1. Synergies, OJS, and the Ontario Scholars Portal http://www.synergiescanada.org Michael Eberle-Sinatra, Lynn Copeland, and Rea Devakos ElPub 2008

2. I. Synergies Michael Eberle-Sinatra Université de Montréal

5. Synergies Partners

6. Affiliated Universities  Acadia University  Athabasca University  Dalhousie University  Memorial University  Mount Saint Vincent University  St. Francis Xavier University  Université du Québec à Montréal  Université du Québec en Outaouais  Université Laval  University of British Columbia  University of Guelph  University of Saskatchewan  University of Victoria  University of Winnipeg  Windsor University  York University

7. II. OJS in the Synergies Context Lynn Copeland Simon Fraser University Library

8. Ithaka report – recommendation ‘Develop a shared electronic publishing infrastructure’ LibrariesPublishers Technology… use and buildCommercial discipline – Distribution and sustainability Expertise in organizing info.Understand publishing proc. Storage & preservation cap.Evaluate demand Subject specialistsExpert in editorial process Connections to academyWork with faculty as content creators Funding… butMarketing

9. SFU Library & PKP  Partnership akin to Ithaka report  Lead: John Willinsky  SFU Library: development & host  SFU CCSP Press: publishing support

10. Development partners  SPARC  INASP, Oxford  IBICT, Brasilia  REDALYC, Mexico  FeSalud, España  JMIR  Multiliteracy Project  NCSI, IIS, Bengalooru  Kopak, Chan UBC  Siemens et al UVIC  Athabasca U  U of Toronto  UNB  U Montreal

11. In conclusion:  Challenges too big to ‘go it alone’

12. III. Integration with Ontario’s Scholars Portal Rea Devakos Scholarly Communication Initiative

13. The Partners: Ontario Synergies  U of Guelph  U of Toronto (lead)  U of Windsor  York U Running: –OJS –OCS –Dspace

14. The Partners: OCUL Scholars Portal  20 universities  382,000 FTE students, staff and faculty  resource sharing  collective purchasing  Scholars Portal  Service examples –Ontario Data Documentation, Extraction Service and Infrastructure –RefWorks –150,000 e-books; 120,000 plus OA

15. Objectives  To provide for the long term, secure archiving of resources to ensure continued availability;  To ensure rapid and reliable, response time for information services and resources;  To provide an environment that fosters additional innovation in response to the needs of users;  To create a network of intellectual resources by linking ideas, materials, documents and resources.

16. Local loading  200 million citations from 200 A& I –47% science –29% multidisciplinary –18% social science –5% arts and humanities  13 million full text journal articles from over 8,250 journals  4.2 million articles downloaded in 2007  Elsevier, Oxford, Taylor and Frances, Berkeley and the America Chemical Society etc.

17. Synergies content into Mark Logic  Builds indexes not only on words but context and hence can provide a richer search –stores XML documents,, in native format. –indexes individual works, XML elements and attributes, such as tables or illustrations  NIH DTD  New interface: –relevance-based searching –facet-based browsing –thesaurus expansion –Language-based stemming and collations –automatic-classification

20. Challenges and Opportunities  Xml and our journals  Subscription based journals  Scholars Portal as a “Trusted digital repository”  Beyond journals  Conference proceedings/ abstracts  Repository

21. Synergies, OJS, and the Ontario Scholars Portal http://www.synergiescanada.org Michael Eberle-Sinatra, Lynn Copeland, and Rea Devakos ElPub 2008