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1 Responsible Publishing Sustainable Models for Scholarly Communication Kate Wittenberg, Director, EPIC

2 Opportunity in Crisis Transformations in Academia, Libraries, Publishing, and Information Technology New approaches to Content, Needs of Users, Potential of the Digital Environment, and the Role of the University in Scholarly Communication Must the choice be between Open Access or Irresponsible Pricing?

3 Responsible Publishing: Thinking Creatively and Collaboratively Breaking Down Traditional Publishing Categories: Books, Journals, Databases, Grey Literature, Teaching Resources Creating New Alliances with Scholars, Libraries, Technology Providers, Scholarly Societies, Publishers Sharing skills of Librarians, Technologists, and Publishers in Creating Valuable Resources at Reasonable Prices

4 Elements and Skills Needed for New Models to Emerge High Quality Content from Diverse Sources Peer-Review/Quality Assurance IP/Copyright Management User Services Access Management Outreach/Marketing Sustainability Plan

5 Hybrid Staffing Model Content Editor (Press Employee) Production Coordinator/User Services (Press Employee; Shared Among Projects) Web Developer (University Employee; Shared Among Projects) Advice on Content, Organization, Marketing, Licensing, and Pricing Models (Librarians, Contributed Time) Marketing/Sales (Press Employee; Shared Among Projects) Technical Infrastructure (University Network)

6 University-Based Publishing Model Collects the most important and innovative scholarship in a field Disseminates this material in a widely- accessible, affordable, professionally presented format Encourages and communicates innovative forms of research and teaching Utilizes expertise of faculty, librarians, IT staff, and publishers in a collaborative organization Builds on existing infrastructure and skills within university

7 Sustainability Model Faculty create scholarly content University supports infrastructure for development of scalable publishing and dissemination mechanisms Sustainability for Publications through cost- recovery-based subscriptions Evaluation of use, costs, and value by faculty, libraries, students built into plan University becomes the center of activity for development of new models of scholarly content, communication, and sustainability


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