Library as Publisher Movement: Ways Forward for Small LibrariesMelody Layton McMahon

(Thanks to Lisa Gonzalez for use of her presentation at 2015 ER&L Conference)

Journal--Transition

• New Theology Review—transition from print • Jointly owned with WTU and they closed• Published by Liturgical Press and they declined to continue publication• My experience with OJS through editorship of Theological Librarianship• “As previously announced, NTR will now be totally online, published by CTU

through the resources of its Paul Bechtold Library. This will be an “open access” online journal, which means that anyone anywhere in the world who has access to the Internet will be able to read the rich contents of NTR free of charge. We wanted to adopt this format as a matter of principle, fulfilling the mission of Catholic Theological Union to serve the global Church.” v. 25, no.1, Fr. Donald Senior, President, CTU

Launch• I was appointed co-editor as a faculty member• As the publisher, the library…• Purchased a server (also for use of our archive administered by the library)• Installed OJS on server• Purchased Adobe InDesign for layout • Hired a proofreader (this is paid for by the journal)• Later, the journal hired a layout editor

• First issue was published, September 2012

Defining Workflows• Library as Publisher• Provides server, OJS instance• Trains editorial board • Provides technical support• Promotes and markets

• Editorial staffs• Manage submissions• Manage peer review process• Copyedit• Layout• Proofread

Expanding, Maintaining, Promoting• Registration for DOIs—CrossRef membership• Sherpa Romeo listing• DOAJ listing• ISSN• InfoBase Index—measures quality of journal in preparation for indexing• Digitization of back issues—individual article level• LOCKSS participation (through PKP)• Library metadata license is shown in addition to our CC license• Cataloged on OCLC, checked with A&I to see about continuation of indexing,

added to our knowledge base• Developed marketing materials

Future Plans• Digitizing v. 1—9 with metadata at article level, getting these scanned

now, will have to upload to OJS• Adding new journals• Theophilus—CTU student peer-reviewed journal• JAANATE/Journal of the Association of the Asian/North American Theological

Educators• ???—offering varying levels of service as needed to journals who meet our

mission and criteria

Monograph Publishing• Open access online version with print on demand (if author desires

print)• Using same server as journals• OMP installation—also PKP platform• Library hires copy editor/proofreader and layout editor• Uses CreateSpace for print on demand• Already had ISBNs

• First book published May 2015• Preaching Matters: A Praxis for Preachers by Bishop Sylvester Ryan and

Deborah L Wilhelm• Cataloged on OCLC with link• http://www.pblpubs.org/index.php/pblpubs/catalog/book/5• 186 sold on CreateSpace, ?? downloads

• Second book published October 2015• Married in Mission: A Handbook for Couples in Cross-Cultural Service by

Alexis C. Kenny• Cataloged on OCLC with link• http://www.pblpubs.org/index.php/pblpubs/catalog/book/7• Author had 225 pre-publication orders from mission conference

Business Models for OA Publishing• Journal• http://oad.simmons.edu/oadwiki/OA_journal_business_models• http://www.sparc.arl.org/resources/papers-guides/oa-income-models• http://blog.scholasticahq.com/post/100004713143/a-pay-it-forward-approac

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• Monograph• http://edtechtimes.com/2013/12/04/business-models-funding-models-open-

access-e-books/• https://www.openlibhums.org/ (also to include journals)• http://www.oapen.org/home

Stats, Altmetrics

• Stats—OMP and OJS provide stats, Google Analytics • Altmetrics• Identifiers—URL, ORCID, OCLC ISBN, DOI, Repository URL• Types of altmetrics (most of this information is from Plum Analytics webinar)

• Captures-when people bookmark or make favorite, save it to a reader• Usage—downloads, views, clicks (can sort by abstract views, html views, PDF views, etc.

• (typically, library holdings fit here—number of OCLC holdings)• Mentions—blog posts, reviews, • Social Media—tweets, likes, shares• Citations—in AI sources