1. Building Support for Open Access: a comprehensive program at the University of Pittsburgh Timothy S. Deliyannides Director, Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing University Library System, University of Pittsburgh PKP Scholarly Publishing Conference 2013 August 20, 2013 Vanessa Gabler Electronic Publications Manager University Library System, University of Pittsburgh

2. Open Access: key to strategic plan for Innovation in Scholarly Communication  Support researchers in –efficient knowledge production –rapid dissemination of new research –open access to scholarly information  Build collaborative partnerships around the world  Improve the production and sharing of scholarly research  Support innovative publishing services  Establish trusted repositories for the research output of the University

3. A Comprehensive Program for OA  Support for Gold Open Access: –Publishing journals, books and conference proceedings –Open Access Author Fee Fund; COPE  Support for Green Open Access: –6 global, subject-based repositories –Local institutional repository and OA Mandate  Learning and teaching about OA  Advocacy and support for our OA partners  Measuring and marking success

4. Why become a Publisher?  Incentivize Open Access  Transform the subscription pricing system that punishes libraries and scholars  Provide services that scholars understand, need and value  Deepen our understanding of scholarly communications issues

5. ULS E-Journal Publishing http://www.library.pitt.edu/e-journals  35 scholarly journals published by ULS  42 additional journals hosted by ULS (through Scholarly Exchange ® hosting service)  Most are Open Access (CC-BY is standard)  Based on PKP Open Journal Systems (OJS)  Editorial teams are located around the world  Six journals have multilingual content

6.  Hardware platform  ISSN registration  Assignment of Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)  Consultation on editorial workflow and management  Advice on best practices in e-publishing  Graphic design services  Custom article template design Added-Value Services beyond OJS

7.  Web-based training for editorial staff  Hosting of back issues  Registration with major abstracting and indexing services  Web site usage statistics  Marketing and promotion  Archiving and preservation (LOCKSS)  Print on demand (Espresso Book Machine) Added-Value Services beyond OJS (continued)

8. Journal Publishing Strategies  Maintain quality and academic integrity  Choose partners carefully  Rely on self-sufficient editors  Work smart, not hard  Keep costs low  Ongoing monitoring/evaluation of academic quality

9. Ensuring and Maintaining Quality  Selection Criteria  Publications Advisory Board –Advises on major policy decisions –Reviews journal proposals  Periodic Review of Journal Content  Periodic Review of Peer Review Process  Assessment of Research Impact

10.  Journal proposal form  About our program (PowerPoint)  Service agreement  Author copyright agreement  Communication protocol  Web site design brief  Article template questionnaire  “Establishing your own domain name” setup guide  Google Analytics account setup documentation Documentation to aid the process

11. Innovation in peer review Dialogic Pedagogy: An International Online Journal http://dpj.pitt.edu 2 parallel OJS sites Initial check for scope by Editors Submission is posted immediately on community forum for public comment Simultaneous traditional peer review Peer reviewer comments are posted to the public comment forum for additional discussion for 4 weeks Final acceptance decision is made by the Editors Refereed content is formally published in a separate area.

12. Scholarly Exchange ®  http://www.scholarlyexchange.org http://www.scholarlyexchange.org  42 additional Open Access journals  Acquired by the ULS on August 1, 2012  Hosting service only  ULS is NOT the publisher and does not provide full publishing services  Benefits small journals in low-resource settings

13. Open Access Monographs - an early experiment  Press Digital Editions –collaborative project between Press and Library –750 books digitized by ULS –includes both in-print and out-of-print titles –all are Open Access –increased sales for some titles

14. Monographic publishing for new content  Based on PKP’s Open Monograph Press (OMP)  Pitt participating in early testing and software development  forthcoming titles: –Rescher, Nicholas. Leibniz and cryptography: an account on the occasion of the initial exhibition of the reconstruction of Leibniz’s cipher machine –Russell, Daniel S. The emblem and device in France

15. Author Self-archiving Repositories (Eprints)  2001 PhilSci Archive  2001 Electronic Theses & Dissertations  2002 Archive of European Integration  2003 Minority Health Archive  2003 Aphasiology Archive  2009 D-Scholarship@Pitt (general Institutional Repository)  2010 Industry Studies Working Papers  2012 Archive for Essential Limb Care

16. Conference Hosting  Based on PKP’s Open Conference Systems (OCS)  Complements other Open Access repositories  Offered to publishing partners only  Authors must agree to perpetual Open Access

17. Pennsylvania Digital Library  Based on PKP’s Open Harvester Systems  Uses OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting  Includes digital collections from universities, public libraries, and cultural institutions  Content is by, for, or about Pennsylvania

18. Documents in repositories and journals

19. Growth in number of titles published

20. Sustaining our publishing program  Since July 1, 2012, we charge fees for services to all new publishing partners  We incentivize Open Access through subsidies  We subsidize Pitt publications  Pitt student publications are still free!

21. Advocacy for OA publishing  First library publisher in North America to join the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)  Founding member of Library Publishing Coalition  Member of Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity (COPE)  Major Development Partner for Public Knowledge Project (PKP)

22. Learning and teaching about OA  Pitt Open Access Web site (openaccess.pitt.edu)  Lunch and learn series for liaison librarians –Monthly series of informal talks –24 topics on wide range of Open Access & scholarly communications issues –Inform ourselves and strategize how we can best talk to our patrons about the issues  Outreach to the university community –Faculty and student orientations –Elevator talks –Open Access Week activities

23. Measuring success: altmetrics  Aggregates dozens of traditional and new measures  Coming soon: article-level altmetrics widget imbedded in OJS journals  Altmetrics pilot project (PlumX by Plum Analytics)

24. http://www.library.pitt.edu/e-journals