1. Research Solutions Sales
Bepress – The future of the Insitutional Repository and the Journal Management and Publishing Platforms
Shadi Awwad – Senior Solutions Sales Manager
Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey, Middle East, Central Asia
November 2018
Research Solutions Sales

2. Open Tools and Software
Open Science
Open Science aims at transforming science through ICT tools, networks and media, to make research more open, global, collaborative, creative and closer to society.
Open Access
Open Data
Open Metrics
Research Integrity & Reproducibility
Science & Society
Open Tools and Software

4. Open Access – Beyond Common Discussions
Open Access / Open Science is not just about journals
OA is easily accessible, but not easily discoverable
OA is about promoting free access, but does not address visibility (both locally and internationally).
OA is free to read, but not free to produce
It is a type of access, not a type of business model

5. Bepress Digital Commons
Visibility and Discoverability for:
Faculty Research
Student Research
A-Z Journal Management Publishing
Archives and Special Collections
Conferences
Books
Thesis and Dissertations
Research Data
Compliance with EU Open Access and Open Data Regulations

6. “[Digital Commons] is a tool to manage the image of the university.”
— Joan Giesecke, Dean of Libraries, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
“Institutional Repositories: Keys to Success” 2011

7. Scalable and Cost Effective
A Proven Model
Unlimited Content
All modules included
Unlimited storage
No extra charges
Sonja
Engineering
Eli
Consulting Services
Dedicated support rep
Unlimited customizations
A rep handles a dozen clients or less
Jonathan
Consulting Services
Unlimited Support
I want to end here – with our model – because it is at the heart of understanding the value of our service
Our model allows our clients to provide all of these services to their community in a way that is scleable and cost effective. Our model is proven and stable.
There’s really 3 main ways that our customers are able to do this unlimited usage, unlimited support and aggressive platform development.
Unlimited usage - allows our clients to say “yes” to all projects. Solves a lot of problems on campus → makes this platform an important piece of infrastructure over time
Unlimited support – allows our clients to run the system without a massive support team. You get your own personal consulting services contact (a human being) who will build your collections, design your site, provide customizations, provide best practices from our community of 500+ users.
Platform development – we build features that make the service more relevant to your campus each year that you have it. The features we choose to build are often features that appeal to deans, provosts – to people who can continue to support the important work the library is doing
So, these are the “things’ you are getting, but here’s what you’re really getting
You’re getting a team of 50+ people to support you – people who only do this for a living (and people who have been going it for a long time)
From sales → who will help you make the case, will help you find funding, will help you find support
To consulting service → who will be holding your hand through launch and the life cycle of this project
To design and product and development → who will be keeping the platform running smoothly and who will keep at the forefront of this kind of technology
The team and the model is there to free you up to do what’s truly important:
Support scholars and scholarship
Advance the big picture goals of the institution
Clayton
Design
Dedicated Development
20 developers
Hosted in AWS
Turn-key; no IT work required
Promita
Product
Nancy
Consulting Services