1. Richard W. Clement Dean of Libraries Utah State University April 2013
Library as Publisher: Articulating the Impact of Digital Monographic Publishing within the University
Richard W. Clement
Dean of Libraries
Utah State University
April 2013

2. Utah State University
Utah’s land-grant university, founded in ,000 students; 1,000 faculty; six campuses 200 undergraduate, 90 masters, and 35 doctoral programs Open Access policy adopted 2012

3. Merrill-Cazier Library
New facility completed in 2005, 305,000 ft2
nearly 2 million volumes
Automated storage and retrieval system with the capacity for over 1.5 million new volumes
Information Commons with 150 workstations and 35 group-study rooms

4. USU Libraries Three libraries on six campuses
Strong emphasis on e-content: 200 databases, 50,000 e- journals, 3 million ebooks
DigitalCommons, 35,000 items; over 1.5 million full- text downloads
USU Press is a department of the Library
Member of HathiTrust contributing USU Press backlist

5. Scholarly Publishing at USU
Monographs
USU Press
Various Journals
in departments
Library
Digital Commons
USU Press
Journals

6. Founded 1972
Became part of the Library 2010
Joined the University Press of Colorado 2012
Publishes 20 books/year
Backlist Open Access in DigitalCommons and HathiTrust
One year embargo on frontlist before OA

7. 133 titles from the last 20 years

9. Typical Sales Patterns (5% International)

10. OA & Backlist Sales
42.86% International
2007

11. OA & Backlist Sales
27.75% International
2005

12. OA & Backlist Sales
31.14% International
2009

13. OA & Backlist Sales
51.83% International
2010

14. OA & Backlist Sales
53.23% International
2010

15. Impact of Open Access Backlist for the Press
Open Access gives new life to “dead” backlist titles.
Open Access significantly broadens the geographical distribution of backlist titles.
Promotes University’s land-grant mission.

16. Library Digital Monographs
162 full-text downloads

17. Impact of Library Digital Monographs
These works occupy a space abandoned by university presses historically. They have been rejected as out of scope, too short, too long, or too complicated.
They are clearly within the historical mission of university publishing and are meeting a demonstrated need.
Directly promote the University’s land-grant mission.

18. A Space for Experimentation

19. A Space for Experimentation
21 chapters; 10 problem sets; 2 appendices
1726 downloads since July 2012

20. Impact for the University
1. Centralization of scholarly publishing across campus using a digital platform.
= economical

21. Impact for the University
2. Giving new life to backlist monographs through OA and making the frontlist OA after one year.
= dissemination/access

22. Impact for the University
3. Publishing the full range of scholarly topics in digital-only OA regardless of any factors except peer review.
= quality

23. Impact for the University
4. Opening up publishing possibilities to all faculty across campus.
= equity and fairness

24. Impact for the University
5. Experimenting with new kinds of digital monographs, engaging partners across campus.
= research opportunities & collaboration