Scientific publishingin Natural History Institutions

3rd MeetingCopenhagen 7-8 October 2010

Laurence BÉNICHOU & Daphne DUIN

Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle

Programme committee

Laurence BÉNICHOU – Publications manager Scientific Publications departmentMuséum national d'Histoire naturelle

Daphne DUIN – EDIT Stakeholder Liaison OfficerMuséum national d'Histoire naturelle

Danny EIBYE-JACOBSEN – Managing Editor, SteenstrupiaNatural History Museum of Denmark

Isabelle GÉRARD – Head of Publications ServiceRoyal Museum for Central Africa

Sponsor http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/

Context

• Rapid changes in scientific publishing / digital era

• Isolated desk editors / lack of resources

• Specificities related to publishing in natural history sciences

� Decrease in titles publishing descriptive taxonomy� Long shelve life publications (sustainability)� Library exchange programmes� Nomenclature

• Scientific publishing in the public sector

Aims

• Formulate recommendations on dissemination and access, at two levels:

� the publishing level in our institutions

� the decision makers

• Question the way we work to catch up with the technology to keep fulfilling our mission

• Inform, network, bring together people working on the same job with the same purpose

• Identify opportunities and barriers

1st meeting: Paris, 2008

• Within EDIT

� 25 out of the 28 EDIT members are publishers

� around 65 journals (+ 45 book/monograph series)

� 70% available online

� 28% have an impact factor

• Isolated teams

• Long-shelf life

• Same production process, different business models

2nd meeting: Bratislava, 2009

• Opportunities and challenges for electronic publishing

� Nomenclature rules

� Sustainability: electronic archiving

� Exchange programmes and their future

• OA journals and impact on publishing strategy� Improvement of the accessibility of publications and small journals� Challenges for existing cost models

Outcomes of the meetings

• Empower individual staff

� International network of personnel in NHIs with capacity to take initiatives, such as writing conference papers and project proposals� collaborations between publishing and library departments

But more work to do

• Support collaborative projects

� Joint negotiations with commercial partners�EJT

Surveys

• 2 questionnaires

� About Journals and Monograph series

� About Exchange programme

http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/publishingconsultation

Find sustainable resources to continue to do the community building that started in 2008

3rd Meeting: Copenhagen , 2010

• Trends and developments� Enhanced publications

� Open science and scientific publishing

� New role of scientific journals

� Acquisition policy and business models of research libraries in a digital era

• Collaborative solutions� A joint Nordic approach to Open Access and research distribution�EJT: a new journal� Journal aggregation and integration for enhancing the access and impact of taxonomic publications� GRIB, a bibliographic index of EDIT and BHL-Europe� A concrete case of digitalization partnership

Breakout sessions

TOPIC MODERATOR

1 Economic models L. Bénichou, MNHN

2 Library exchange programmes G. Higley, NHML

3 Copyright R. Linklater, RBGK

4 Dissemination of natural history books N. Massen, NHBS

5 Fast-track publishing Z.Q. Zhang, Zootaxa

6 Co-publishing I. Gérard, RMCA

Registration: D. Eibye-Jacobsen

• Room to allow people to network, essential for technician and decision makers

• Decision makers need good technical expertise and collective strategy

• Fact that the field of taxonomy is changing because of the new technologies: cybertaxonomy

• Share expertise with colleagues from libraries

3rd Meeting: Copenhagen, 2010

• Production of “checklists”

• Production of recommendation to NHIs

Outcomes expected from 3rd Meeting:

Copenhagen , 2010

We thank

And the Natural History Museum of Denmark

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http://www.e-taxonomy.eu/http://www.eu-nomen.eu/pesi/

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