1. What universities want from publishing Stephen Pinfield University of Nottingham

2. What universities want from publishing do ?

3. The simple answer Universities: –do research –do teaching Want publishing to support and further their research and teaching

4. What universities want from publishing

5. Universities: complex organisations Devolved structure Consultative (democratic?) processes Corporate strategy and local reality Suspicion of the centre Discipline differences Individual / research group oriented Person culture

6. Different universities UK: –Russell Group –Other old universities –New universities USA: –Ivy League –etc.

7. What universities want from publishing

8. Want? Desire, wish for –instinctive wants –informed wants Need, ought to have Academics: innovative in their ideas, conservative in their work practices

9. What universities want from publishing

10. Publishing? Wide range of possibilities: –from: formal publication in peer-reviewed journal –to: informal dissemination Different factors –discipline differences –paper - electronic –etc.

11. So… Differences within and between universities mean different wants in relation to publishing Different wants reflect different levels of understanding on what is desirable and/or possible There are different ideas of what publishing is and what it is for

12. Universities and publishing Universities as: Producers Purchasers Consumers

13. Producers: context Publish or perish Get cited or get out The RAE is what counts (in the UK)

14. Producers Rapid dissemination Wide dissemination Visibility Impact Peer endorsement No risks IPR-friendly policies Freedom to self-archive Freedom to re-use Document preparation?

15. Purchasers Affordability Flexibility –in pricing –in licences Transparency Integratability Wide access Perpetual access Usage statistics

16. Consumers Quality Quality markers / branding Ease of access –desk-top –on / off-campus –wide range of publishers –easy authentication –current / archive Navigability Post-publication indicators Value added features?

17. Achieving a balance Tensions –e.g. rapid dissemination v. quality Subscription-based status-quo –strong on quality, branding, document preparation etc. –at the expense of access, impact, affordability etc. Open-access: publishing, self-archiving

18. Open access: strengths Producers Rapid dissemination Wide dissemination Visibility Impact Peer endorsement No risks IPR-friendly policies Freedom to self- archive Freedom to re-use Document preparation? Purchasers Affordability Flexibility in pricing in licences Transparency Integratability Wide access Perpetual access Usage statistics Consumers Quality Quality markers / branding Ease of access desk-top on/off-campus wide range of publishers easy authentication current / archive Navigability Post-publication indicators Value added features?

19. Do universities want open access? Universities want: –Impact –Affordability –Quality –Access Can open access deliver?

20. Time for change Things have to change with the times - the established system isnt perfect and change might be a good thing. Anonymous respondent to the JISC/OSI Journal Authors Survey, 2004

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