KaRyn Daley & Michelle Slone Journey into Open Access Publishing with Open Source Platform American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education Amy Chang, Kelly Gull, KaRyn Daley & Michelle Slone Education Dept, ASM http://jmbe.asm.org jmbe@asmusa.org
MicrobeLibrary vs. Journal Visual Resources Laboratory Protocols Atlas-style Images Journal Research Perspectives Curriculum Activities Tips & Tools Reviews & News
Journal – Why Transition? Community Expectation National Policies Visibility Credibility Sustainability – Users - For and By Community of Scholars Metadata – Archived & Persistent Technology - Open Source & Community
JMBE: Rooted in Microbiology While Branching Out to Biology AUDIENCE Primary Undergraduate Secondary K-12 Graduate and professional GOALS Promote good pedagogy & design Foster scholarly teaching, and Advance biology education research
Public Knowledge Project: Open Journal System http://pkp.sfu.ca Simon Fraser University - Public Knowledge Project (PKP) Improve Quality of Research Through Scholarship Journals, Conferences, Monographs User Community and Support OJS - Online Submission, Review, Publishing, Indexing, Hosting, Subscriptions, Ads
Prototype http://journals.sfu.ca/asm/ DEMONSTRATION SITE
Multimed Inc www.multi-med.com Copyediting & Proofreading Citations & Cross Linking Page & Issue Production Metadata Generation & Deposits Publishing Consultation – OJS & HighWire Interface
Journal Policies & Assumptions Open Access Authorship Peer Review Copyedit & Proof Citations & Indices Figures & Tables Pages, Issues, TOC & Volume Rights & Permissions Supplements Assumptions Yr 1:20 Manuscripts Yrs 2 to 5: 30 MS 8 Pages/Manuscript HTML, PDF, XML Yr 2 & 4: Deposits to Scholarly Databases Part Time Staff
American Society for Microbiology Journal Partners American Society for Microbiology Marketing & Sustainability Readers & Authors Reviewers & Editors Open Journals System Submission & Review Publishing, Metadata, Hosting, Subscriptions, Ads Editors, Librarians, Archivists Multimed Inc Copyedit & Proofread Design & Layout Format, Citations
Year 1-2 Expenses Fixed $1.8K Hosting/yr Part Time Staff One-Time Fees $10K Back Issues $10K Training $ 5K Scholarly Database Application Variable $250-$300 Copyedit & Proof/Manuscript (MS) $400 Layout/MS for both HTML and PDF $250 Per Issue Production & TOC $250 Per Issue to Deposit Metadata $500 Per Issue to Promote/Market
Year 2010 January - Online Submission Opens May – Online Publication http://jmbe.asm.org May – Online Publication JMBE Volume 11, Issue 1 – Print also May – National Training May - National Campaign ASM General Meeting ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators 4. Dec – Online Publication JMBE Volume 11, Issue 2 – On-line Only
18-Month Journey Launch Date: January 2010 Prior to Feb – MicrobeLibrary Mar – New Direction for Journal Apr – Open Journal System (OJS) May – Prototype, Editor Jun – Communication & Solicitation Jul – OJS Users Conference Aug – Multimed Inc Sep – Journal Committee, Policies Oct-Nov - Building and Training Dec – Beta Site Jan 2010 – On-line Submissions May 2010 - Publication