SFU Library Library Based Publishing

1. SFU Library
Library Based Publishing

2. Simon Fraser University
• One of Canada’s top 3 comprehensive
universities
• Established 1965
• 32,000 students; 2,500 faculty/staff
• 3 campuses: Burnaby, Surrey, Vancouver
• Library: 2.7 million; 64,000 subscriptions
• Technology innovation
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3. Introduction
• Overview of SFU Library Journal Hosting
• Lessons Learned
• Resources
• Sustainability
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4. http://pkp.sfu.ca
• OJS: Open Journal Systems
• OCS: Open Conference Systems
• OHS: Open Harvester Systems (OAI-
compliant metadata harvester)
• OMP: Open Monograph Press
• PKP WAL: Web application Library
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5. Basics
• Currently hosting 300+ OJS journals
• Also 15 OCS conferences; 3 OHS portals
• Custom development and support
• D.I.Y.  full publishing support
• Free  commercial
• Open access  toll access
• 4 hosting categories
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6. 4 Hosting Categories
• Local: SFU
• National: Synergies
• International: INASP portals
• Commercial: PKP Hosting Services
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7. SFU Journals
• 15 OJS journals w. SFU affiliation
• No-charge hosting policy:
– The Chief Editor and/or Journal Manager is a full time SFU
faculty member
– The journal is specifically associated with an SFU faculty,
department, institute or centre, e.g. SFU Educational Review
– The journal is an SFU student, or course, based journal
– Other strategic reasons as determined by the UL
• Lesson (to be developed): “Suitcase” req.
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8. Synergies Journals
• 15 SFU + 15 Other eligible journals
• Synergies Project
• No-charge hosting in return for participation in
Synergies
• Synergies development & inter-operability
• Lesson (still to be learned): Post-Synergies?
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9. INASP Portals
• 160 – 220 OJS journals
• OHS Asia Journals Online
• Country portals: Bangladesh (63); Nepal (59); Sri Lanka
(37), Latin America (7), Mongolia (2)
• Previously: Indonesia (14), Philippines (42), Vietnam (24)
• Lessons:
– 1 instance/1 title vs. 1 instance/many titles
– Impact of 3rd party systems
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10. PKP Hosting Services
• 110+ OJS journals
• Customers reflect PKP community
– Individual journals
– Scholarly societies
– NGOs
– Small publishers
• Open source business model
• Revenue generation for PKP software
development
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11. PKP Hosting Services
• Annual cost: $850 per title w. discounts
• Custom programming, consulting, training @
$175 hr / $1100 day plus expenses
• Backfile digitization and/or migration
• Full publishing support provided by CCSP
Press
• Lesson: campus networks & 24/7 avail.
• http://pkp.sfu.ca/commercial
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12. PKP Resources
• Bibliography of articles, books, etc.
• Software documentation
• Scholarly Publishing Guides
– Establishing…An Online Peer-Reviewed Journal
– Getting Found, Staying Found, Increasing Impact
– Online Guide to Open Access Journals Publishing
• Learning Resources
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13. Sustainability: PKP
• Goal: $1 million annually by Mar.2012
• Grant funding ($200k)
• Community support ($600k)
• Hosting services ($200k)
– $400k gross - $200k operating = $200k net
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14. Sustainability: Hosting Services
• ISP model:
– OTRS ticket system
– cPanel deployment
– VPS from non-campus ISP
• New Pricing Model:
– Basic
– Classic
– Professional
– Enterprise
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15. Thank You
brian_owen@sfu.ca
Third International PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference
Sept. 26-28, 2011 Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
http://pkp.sfu.ca/ocs/pkp/index.php/pkp2011/pkp2011
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