1. Developing an Institutionally-funded Publishing Channel: Context & Considerations for Key Issues Workshop on Sustainable Models for University-based Scholarly Publishing Columbia University ◊ June 1, 2004 Raym Crow, Chain Bridge Group

2. Cornell Project Goal Explore viability of direct institutional funding for publishing faculty research Define practical publishing mechanism by which to implement model

3. Critical Success Factors Decentralized, collaborative network Integrates with existing system –Supports publishing venue autonomy –Avoids scholarly legitimacy issues Sustainable –Bridges multiple organization types –Increases overall system cost efficiency

4. What We’ll Cover Review initiatives relevant to developing a collaborative network— Map existing publishing partners & initiatives to value chain— –Environmental scan—no answers –Impose structure –Review components for articulated system

5. Collaborative Network Traditional Publishing Model— Single publisher integrates all functions Disaggregation— Increases competition & efficiency Lessens content control & aligns value

6. Articulated Models Articulated models— Offer a variety of parallel publishing paths linking discrete agents Accommodate various funding & business models

7. Academic Publishing Value Chain—Agents by Function

8. Funding & Capital Investment

9. Editorial Agents

11. University Presses & Society Publishers

12. Publishing Platforms

13. Digital Repositories & Overlays

14. Other Repositories & Channels

15. Publishing Support Services

16. (One) Articulated Publishing Route

18. Questions? Raym Crow Managing Partner Chain Bridge Group crow@chainbridgegroup.com 1.703.536.7447