Student Scholarship in the Open Access Age

Student Scholarship in the Open Access Age: The First Year of Library Student Journal Simmons College GSLIS Skillshare September 22, 2007 Eli Guinnee [email_address] amy buckland [email_address]

Our experience with LSJ – the beginning ______________________________

Our experience with LSJ – the beginning ______________________________ December 2005 … Original idea conceived at student meeting January 2006 … Grant applied for February 2006 … Grant awarded March 2006 … Editorial Staff formed April 2006 … Temporary website posted/Call for Board Members May 2006 … Editorial Board formed June 2006 … First official call for papers July 2006 … Permanent website posted September 2006 … First issue published How we started:

Our experience with LSJ – the first year ______________________________
In its first year LSJ has published approximately 40 papers…
from authors in North America, Australia, UK, Ireland, India, Turkey, and Iran, representing a wide range of LIS specializations
Editorial Board represents North America, UK, Ireland, Philippines, and Bangladesh
This summer we advertised internationally to fill openings in the staff, and we hired 22 staff members
It’s primary purpose is review
It has also been a valuable source of advice when difficult issues arise
covering a wide range of LIS topics, including: Archives, Knowledge Management, Information Science, Native Americans in librarianship, and even a Christmas story about cataloging

Our experience with LSJ – the first year ______________________________
A naturally high turnover rate
The application/selection process takes time
Training takes time
Ongoing issues:
Communication amongst a widely-dispersed staff
Plagiarism
Technical issues
Time, time, time
— the real currency of OA is time .

Our experience with LSJ – peer review ______________________________
Every paper published in the Articles section of the journal has been reviewed by at least two Editorial Board Members and at least one outside reviewer
Review is anonymous and every reviewer is given the same guidelines and the same review form
Reviewers can make comments for the authors to see and comments for the editors’ eyes only

Our experience with LSJ – What we believe ______________________________
In many ways, the average LIS student today understands the average user better than does the average LIS professional
We can learn from one another across political borders and across boundaries of specialization, age, race, religion, etc.
Librarians can benefit — and benefit from — the Open Access movement (more on that later)
LIS students are perfectly placed to bring libraries into new worlds…
LSJ will be a forum for discussion of issues of current interest to LIS students. Some of the most exciting ideas in the field are coming from the student ranks and I hope we can increase the impact of student research. — from the first call for papers

Our experience with LSJ – What we believe ______________________________ Wuzzup, Eli? I am totally rocking this hat.

Our experience with LSJ - What we believe ______________________________ I can’t believe it took you five tries to take the picture – and this was the best you had! Yah, well, your shoes are really pointy!

Our experience with LSJ - What we believe ______________________________
Second Life, a multi-user virtual environment (MUVE) is crawling with LIS professionals.
The InfoIsland Archipelago serves as the “library area” of SL, offering virtual reference for both real life, and Second Life questions.
Grand opening: InfoInternational
reference resources in 7 different languages
LIS students are extremely active in SL
and the networking opportunities are incredible

Our experience with LSJ - What we believe ______________________________

We believe that librarians can benefit — and benefit from — the Open Access movement (more on that later)
And we believe that LIS students are perfectly placed to bring libraries into new worlds…
Students can and should make a contribution

We believe that librarians can benefit — and benefit from — the Open Access movement (more on that later)
And we believe that LIS students are perfectly placed to bring libraries into new worlds…
Students can and should make a contribution
Start blogging about information dissemination, in whatever form you are studying
Start a wiki on some esoteric subject
ex. Poutines of the world
- gravy
- cheese curds
- sauce
Move into Second Life and offer something new
Start your own journal!
In the end, it doesn’t matter what you choose to do with your LIS knowledge (data? information? wisdom?!?!)… but please,
DO SOMETHING!

“ Scholars need the means to launch a new generation of journals committed to open access…. These new journals will no longer invoke copyright to restrict access to and use of the material they publish…. Because price is a barrier to access, these new journals will not charge subscription or access fees, and will turn to other methods for covering their expense.” — excerpt from the Budapest Open Access Initiative, 2002 A library-supported OA model: What is Open Access?

An Open Access journal can be published on a number of different models—it might be self-supporting by advertising or author fees... A library-supported OA model: What is Open Access? ... or it might rely on sponsor donations and volunteer support.
A library-centered model differs from most sponsored OA models in that the contribution from the library is primarily from existing library resources (especially server space, expertise, and time) rather than $$
Full publishing —in which the library donates s taff time, expertise, technical support, & covers incidental expenses, as part of a suite of open source OA software Baseline support —in which an online journal publishing software is established on a library server and made available to the community or institution Library-supported Open Access spectrum of commitment

A library-supported OA model: What is Open Access? Why get involved in OA?
It’s cheap
A few trailblazers are showing that OA journals can be published by libraries, alone or as a part of a comprehensive suite of open source software to support scholarly communication
To stay relevant
Greater library involvement will benefit OA and users of OA information

A library-supported OA model: UW-Madison Libraries

A library-supported OA model: U. of Toronto Library

A library-supported OA model: Simon Fraser U. Library

A library-supported OA model: U. of Guelph Library

A library-supported OA model: Open Journal Systems
OJS is an open source editing system created by the Public Knowledge Project (a partnership of the University of British Columbia, the Simon Fraser University Library, the School of Education at Stanford University, and the Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing at Simon Fraser University) led by John Willinsky
OJS was created specifically to make Open Access publishing a viable alternative to traditional publishing models

A library-supported OA model: Open Journal Systems

A library-supported OA model: LSJ’s OJS

A library-supported OA model: LSJ’s OJS Submission Process Step 1: Submission Checklist and Copyright Notice

A library-supported OA model: LSJ’s OJS Submission Process Step 2: Entering the Metadata & Uploading the Submission

A library-supported OA model: LSJ’s OJS Editor’s View Step 1: Review — Evaluate Manuscript & Assign to a Section Editor Editor’s View Step 2: Editing— Copyediting, Layout, Proofreading, Scheduling

A library-supported OA model: LSJ’s OJS Publishing—the Paper Appears in the Table of Contents and Announcements Are Made

Thanks! … and finally…

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