California Digital Library

eScholarship Update

Catherine H.CandeeDirector, Publishing and Strategic Initiatives

Office of Scholarly CommunicationUniversity of California

Catherine H.CandeeDirector, Publishing and Strategic Initiatives

Office of Scholarly CommunicationUniversity of California

Why should UC publish?

Scholarly communication is the foundation of all academic activities. Scholarly materials ― even those authored by our own faculty ― have become expensive and their use restricted. The University of California has a stake in ensuring creation, dissemination, and preservation of the products of research and teaching, its primary activities.

What products?

Journal articles Conference papers Seminar papers Technical reports Data sets Maps, charts,

graphs, diagrams Drawings, paintings

Software Simulations Teaching and text

assessment material Film and video Photo images Audio Who knows?

eScholarship Program

Two main publishing platforms in our search for sustainable, alternative models:

eScholarship Repository: Library/faculty partnership; enables greater faculty control over publishing & dissemination

eScholarship Editions: CDL/University Press partnership to extend publishing capabilities and experiment w/new roles

eScholarship Repository

Full spectrum publishing platform: pre-prints and reports, peer-reviewed articles, edited volumes and peer-reviewed journals

Existing university structure: research units and departments are gatekeepers; editorial and administrative functions distributed

High adoption rate: >200+ UC academic units and departments on 10 campuses, labs and the Office of the President; 11,594 papers

High usage rate: > 3.3 million full-text downloads to date; 65,159 per week during March 2006

What is currently in the eScholarship Repository?

Working papers, pre-prints, tech reports Peer-reviewed articles, journals, etc Edited volumes, scholarly monographs Conference and seminar papers Theses and dissertations Oral histories, recorded interviews, etc.

What is to be done? Know your faculty, their publishing habits and

their support needs Know the publishing services available,

eScholarship or unique campus-based Promote the idea of UC support for university-

based publishing and for better faculty management of their IP

Consider ways to address un-met needs, locally or system-wide; consult with faculty, propose solutions