Dr. Katherine Skinner, Executive Director SILS CRADLE Seminar UNC-CH Manning Hall April 25, 2014 Using Collaborative Networks To Support Scholarly Communications

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 Beware changes in the modes of communication…  Innovations don’t come from the center, they come from unexpected locations  Cultural processes of production, distribution, and reception depend upon… Skinner 2014

 What can we do with/in networks and communities to support new forms of scholarship AND to help the academy transition in ways that ultimately supports the spread of knowledge? Skinner 2014

The Educopia Institute advances cultural, scientific, and scholarly institutions by catalyzing networks and collaborative communities.

 Build collaborative networks  Facilitate, not lead  Maintain a neutral core  Distill and disseminate emerging practices  Provide a “backbone” for cross-sector engagement  Encourage system-wide changes Skinner 2014

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Members include: Auburn University Boston College California Polytechnic University Carnegie Mellon University Clemson University CBUC, Barcelona Florida State University Folger Shakespeare Library GALILEO Knowledge Repository Greene County Public Library HBCU Library Alliance Indiana State University Library of Congress Oregon State University Penn State University Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Rice University Rockefeller Archive Center University of Louisville University of North Texas University of South Carolina Virginia Tech Members include: Auburn University Boston College California Polytechnic University Carnegie Mellon University Clemson University CBUC, Barcelona Florida State University Folger Shakespeare Library GALILEO Knowledge Repository Greene County Public Library HBCU Library Alliance Indiana State University Library of Congress Oregon State University Penn State University Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro Rice University Rockefeller Archive Center University of Louisville University of North Texas University of South Carolina Virginia Tech

 Distributed digital preservation cooperative  Founded 2004  Supported by NDIIPP, NHPRC, NEH, IMLS  200+ TB network preserving 950+ collections for 58 institutions in 3 countries  7 copies of every file, regular comparison of hash values/checksums, repair mechanisms Skinner 2014

 Reducing short- and long-term costs  Investing in a commonly-owned solution, not purchasing a service  Sharing technological development and organizational tasks  Decentralizing activities  Safety in digital preservation may well reside in shared knowledge and shared commitment  Decreasing silos; increasing interdependence  There is room for various types of solutions  Increased capacity for acting as a community of cultural stewards Skinner 2014

 BagIt-based ingests  Member-level monitoring simplified  Research and publications on genre-specific content preservation issues  ETDs  Newspapers  “Big data” Skinner 2014

 Logical outgrowth of previous and current work  Academic libraries well positioned to help their parent institutions produce, share, and preserve knowledge in the digital realm  Library publishing services are emerging in a wide range of ways & institutional contexts  Consistent finding: to help library publishing services mature from project-based and “one- off” models to a consistent field of practice, libraries must raise the visibility and understanding of these practices profession- wide

 Forge LPC Identity  Design, implement, and launch the LPC  Governance and organizational structure, mission, services  Foster LP Community  Document the range of library publishing activities  Advocacy  Build strong relationships with strategic affiliates  Build LPC community Skinner 2014

Exploratory conversations between Purdue, Virginia Tech, University of North Texas, Educopia May 2012 January 2013 August 2012 June 2013 Sept 2013 March 2014 Précis for seed- funded project drafted by Purdue, VT, UNT, Educopia; open circulation; commitments from 50+ institutions Kick off; hired project mgr; established subcommittees; mission and values statements 3 subcommittees working on 3 deliverables; 4 articles/chapters published; survey of library publishing activities launched; webinar series launched Published Library Publishing Directory 2014; shared document library created; drafting governance docs downloads Library Publishing Directory; 160+ diverse attendees gathered at inaugural Library Publishing Forum in Kansas City; research into training/education LPC timeline July 2014 Skinner 2014 Anticipated launch of Library Publishing Coalition (transition from project to program)

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 Lots of R&D  Documentation of “solid” practices  Incubation services for young communities  Encouraging strategic alignment across multiple stakeholder groups Skinner 2014

 Educopia Consulting  Educopia Events  Grant-funded work  ICONC project (NDIIPP)  Nexus project (IMLS)  ETD Lifecycle Curation project (IMLS)  Chronicles in Preservation I (NEH)  Chronicles in Preservation II (NEH)  Chrysalis project (Mellon) Skinner 2014

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