Duke Law Reviews Going All-in Online Melanie Dunshee, Assistant Dean for Library Services, Journals Advisor Goodson Law Library Duke University School of Law Digital Commons Webinar March 5, 2015 Position yourself in the forefront of innovation
All of its journals freely available online in 1998
scholarship.law.duke.edu/journals
Archive - preservation - consistent information -standards -navigation
Journal website Using WordPress
Entry pages for Journals to WordPress sites
Available Discoverable Broader audiences – other disciplines and international Multiple outlets
Based on AALS Memorandum
Author Retains Copyright
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Natural Next Step Successful online publication + declining print subscriptions = online only publication
Law School Interests Promote and disseminate scholarship Save money Shift funds to more visible and innovative activities
Administrative Costs Subscriber database maintenance Invoicing Claims US Mail forms Dealing with subscription agents Formatting for printer and managing dual copy
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Where Scholars Go
New Kinds of Scholarship
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Expanded Presentation Options -Symposium papers with video -Papers with formal or informal commentaries -”on file with” content and data sets -events for “life of the law school” collections
Personal copies authors and journal editors Print on Demand more/better options needed
You are the Publisher eISSNs Delivering content to contractual content providers: Hein, Gale, JSTOR, Westlaw, LexisNexis Copyright agreements Preventing link rot – DOIs? Preservation of articles, and cited documents Metadata
Contact information Melanie Dunshee Hollie White, Digital Initiatives Librarian Sean Chen, Digital Resources Librarian