University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe Sarah Crissinger Emily Hardesty Aaron McCollough Charleston Conference 2015: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition Publishing Our Own Work: Contributing to the Professional Literature Through Systematizing Sharing of Library Reports

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign A Familiar Spectrum of Campus Publishing Activities Charleston Conference 2015: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition The New Scholarly Communications and Publishing The University of Illinois Library

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Publishing Without Walls Charleston Conference 2015: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition

Publishing Without Walls A view of the publication process from the scholar’s perspective Charleston Conference 2015: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition Conceptualization Incubation, Consultation, Assessment eBook Multimedi a Platform Exhibition Press Publication

Established Tools, New Chains & Workflows Charleston Conference 2015: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition cc-by-sa 2009 by ardonik

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The Library Occasional Reports Series (LibORS) Filling a gap in the library ◦ Recognition of work ◦ Sharing work ◦ Within the library ◦ With other libraries Finding funding ◦ Innovation Seed Funding ◦ Grant application process Project staff ◦ Lead librarian ◦ Graduate assistant(s) Advisory committee Charleston Conference 2015: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Working With IDEALS Choosing a host for the series ◦ Looked to current library publication for options ◦ Considered Open Journal Systems (OJS) Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship ◦ Institutional Repository Using IDEALS ◦ Consulted with the IDEALS team to choose the series’ location within the repository Charleston Conference 2015: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Crafting Process Research: ◦ Find strong examples ◦ Review the product while also looking for clues about their process Conversation: ◦ Ask others about their expertise ◦ Ask broad, overarching questions Charleston Conference 2015: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Workflow Challenges Charleston Conference 2015: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition *Ongoing Iteration and Assessment

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Acquisition & Organization Criteria for inclusion: Applicable to the larger library community’s conversations and initiatives in specific area(s) Requires little to no editing for formatting or grammar Follows the Illinois Writing Style Guide at: identitystandards.illinois.edu/writingstyleguide/. The Chicago Manual of Style, 15 th edition should be consulted for further questions: chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html. Includes appropriate metadata about the submission and its creators, including date created, authors, committee (and committee charge, if available), original URL/ where it was originally published Cites any outside information used Charleston Conference 2015: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Visual Appeal Designing the series template ◦ Examples from other library publications ◦ Consulting our advisory committee Choosing the face of LibORS ◦ Stock images ◦ Obtaining a graphic image ◦ Design by Crystal Sheu, e-learning specialist Charleston Conference 2015: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Publicizing LibORS WordPress website ◦ ◦ Primary promotion of new reports in series ◦ Blog-style ◦ Summary of report and link to IDEALS Twitter account ◦ Link to WordPress blog ◦ Ignite conversations that are relevant to reports Standards and guidelines ◦ Created a list of procedures for both marketing tools ◦ When to post, who to follow, when to retweet, etc. Charleston Conference 2015: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition LibORS!

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Assessment Through Altmetrics Need for preservation and assessment of data Why altmetrics? ◦ Non-traditional metrics for a non-traditional series Choosing a program ◦ FigShare, Plum Analytics, Impact Story Altmetric ◦ Growing popularity ◦ Currently in use by IDEALS Obtaining DOIs ◦ A long but necessary (and still ongoing) journey ◦ CrossRef membership Charleston Conference 2015: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Future Directions LibORS status ◦ Obtaining a CrossRef membership ◦ Choosing to wait for DOIs ◦ (May wait for CC licensing option as well) The immediate future ◦ Preparing for our first publications ◦ Putting reports into the template ◦ Social media alerts Charleston Conference 2015: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Implications/ Inspirations for All Libraries The case for publishing in the library Where to begin? ◦ Choosing a focus ◦ Finding funding Roadblocks ◦ Pushing through to the end goal ◦ Planning ahead Charleston Conference 2015: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Q&A Do you currently have any methods for sharing work within your own library? ◦ If so, do you have any suggestions for overcoming them? What is your experience publishing within your library? Have you come across any challenges while establishing new publications? ◦ If so, how do you believe this impacts the wider profession? Charleston Conference 2015: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition