Case Studies in New Models of Collaboration: CANADA’S UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES Carole Moore Chief Librarian, University of Toronto Chief Librarian, University of Toronto March 21, 2010 CANADIAN UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING IN A DIGITAL AGE: A Symposium

Context 2007 ITHAKA Report recommended: Universities take a more active role in publishing Develop effective strategies for scholarly communications A transformative strategy would be a powerful service and marketing platform to serve as a catalyst for collaboration and shared capital investment in university based publishing, possibly through JSTOR. A transformative strategy would be a powerful service and marketing platform to serve as a catalyst for collaboration and shared capital investment in university based publishing, possibly through JSTOR. Invited discussion.

2008 UBC Scholarly Communications Roundtable To build foundations for a new dialogue among stakeholders “While the world of the journal has already been transformed, that of the scholarly book is still in the early stages of change, and the path ahead is unclear.”

UBC discussions raised questions: 1. How do we participate effectively in today’s and tomorrow’s communication systems to make scholarship more accessible? 2. How can we market the value of university scholarship? 3. How do we maintain the critical elements of assessment and preservation of scholarship? 4. With the current business model threatened, what will replace it? 5. How can we avoid unintended consequences as we face external pressures for change?

What has happened since then? Great deal of discussion and among stakeholders in North America: Research Library Publishing Services: New Options for University Publishing – Association of Research Libraries, 2008 Research Library Publishing Services: New Options for University Publishing – Association of Research Libraries, 2008 The University’s Role in the Dissemination of Research and Scholarship – Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Coalition for Networked Information, National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, 2009 The University’s Role in the Dissemination of Research and Scholarship – Association of American Universities, Association of Research Libraries, Coalition for Networked Information, National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, 2009 Digital Publishing in the AAUP Community, Survey Report – Association of American University Presses, Digital Publishing in the AAUP Community, Survey Report – Association of American University Presses, Public Access Policies for Science and Technology Funding Agencies Across the Federal Government – U.S. Office of Science and Technology, Public Access Policies for Science and Technology Funding Agencies Across the Federal Government – U.S. Office of Science and Technology,

Scholarly Publishing Roundtable Report – January 2010 Scholarly Publishing Roundtable Report – January 2010 Open Journal Systems Survey – Edgar & Willinsky 2010 Open Journal Systems Survey – Edgar & Willinsky 2010 Economic implications of Alternative Scholarly Publishing Models – JISC, 2009 Economic implications of Alternative Scholarly Publishing Models – JISC, 2009 Broad public policy issues considered by governments, granting agencies, academy Current Scholarship Program launched by JSTOR and University of California Press in 2009 to make current and historical scholarly content available on a single, integrated platform starting By March 2010 with U of Chicago Press, total of 150 journals. By March 2010 with U of Chicago Press, total of 150 journals.

Developments in Canada: Collaborative Initiatives in University Libraries Journal transformation continuing Several important projects involving ebooks and other formats Examples: Synergies Synergies Open Access Open Access Other new business model experiments Other new business model experiments

Synergies

Open Access Initiatives Institutional Repositories Dissertations, articles, some books, data, unpublished material Dissertations, articles, some books, data, unpublished material Subject Repositories – PubMed Central Canada, CISTI, CIHR, NLM Long term preservation Funds to support author fees Collaborative platforms for integrated access

CARL Open Archives Metadata Harvester

Canadiana.org

Collaboration with Presses Book platforms New media experiments Print on demand

Scholars Portal Books

Issues being explored: Peer review critical – can it be improved? Preservation – long term archiving crucial Role of research libraries Role of research libraries Cost – sustainable economic models Age of Attention – Integrated platform/Multiple channels Tim O’Reilly – enemy of the author is obscurity Tim O’Reilly – enemy of the author is obscurity

Conclusion Tremendous opportunities in the transformation of publishing Creative ideas to improve visibility of Canadian university research

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