ULS Journal Publishing: Why We Do It Lunchtime Talk #1 Office of Scholarly Communication & Publishing

OSCP Lunchtime Talk Series  Origins & objectives  Toolbox Tips  Future programs  Training site  What else?  Now or later?

Who’s Whom in ULS Publishing  Oversight of the program –Tim Deliyannides, Director of the Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing  Journals, Monographs, Author Fees Fund, Publishing –Vanessa Gabler, Electronic Publications Manager –Lauren Collister, Electronic Publications Associate  Repositories, Copyright, Scholarly Communications, Altmetrics –John Barnett, Scholarly Communications Librarian –Jennifer Chan, Asst. Scholarly Communications Librarian

Libraries as Publishers – Current Trends  More than 75% of ARL libraries offer or plan to offer publishing services.  Most expect to expand these services in future.  Dedicated publishing staff are rare.  Most do not have sustainability plans.  Most plan to expand cost recovery mechanisms moving forward. Source: Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success Research Report, v

Strategic Goal Innovation in Scholarly Communication  Support researchers in –efficient knowledge production –rapid dissemination of new research –open access to scholarly information  Build collaborative partnerships around the world  Improve the production and sharing of scholarly research  Support innovative publishing services

Journal publishing goals  Incentivize Open Access Publishing worldwide  Extend service beyond the home institution  Propel scholarship at the University of Pittsburgh  Save ‘at-risk’ journals without the infrastructure or know-how to go electronic

Why become a Publisher?  Provide services that scholars understand, need and value  Transform the unsustainable commercial subscription pricing system  Take direct action to support Open Access  Deepen our understanding of scholarly communications issues

Open Access—Origins  Crisis in scholarly communication/publishing –Flat to declining collections budgets –More demand for newer, expensive resources –Greatly increased pricing for serials, electronic resources  Rise of Internet and Worldwide Web –Rapid dissemination of new research –Better connectivity between scholars

Crisis in scholarly journal pricing Bill Hooker, April Data sources: Library Journal Annual Serials Price Surveys, Association of Research Libraries, US Dept. of Labor

How the ULS publishing program is making an impact at Pitt

Breakdown of ULS-published journals

Student Publications  Only supported for University of Pittsburgh  Provides valuable learning experience  Faculty involvement is required to maintain continuity  Selection criteria are relaxed for student publications –Peer review process –Quality of editorial board

At-risk journals edited at Pitt now published online by the ULS Revista Iberoamericana Carl Beck Papers Bolivian Studies Journal Pitt Political Review Ethnology: An International Journal of Cultural and Social Anthropology The five law journals  University of Pittsburgh Law Review  Pittsburgh Tax Review  Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law and Policy  Pittsburgh Journal of Environmental and Public Health  Journal of Law and Commerce

Toolbox Tip: How to make a referral to publish a journal with the ULS  Direct inquiries about journal publishing to the e- journals Web site for more informationwww.library.pitt.edu/e-journals  Contact the Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing at with questions or to propose a