles are needed and in what numbers?
• Technical/advocacy…
Image: CC-BY-SA Europeana Creative http://pro.europeana.eu/blogpost/a-journey-s-end-is-the-beginning-of-a-new-
adventur

37. OSC Software and hardware
• Websites
– Drupal,WordPress
• Repositories
– DSpace, Eprints (open source)
– bepress http://www.bepress.com/ (proprietary)
• Hosting publishing platforms
– Open Journal Systems https://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs/ (open source)
• External publishing platforms
– Scholastica https://scholasticahq.com/ (low cost)
– DigitalCommons http://www.bepress.com/editors.html
• Partnerships
– Ubiquity Press http://www.ubiquitypress.com/site/publish/
– Partner with a university press
Open source vs proprietary?

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What are the other challenges?
Can we talk about some
examples?

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• If you have academic and editorial boards at
faculty levels. Getting people to publish with you
is a challenge.
• Getting credibility is difficult.
• Working through the peer review process and
finding experts and getting review
• Managing the author collaboration and response
to those reviews.
Acquisitions and peer review
Image: Nic McPhee (flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)

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• Barcodes and ISBN
• DOIs
• CC-BY licences
• Copyright
• Legal deposit obligations
• ONIX, Nielsen/Bowker
• Metadata for other platforms and services
• Third party aggregators (usually commercial)
• Journal indexing
Dissemination
Image by flickr user C!... CC BY 2.0

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• Marketing
– Often neglected but very important, digital and
traditional
– How best to reach audiences efficiently and within small
budgets
– Author contribution/care – the authors are your best
advertising
• Work with your existing resources within the
institution – look internally as well as externally
Marketing

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• Association of American University Presses http://www.aaupnet.org/
• Coalition for Networked Information http://www.cni.org/
• CrossRef – http://www.crossref.org/
• Directory of Open Access Journals - http://www.doaj.org/
• International Digital Publishing Forum - http://idpf.org/
• Library PublishingCoalition - http://www.educopia.org/programs/lpc
• National Digital Stewardship Alliance -
http://digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/index.html
• National Information Standards Organization - http://www.niso.org/
• OAPEN Foundation - http://www.oapen.org/home
• ORCID - http://about.orcid.org/
• SPARC - http://www.sparc.arl.org//
• Text Encoding InitiativeConsortium - http://www.tei-c.org/
Support organisations
Image: GotCredit, CC BY 2.0

43. OSC Thanks and questions
• Email:
– info@osc.cam.ac.uk
• Web:
– www.osc.cam.ac.uk
– www.data.cam.ac.uk
– www.openaccess.cam.ac.uk
• Unlocking Research blog:
– https://unlockingresearch.blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/
• Twitter:
– @dannykay68
– @CamOpenData
– @CamOpenAccess