1. Trying the Gold Road on a Shoestring Budget: Open Access Publishing with PKP's Open Journal System Nancy R. John, University of Illinois at Chicago Edward J. Valauskas, First Monday CNI Briefing, April 2007

2. Brief Description of the University of Illinois at Chicago Library Digital Publishing Program Objectives: Showcase the work of the UIC faculty Encourage development of open journals Inform and educate about intellectual property Affirm the role of the library as the leader in these areas

3. Three programs Journal publishing: http://journals.uic.edu http://journals.uic.edu Digital repository: http://indigo.lib.uic.edu http://indigo.lib.uic.edu Copyright information: http://copyright.uic.edu http://copyright.uic.edu

7. Journals @ UIC UIC Library’s long history Outgrowth of a 2005 program on Scholarly Communication –Faculty discussed issues with publishing: Quality Quantity P&T concerns Academic Freedom Need for campus support to do the work of editing, archiving etc. Search for software to go beyond the simple ‘PDFs on a Web page’

8. First partner: Mark Mattaini, Behavior and Social Issues Brief description of the journal Issues needing support Forming a partnership The work –Setting up BSI –A plan for current issues –A plan for back issues Full-text issues Print only issues

9. Second partner: First Monday Brief description of the journal

11. Since its start in May 1996, First Monday has published 795 papers in 132 issues; these papers were written by 951 different authors. In addition, eight special issues have appeared. 6,363,335 papers downloaded in 2006.

12. FM statistics First Monday users come from: –United States 33.6% –United Kingdom 9.6% –Australia 7.2% –India 4.8% –Canada 4.4% –and 178 other countries. Traffic is dispersed between: –firstmonday.org - 90% –firstmonday.dk - 10%

13. Issues needing support Management of submissions Peer review Open Archives access and LOCKSS xml for preservation Improved reader tools Better searching Format additions (PDF added to HTML) Improved metadata Publication/issue planning Improved communication with editors, authors Automation of labor intensive manual routines

14. The Move to OJS Forming a partnership The work –Setting up FM –A plan for current issues –A plan for back issues –Opportunities for change

15. Attracting partners Third partner: Electronic Green Journal Fourth partner: International Journal of Internet Research Ethics Fifth partner: Consumer Project on Technology A2K - Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) Sixth partner: ???

16. Lessons learned Timing Effort Collaboration Expectations Outcomes