Promoting research and scholarship through open access and epublishing Fides Datu Lawton Director (Library Resources Unit) University of Technology, Sydney [email_address] IRRI ICW May 17, 2007

Outline Brief introduction: UTS and UTS Library What is Open Access OA Declarations What’s in it for you? (Break here?) What can you do? Digital repositories OA journal publishing Economic sustainability of online journals How? Our experience: UTSePress Roles Policy & implementation issues

Brief introduction: UTS and UTS Library

What is Open Access

OA Declarations

What’s in it for you? (Break here?)

What can you do?

Digital repositories

OA journal publishing

Economic sustainability of online journals

How?

Our experience: UTSePress

Roles

Policy & implementation issues

UTS UTS located in the Sydney CBD and Lindfield 32,700+ students large number of onshore and offshore international students 2500+ staff members 2007 budget of $400M

UTS located in the Sydney CBD and Lindfield

32,700+ students

large number of onshore and offshore international students

2500+ staff members

2007 budget of $400M

UTS Library Around 90 FTE $16M budget 85 hrs per week 24/7 access to eservices and eresources

Around 90 FTE

$16M budget

85 hrs per week

24/7 access to eservices and eresources

UTS

UTS Library Learning Commons

What is Open Access Free, immediate, permanent online access to the full text of research articles for anyone, webwide http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/

Free, immediate, permanent online

access to the full text of research

articles for anyone, webwide

http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/

OA declarations Budapest Bethesda Berlin IFLA Wellcome Trust Petition for guaranteed public access to publicly-funded research results

Budapest

Bethesda

Berlin

IFLA

Wellcome Trust

Petition for guaranteed public access to publicly-funded research results

Budapest Open Access Initiative 2001 An old tradition and a new technology have converged to make possible an unprecedented public good. The old tradition is the willingness of scientists and scholars to publish the fruits of their research in scholarly journals without payment, for the sake of inquiry and knowledge. The new technology is the internet. The public good they make possible is the world-wide electronic distribution of the peer-reviewed journal literature and completely free and unrestricted access to it by all scientists, scholars, teachers, students, and other curious minds. Removing access barriers to this literature will accelerate research, enrich education, share the learning of the rich with the poor and the poor with the rich, make this literature as useful as it can be, and lay the foundation for uniting humanity in a common intellectual conversation and quest for knowledge http:// www.soros.org/openaccess/read.shtml

An old tradition and a new technology have converged to make possible an unprecedented public good. The old tradition is the willingness of scientists and scholars to publish the fruits of their research in scholarly journals without payment, for the sake of inquiry and knowledge. The new technology is the internet.

The public good they make possible is the world-wide electronic distribution of the peer-reviewed journal literature and completely free and unrestricted access to it by all scientists, scholars, teachers, students, and other curious minds.

Removing access barriers to this literature will accelerate research, enrich education, share the learning of the rich with the poor and the poor with the rich, make this literature as useful as it can be, and lay the foundation for uniting humanity in a common intellectual conversation and quest for knowledge

http:// www.soros.org/openaccess/read.shtml

Bethesda statement on open access June 20, 2003 “ Scientific research is an interdependent process whereby each experiment is informed by the results of others. The scientists who perform research and the professional societies that represent them have a great interest in ensuring that research results are disseminated as immediately, broadly and effectively as possible. Electronic publication of research results offers the opportunity and the obligation to share research results, ideas and discoveries freely with the scientific community and the public.” http:// www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/bethesda.htm

“ Scientific research is an interdependent process whereby each experiment is informed by the results of others. The scientists who perform research and the professional societies that represent them have a great interest in ensuring that research results are disseminated as immediately, broadly and effectively as possible. Electronic publication of research results offers the opportunity and the obligation to share research results, ideas and discoveries freely with the scientific community and the public.”

http:// www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/bethesda.htm

Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities Our mission of disseminating knowledge is only half complete if the information is not made widely and readily available to society. New possibilities of knowledge dissemination not only through the classical form but also and increasingly through the open access paradigm via the Internet have to be supported. We define open access as a comprehensive source of human knowledge and cultural heritage that has been approved by the scientific community http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlin_declaration.pdf

Our mission of disseminating knowledge is only

half complete if the information is not made widely

and readily available to society. New possibilities of

knowledge dissemination not only through the

classical form but also and increasingly through the

open access paradigm via the Internet have to be

supported.

We define open access as a comprehensive source

of human knowledge and cultural heritage that has

been approved by the scientific community

http://www.zim.mpg.de/openaccess-berlin/berlin_declaration.pdf

IFLA Statement on Open Access to Scholarly Literature and Research Documentation 2003 among others, it acknowledges that the discovery, contention, elaboration and application of research in all fields will enhance progress, sustainability and human well being… and affirms that comprehensive open access to scholarly literature and research documentation is vital to the understanding of our world and to the identification of solutions to global challenges and particularly the reduction of information inequality . http://www.ifla.org/V/cdoc/open-access04.html

among others, it acknowledges that the discovery, contention, elaboration and application of research in all fields will enhance progress, sustainability and human well being…

and affirms that comprehensive open access to scholarly literature and research documentation is vital to the understanding of our world and to the identification of solutions to global challenges and particularly the reduction of information inequality .

http://www.ifla.org/V/cdoc/open-access04.html

OA declarations Wellcome Trust Mission: to foster and promote research with the aim of improving human and animal health. The main output of this research is new ideas and knowledge, which the Trust expects its researchers to publish in quality, peer-reviewed journals “ supports unrestricted access to the published output of research as a fundamental part of its charitable mission and a public benefit to be encouraged wherever possible”

Mission: to foster and promote research with the aim of improving human and animal health. The main output of this research is new ideas and knowledge, which the Trust expects its researchers to publish in quality, peer-reviewed journals

“ supports unrestricted access to the published output of research as a fundamental part of its charitable mission and a public benefit to be encouraged wherever possible”

OA worldwide ROARMAP (Registry of Open Access Repository Material Archiving Policies) http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/

ROARMAP (Registry of Open Access Repository Material Archiving Policies)

http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/

OA worldwide The UK Government Science and Technology Committee report recommending that Open-Access Provision through institutional self-archiving should be made mandatory for all journal articles resulting from UK-funded research http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmsctech/399/39903.htm

The UK Government Science and Technology Committee report

recommending that Open-Access Provision through institutional self-archiving should be made mandatory for all journal articles resulting from UK-funded research

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmsctech/399/39903.htm

Roads to Open Access http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/ the "golden road" of OA journal-publishing , where journals provide OA to their articles (either by charging the author-institution for refereeing/publishing outgoing articles instead of charging the user-institution for accessing incoming articles, or by simply making their online edition free for all); the "green road" of OA self-archiving , where authors provide OA to their own published articles, by making their own eprints free for all.The two roads to OA should not be confused or conflated; they are complementary .

the "golden road" of OA journal-publishing , where journals provide OA to their articles (either by charging the author-institution for refereeing/publishing outgoing articles instead of charging the user-institution for accessing incoming articles, or by simply making their online edition free for all);

the "green road" of OA self-archiving , where authors provide OA to their own published articles, by making their own eprints free for all.The two roads to OA should not be confused or conflated; they are complementary .

Why open access “ Open access truly expands shared knowledge across scientific fields — it is the best path for accelerating multi-disciplinary breakthroughs in research .“ Open Letter to the US Congress signed by 25 Nobel Prize winners (August 26, 2004)

“ Open access truly expands shared knowledge across scientific fields — it is the best path for accelerating multi-disciplinary breakthroughs in research .“

Open Letter to the US Congress signed by 25 Nobel Prize winners (August 26, 2004)

Why open access Recent studies have begun to show that open access increases impact Open Citation Project http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html#simple

Recent studies have begun to show that open access increases impact

Open Citation Project http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html#simple

What’s in it for you? http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/ The visibility, usage and impact of researchers' own findings increases with OA, as does their power to find, access and use the findings of others Society as a whole benefits from an expanded and accelerated research cycle in which research can advance more effectively because researchers have immediate access to all the findings they need Universities co-benefit from their researchers' increased impact, which also increases the return on the investment of the funders of the research, such as governments, charitable foundations, and the tax-paying public.

The visibility, usage and impact of researchers' own findings increases with OA, as does their power to find, access and use the findings of others

Society as a whole benefits from an expanded and accelerated research cycle in which research can advance more effectively because researchers have immediate access to all the findings they need

Universities co-benefit from their researchers' increased impact, which also increases the return on the investment of the funders of the research, such as governments, charitable foundations, and the tax-paying public.

What’s in it for you? http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/ For teachers , Open Access means no restrictions on providing articles for teaching purposes. Only the URL need be provided; Open Access takes care of the rest. Publishers likewise also benefit from the wider dissemination, greater visibility and higher journal citation impact factor of their articles

For teachers , Open Access means no restrictions on providing articles for teaching purposes. Only the URL need be provided; Open Access takes care of the rest.

Publishers likewise also benefit from the wider dissemination, greater visibility and higher journal citation impact factor of their articles

Opportunities for researchers Reassert control of scholarly publishing by the academy Express new focal areas for research through ejournals Immediacy of access to research Forum for attracting external research partners; editorial teams, peer reviewers, authors Gain production efficiencies, timeliness and broader readership by using digital publishing technologies

Reassert control of scholarly publishing by the academy

Express new focal areas for research through ejournals

Immediacy of access to research

Forum for attracting external research partners; editorial teams, peer reviewers, authors

Gain production efficiencies, timeliness and broader readership by using digital publishing technologies

Overcome the significant increases in journal prices - Biomed titles : increases in the median journal price between 2000 and 2006 varied from 42% (Oxford journals) to 104% (Sage) - Social science : 47%( Elsevier) to 120% (Uni Chicago) Source: White, S and Creaser, C. Trends in scholarly journal prices 2000-2006. Loughborough, LISU, 2007

- Biomed titles : increases in the median journal price between 2000 and 2006 varied from 42% (Oxford journals) to 104% (Sage)

- Social science : 47%( Elsevier) to 120% (Uni Chicago)

Source: White, S and Creaser, C. Trends in scholarly journal prices 2000-2006. Loughborough, LISU, 2007

High costs = reduced access to research est 2.5 million articles annually in 24,000 peer-reviewed research journals (Harnad 2006) Association of Research Libraries reports that between 1986 and 2004: - serials unit costs rose 188% - expenditure rose to 273% - but serials purchased increased only 42% - monographs suffered net loss with unit cost up 77% ( http://www.arl.org/stats/arlstat/graphs/2004/monser04.pdf )

est 2.5 million articles annually in 24,000 peer-reviewed research journals (Harnad 2006)

Association of Research Libraries reports that between 1986 and 2004:

- serials unit costs rose 188%

- expenditure rose to 273%

- but serials purchased increased only 42%

- monographs suffered net loss with unit cost up 77%

( http://www.arl.org/stats/arlstat/graphs/2004/monser04.pdf )

High costs of information http://www.arl.org/stats/arlstat/graphs/2004/monser04.pdf

The Economic Sustainability of Journals Source: J. Willinsky, PKP Open Access Online Publication Journals can now be managed and published online with open source (free) software that offers economic and quality advantages for scholarly communication. Online Management ECONOMICS OF ONLINE SYSTEMS

The Economic Sustainability of Journals Source: J. Willinsky, PKP Quality Advantage Improves administration and record-keeping, while reducing processing time. Enables editors, reviewers, and authors from anywhere to work together. 3. Enables editors to spend more time helping authors by reducing their management time with the journal. Economic Advantage 1. Provides and manages website for editorial and publishing processes, while reducing need for editorial office. 2. Reduces clerical costs of handling submissions, subscriptions, correspondence, filing, photocopying, etc. 3. Authors do not need to print, photocopy, and mail papers. ONLINE MANAGEMENT

Quality Advantage

Improves administration and record-keeping, while reducing processing time.

Enables editors, reviewers, and authors from anywhere to work together.

3. Enables editors to spend more time helping authors by reducing their management time with the journal.

The Economic Sustainability of Journals Source: J. Willinsky, PKP Notes 1 .Assessing the Impact of Open Access: Preliminary Findings from Oxford University Press ( http:// www.oxfordjournals.org/news/oa_report.pdf ) Quality Advantage 1. Immediate full-text indexing with Google, Google Scholar, Yahoo, etc. leading to increased readership and citations. 1 2. Google Scholar citation indexing from first issue, assists in gaining a listing with commercial indexes (ISI, etc). 3. Supports reference linking, as well as additional reading tools that can search related databases. 4. Ability to include data sets and supplementary materials. Economic Advantage 1. Journal is immediately available to subscribers and readers anywhere with no distribution, mailing, handling costs. 2. Can be used with or without print edition, enabling low cost start up of new journals. 3. No cost in offering free subscriptions or sample issues. ONLINE PUBLISHING

The Economic Sustainability of Journals Source: J. Willinsky, PKP Note 1. The Effect of Open Access and Downloads ('Hits') on Citation Impact: a Bibliography of Studies ( http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html ). Quality Advantage 1. Further increases readership and submissions to journal, with citations going up 25-250% depending on the field and journal. 1 2. The increased citation improves reputation and thus qualification for commercial indexing (e.g., ISI). 3. Provides greater public, professional, and educational contribution. 4. Maximizes critical scrutiny and appreciation of work, as well as global establishment of intellectual property claim. Economic Advantage Able to work with traditional economic models through a variety of different approaches 2. Improved reputation (see below) can enhance other economic models (subscriptions, ads, etc.). OPEN ACCESS

Economic Advantage

Able to work with traditional economic models through a variety of different approaches

2. Improved reputation (see below) can enhance other economic models (subscriptions, ads, etc.).

The Economic Sustainability of Journals Source: J. Willinsky, PKP Open Access Online Publishing Online Management Traditional Economic Models Increased Access + Enhanced Quality + + Improved Economies + } What it all adds up to…

What can you do? Self-archive in OA repositories Establish/publish in OA journals As an institution, consider mandating self-archiving of research Support the Public Library of Science http://www.plos.org Sign petitions in support of OA

Self-archive in OA repositories

Establish/publish in OA journals

As an institution, consider mandating self-archiving of research

Support the Public Library of Science http://www.plos.org

Sign petitions in support of OA

Public Library of Science

Need a break here?

What is an Institutional repository? “ … a set of services that a university [an organisation] offers to the members of its community for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members. It is most essentially an organizational commitment to the stewardship of these digital materials, including long-term preservation where appropriate, as well as organization and access or distribution.” Clifford A. Lynch, "Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age" ARL , no. 226 (February 2003): 1-7.

“ … a set of services that a university [an organisation] offers to the members of its community for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members.

It is most essentially an organizational commitment to the stewardship of these digital materials, including long-term preservation where appropriate, as well as organization and access or distribution.”

Clifford A. Lynch, "Institutional Repositories: Essential Infrastructure for Scholarship in the Digital Age" ARL , no. 226 (February 2003): 1-7.

OA Tools & protocols DSpace ePrints Fedora OJS OCS others OAIMHP

DSpace

ePrints

Fedora

OJS

OCS

others

OAIMHP

Repositories by system software http://roar .eprints.org

DSpace http:// www.dspace.org / digital repository system which captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material jointly developed by MIT Libraries and Hewlett-Packard; now with committed developers worldwide freely available to research institutions world-wide as an open source system that can be customized and extended Who’s using Dspace? http:// wiki.dspace.org/index.php//DspaceInstances

digital repository system which captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material

jointly developed by MIT Libraries and Hewlett-Packard; now with committed developers worldwide

freely available to research institutions world-wide as an open source system that can be customized and extended

Who’s using Dspace? http:// wiki.dspace.org/index.php//DspaceInstances

ePrints http:// www.eprints.org / For a demonstration of EPrints 3.0 http://demoprints3.eprints.org/

For a demonstration of EPrints 3.0 http://demoprints3.eprints.org/

Some ePrints sites http:// eprints.otago.ac.nz /

Some ePrints sites http://eprints.utas.edu

Fedora and Fez University of Queensland eSpace http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/about.php

University of Queensland eSpace

http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/about.php

Other Tools: online publishing Open Journal Systems – journal management and publishing http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs_documentation http://pkp.sfu.ca/support/forum/ OJS in an Hour http://pkp.sfu.ca/files/OJSinanHour.pdf Open Conference System

Open Journal Systems – journal management and publishing

http://pkp.sfu.ca/?q=ojs

http://pkp.sfu.ca/ojs_documentation

http://pkp.sfu.ca/support/forum/

OJS in an Hour

http://pkp.sfu.ca/files/OJSinanHour.pdf

Open Conference System

Open Journal Systems OJS journal management and publishing system developed by the Public Knowledge Project through its federally funded efforts to expand and improve access to research. OJS assists with every stage of the refereed publishing process, from submissions through to online publication and indexing. Through its management systems, its finely grained indexing of research, and the context it provides for research, OJS seeks to improve both the scholarly and public quality of referred research

OJS journal management and publishing system developed by the Public Knowledge Project through its federally funded efforts to expand and improve access to research.

OJS assists with every stage of the refereed publishing process, from submissions through to online publication and indexing. Through its management systems, its finely grained indexing of research, and the context it provides for research, OJS seeks to improve both the scholarly and public quality of referred research

OAI-MHP OAI Metadata Harvesting Protocols Lightweight protocol which allows data providers to expose metadata records for retrieval by service providers http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cd-focus/presentations/cldprac/sld020.htm

OAI Metadata Harvesting Protocols

Lightweight protocol which allows data providers to expose metadata records for retrieval by service providers

http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cd-focus/presentations/cldprac/sld020.htm

Promoting your OA activities ROAR Registry of OA repositories http://roar.eprints.org/ ROARMAP (Registry of Open Access Repository Material Archiving Policies) http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/ DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals (www.doaj.org)

ROAR Registry of OA repositories http://roar.eprints.org/

ROARMAP (Registry of Open Access Repository Material Archiving Policies) http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/

DOAJ Directory of Open Access Journals (www.doaj.org)

An initiative of & hosted by the UTS Library Launched by the Vice-Chancellor in January 2004 at the “ eScholarship: a workshop on ePublishing at the edge”, organised by the UTS Library Elpub Conference, Portugal, June 2003 International partners ->Pro f John Willinsky (PKP, OJS)

An initiative of & hosted by the UTS Library

Launched by the Vice-Chancellor in January 2004 at the “ eScholarship: a workshop on ePublishing at the edge”, organised by the UTS Library

Elpub Conference, Portugal, June 2003

International partners ->Pro f John Willinsky (PKP, OJS)

Components of UTSePress (as at May 2007) Institutional repository (DSpace) Online journals (OJS) Online conferences (OCS) OAI Harvester (to search across all)

Institutional repository (DSpace)

Online journals (OJS)

Online conferences (OCS)

OAI Harvester (to search across all)

UTS initiatives since 2003 (primarily relating to journal publishing) 2004 eScholarship: a workshop on ePublishing at the edge UTSePress launched by the Vice-Chancellor First journal, PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies 2006 workshop for Vietnamese and Nepalese journal editors in Hanoi (with INASP) Audio recording of specialist lectures 2007 5 journals (4 peer reviewed) published; 6 in production (on OJS) Ebooks Online theses on DSpace

2004

eScholarship: a workshop on ePublishing at the edge

UTSePress launched by the Vice-Chancellor

First journal, PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies

2006

workshop for Vietnamese and Nepalese journal editors in Hanoi (with INASP)

Audio recording of specialist lectures

2007

5 journals (4 peer reviewed) published; 6 in production (on OJS)

Ebooks

Online theses on DSpace

UTS:Library – activities in relation to DSpace Develop and manage the UTS institutional repository Host, manage IT infrastructure Policy development Oversee of policy and standards implementation Training, promotion, marketing

Develop and manage the UTS institutional repository

Host, manage IT infrastructure

Policy development

Oversee of policy and standards implementation

Training, promotion, marketing

UTSePress Author Author + Series ed. Author + Editor + possibly Series ed. Author + Editor + Ed’l team Decisions Institutional repository -self-archiving within tight or loose policy Within a broad field Might be split into communities with varying policies Occasional papers; Ebooks -Editorial selection & approval -one-off items within broadly defined fields Edited collections; Conference papers -usually on theme -selected or invited by editor -usually peer reviewed Journals -within scope -May be theme issue -Editorial team -peer reviewed (except perhaps creative) Scholarly Communities From Formal editorial committee BLOGS Reports or Position papers Not peer reviewed eZine Edited but not peer reviewed Non- Scholarly

Institutional repository

-self-archiving within tight or loose policy

Within a broad field

Might be split into communities with varying policies

Journals -Getting started (R.Buggy) Still configuring journal May already have the papers Call for papers, submissions and peer review typically done outside OJS Papers are usually in final format before added to OJS Editors create accounts for authors and upload papers

Still configuring journal

May already have the papers

Call for papers, submissions and peer review typically done outside OJS

Papers are usually in final format before added to OJS

Editors create accounts for authors and upload papers

Achieving sustainability (R.Buggy) Journal has been setup Will use OJS to send out call for papers Authors submit papers using OJS Peer review done using OJS The layout editor, copyeditor, proofreader roles are generally performed together by the editor but can be delegated to specialist staff Journals are usually self sufficient by the third issue

Journal has been setup

Will use OJS to send out call for papers

Authors submit papers using OJS

Peer review done using OJS

The layout editor, copyeditor, proofreader roles are generally performed together by the editor but can be delegated to specialist staff

Journals are usually self sufficient by the third issue

Journals (R.Buggy)

Registered Journal Users (R.Buggy)

The Division of Labor Open Journal Systems / Open Conference Systems (J Willinsky) Setup Manage Publish Advertise Advise Generate Download Install Upgrade Journal Editor Librarian IT Staff Server Administrator

The Division of Labor Open Journal Systems / Open Conference Systems (J Willinsky) Upgrade to new version of OJS/OCS every 6-8 months, as well as keep up with regular server security upgrades. Upgrade Install software using script; enable server to upload files, send mail, etc. Install Download free copy of OJS/OCS on an existing web server (equipped with free PHP language and MySQL database). Download Server Administrator

The Division of Labor Open Journal Systems / Open Conference Systems (J Willinsky) Generate journal or conference by typing in title and creating a new user who fills in the details and sets it up. Generate Advise potential users on what systems can do, pointing to PKP booklets on topic. Advise Advertise new journal/conference service on library site and email faculty. Advertise Can be handled by a librarian or IT staff member Librarian IT Staff

The Division of Labor Open Journal Systems / Open Conference Systems (J Willinsky) Publish journal issues, events, conference papers, and podcasts. Publish Manage submissions, direct reviews, notify users as needed. Manage Set up the journal/conference by filling in templates and checking options to match needs. Setup (Applies, as well, to Conference Director) Journal Manager

Our Experience Initial discussion to publication= a few weeks to several months Time for training/support for Editorial team: software digital media online publishing process licensing/copyright issues, etc. operational matters: ISSN; online registers; design/logo, etc.

Initial discussion to publication= a few weeks to several months

Time for training/support for Editorial team:

software

digital media

online publishing process

licensing/copyright issues, etc.

operational matters: ISSN; online registers; design/logo, etc.

Impact on library staff New knowledge and skills New technologies (software, medium, web technologies, web design, etc. ) Better understanding of scholarly publishing and evolving publishing models Licensing and IP in digital environment Standards, protocols, etc

New knowledge and skills

New technologies (software, medium, web technologies, web design, etc. )

Better understanding of scholarly publishing and evolving publishing models

Licensing and IP in digital environment

Standards, protocols, etc

Maintenance and support requirements UTSePress and OJS no additional staff In-house expertise: Library IT Manager, Systems Developer, Web Developer, Web Editor, web design staff, UL, DLRU Plus Operational staff from different departments, e.g. Publicity, web design Leveraging on available software and international expertise Ongoing collaboration with OJS/PKP developers Editorial teams for quality of content

UTSePress and OJS no additional staff

In-house expertise: Library IT Manager, Systems Developer, Web Developer, Web Editor, web design staff, UL, DLRU

Plus Operational staff from different departments, e.g. Publicity, web design

Leveraging on available software and international expertise

Ongoing collaboration with OJS/PKP developers

Editorial teams for quality of content

What has worked for us Open source solutions; configured to suit our environment Customise templates not the software (i.e. no custom development) Start slowly – minimal features Provide test environment for new users (production environment doesn't become full of test data) Collaboration Accept that we won’t have all the answers at the start !

Open source solutions; configured to suit our environment

Customise templates not the software (i.e. no custom development)

Start slowly – minimal features

Provide test environment for new users (production environment doesn't become full of test data)

Collaboration

Accept that we won’t have all the answers at the start !

From one of our editors We have now published the 4th Issue of the AJICT as Vol 2, No 3 this week. It marks our one year as a Journal in which we rank at the Deakin University IS listing as the 7th most read Open Source Journal and the 28th most popular Internationally. We are only beaten by Journals that have been in existence for many years before us. Our readership database has grown from a handful to more than 500 and continues to grow without our intervention. There are about 150 international reviewers in the database and access to the Journal is from all over the world. We appreciate the role of the UTS Library and ePress in making this Journal a rewarding success story. Thanks.

We have now published the 4th Issue of the AJICT as Vol 2, No 3 this week. It marks our one year as a Journal in which we rank at the Deakin University IS listing as the 7th most read Open Source Journal and the 28th most popular Internationally. We are only beaten by Journals that have been in existence for many years before us.

Our readership database has grown from a handful to more than 500 and continues to grow without our intervention. There are about 150 international reviewers in the database and access to the Journal is from all over the world.

We appreciate the role of the UTS Library and ePress in making this Journal a rewarding success story. Thanks.

Watchwords Skills Quality Resources -> Sustainability Commitment Ongoing esp. from the top! dynamic product

Skills Quality

Resources -> Sustainability

Commitment Ongoing

esp. from the top! dynamic product

Useful sites The effect of open access and downloads ('hits') on citation impact: a bibliography of studies http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html Harnad, S. Opening access by overcoming Zeno’s paralysis” in Open access: key strategic, technical and economic aspects. Ed by N. Jacobs. Oxford, Chandos Pub., 2006) Okerson, A.S. & O'Donnell, J.J. (1995) (Eds.) Scholarly Journals at the Crossroads: A Subversive Proposal for Electronic Publishing. Association of Research Libraries. http:// www.arl.org/scomm/subversive/intro.html Open Access http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/ Petition for guaranteed public access to publicly-funded research results http://www.ec-petition.eu / PKP Booklets if people there want to learn more about online scholarly publishing: http://pkp.sfu.ca/node/620 Willinsky, J. (2005) The Access Principle: The Case for Open Access to Research and Scholarship MIT Press http:// mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/ebook.asp?ttype =2&tid=10611 https:// mitpress.mit.edu/books/willinsky / TheAccessPrinciple_TheMITPress_0262232421.pdf

The effect of open access and downloads ('hits') on citation impact: a bibliography of studies http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html

Harnad, S. Opening access by overcoming Zeno’s paralysis” in Open access: key strategic, technical and economic aspects. Ed by N. Jacobs. Oxford, Chandos Pub., 2006)

Okerson, A.S. & O'Donnell, J.J. (1995) (Eds.) Scholarly Journals at the Crossroads: A Subversive Proposal for Electronic Publishing. Association of Research Libraries. http:// www.arl.org/scomm/subversive/intro.html

Open Access http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/

Petition for guaranteed public access to publicly-funded research results http://www.ec-petition.eu /

PKP Booklets if people there want to learn more about online scholarly publishing: http://pkp.sfu.ca/node/620

Willinsky, J. (2005) The Access Principle: The Case for Open Access to Research and Scholarship MIT Press http:// mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/ebook.asp?ttype =2&tid=10611

https:// mitpress.mit.edu/books/willinsky /

TheAccessPrinciple_TheMITPress_0262232421.pdf

Maraming salamat! Questions and Discussion

Maraming salamat!

Questions and

Discussion