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Session III: Business and Sustainability Models

Case Study: Tiered Pricing Model for Journals Publishing

Rebecca KennisonLibrary Publishing Services:

Strategies for SuccessPurdue University

May 19, 2011

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Center for Digital Research and Scholarship: What We Do

• Research repository• Conferences and video services• Journals• Online publications• Scholarly Communication Program• Experiments, pilots, prototypes– First of kind, not one of a kind

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Center for Digital Research and Scholarship: What We Do

• Research repository• Conferences and video services• Journals• Online publications• Scholarly Communication Program• Experiments, pilots, prototypes– First of kind, not one of a kind

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Columbia-Based Journals

• 70+ (and more all the time)– Columbia, Barnard, Teachers College, Union

Theological, Jewish Theological

• Faculty-run– e.g., Journal of Philosophy, Scholar & Feminist Online

• Grad student-run– e.g., Columbia Law Review, Journal of International

Affairs, Union Seminary Quarterly Review

• Undergrad-run– e.g., Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art

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Services• Platform software hosting, updates, and

enhancements– Open Journal Systems– WordPress– Blogs and wikis

• Consultation– Digitization of print back issues– Copyright, licensing, author agreements– Open access and other business models

• ISSN acquisition• Print on demand• Custom quote: design, content migration

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Tiered Service Model

• Barebones (free)• Basic (free)• Simple (custom quote)• Simple + design (custom quote)• Extended (custom quote)• Premier (custom quote)

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Barebones

• Installation of software only• Ongoing hosting• Launch: 1-2 weeks• One journal (Awaaz) requested, but

never used

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Basic

• Columbia domain• Installation, initial

configuration of software

• Incorporation of existing logo, color palette

• Launch: 3-5 weeks

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Simple

• Basic service level• Consultation on

color palette• Support for building

user roles (e.g., editor, reviewer)

• Basic training on use of platform

• Launch: 7-8 weeks

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Simple + Design

• Simple service level

• Initial fee for basic build of site and mock-up of one design concept

• Hourly fee ($20-$25) thereafter

• Launch: 7-8+ weeks

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Extended

• Installation of platform

• Domain acquisition• Site design,

configuration• Graphical elements• Extensive training• Launch: 11-13

weeks

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Premier

• Comprehensive set up, configuration, training

• Extensive design support– Logo design –Multiple layout options– Complex graphical elements (e.g.,

embedded video player)

• Launch: 17+ weeks

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Premier Example

• Faculty-edited medical journal

• Funded by article-processing charges ($750 for full-length articles, $350 for short pieces)

• XML tagging, PMC deposit

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Additional Charges

• Content migration• Print on demand– Brokered service– All prices set by editors– Issue or article upload paid by journal– 5% overhead charge to CDRS

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Current JournalsCURRENTLY HOSTING• Columbia Business Law

Review• Columbia Journal of Race

and Law• Columbia Journal of

Transnational Law• Columbia Undergraduate

Science Journal • Consilience: The Journal of

Sustainable Development• Tremor and Other

Hyperkinetic Movements

UNDER DEVELOPMENT• Columbia Journal of Gender

and Law• Columbia Journal of Law and

the Arts• Columbia Social Work

Review• Explorations in

Anthropological Research• Morningside Review

(formerly Journal of the Undergraduate Writing Program)

• Union Seminary Quarterly Review

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Challenges• Service mission vs. cost recovery• Scalability– Need for more template-driven set-up vs.

desire for more customization

• Resource balancing– Timelines difficult to predict when dependent

on partner– Multiple simultaneous projects

• Editor turnover, training• Engagement of library staff liaisons

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Questions? Comments?