1 L U N D S U N I V E R S I T E T LUB Nordic Scientific and Scholarly journal publishing – interesting times (NSSJP) Uppsala J ö rgen Eriksson, Lund University: project manager NOAP Aiding Scientific Journals Towards Open Access Publishing (NOAP)

2 L U N D S U N I V E R S I T E T Program 10:00 – 10:20 Welcome/ NOAP introduction – Jörgen Eriksson, Lund University Libraries 10:20 – 11: 00 Business issues: How could we finance OA Journals – and how do we finance them? – Jan Erik Frantsvåg, The University Library of Tromsø 11:00 – 13:00 Case studies 11:00 -11:15 Overview – Jörgen Eriksson 11:15 – 12:00 Challenges and adaptations in journal publishing in the Humanities: a publisher’s view – Marianne Alenius & Niels Stern, Museum Tusculanum Press 12:00 – 12:30 Bergen Open Access Publishing: the university library as a publisher/host – Ingrid Cutler, Bergen University Library 12:30 – 13:00 Hosting at Linköping University Press: experiences with five OA journals – David Lawrence, Linköping University Press 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch LUB

3 L U N D S U N I V E R S I T E T Program continued 14:00 – 14:30 Journal support tools. The best practices guide for Open Access Journals – Caroline Sutton, co-action publishing 14:30 – 15:00 Journal support tools. The PKP Project, Open Journal Systems in the Nordic countries – Kurt Mathiesen, Copenhagen Business School 15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break 15:30 – 15:45 Copyright. Scientific Publishing and the Distribution of Intellectual Property Rights – Ingegerd Rabow, Lund University Libraries 16:00 – 16:45 Nordic Journal Funders and Open Access. Rune Rambæk Schjølberg, Norges forskningsråd. Karen Skovgaard-Petersen, Det Frie Forskningsråd | Kultur og Kommunikation (FKK)(Dk). Anneli Fröjd, Vetenskapsrådet 16:45 – 17:00 Summing up – Jörgen Eriksson LUB

4 L U N D S U N I V E R S I T E T The project Funded by Nordbib 40%, 60% self-finance OpenAccess.se and Vetenskapsrådet additional funding for LU and LiU. Time: — = Target results – Analysis of significant issues when scientific journals consider and execute a transition to Open Access publishing, and presentation of such analyses and the ensuing recommendations in written and electronic media – Creation of a network of stakeholders in Open Access publishing in the Nordic countries – Improvements in the computational infrastructure for operating a journal in Open Access mode, and analysis of its ramifications LUB

5 L U N D S U N I V E R S I T E T LUB Participants Museum Tusculanum Press, Copenhagen, Denmark Copenhagen Business School Library, Copenhagen, Denmark Lund University, Lund, Sweden Linköping University, together with Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm), Sweden University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway Federation of Finnish Learned Societies Helsinki, Finland Co-action publishing

6 L U N D S U N I V E R S I T E T LUB Lessons learned Time waits for no-one (rapid changes) Flexibility in the project plan important Journal software a good example To many WPs and to much dissemination planned Important to make project goals as specific and concrete as possible

7 L U N D S U N I V E R S I T E T Results achieved Translations of Open Journal Systems to Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish (soon to come) The beginnings of a Nordic Open Journal Systems User Group (Nordic OJS Users)Nordic OJS Users) Survey of Nordic journal hosting/publishing possiblillities ((journal hosting/publishing)(journal hosting/publishing) Investigation and questionnaire on journal business models Experiments in moving traditional humanities journals towards electronic publishing Creating a network of stakeholders LUB

8 L U N D S U N I V E R S I T E T Coming up: Practical workshop February/March OJS hands-on Practical OA Journal management Place: Lund or Copenhagen More information in December NOAP web site: age age LUB