Responsible Publishing

Sustainable Models for Scholarly Communication

Kate Wittenberg, Director, EPIC

Opportunity in Crisis

• Transformations in Academia, Libraries, Publishing, and Information Technology

• New approaches to Content, Needs of Users, Potential of the Digital Environment, and the Role of the University in Scholarly Communication

• Must the choice be between Open Access or Irresponsible Pricing?

Responsible Publishing: Thinking Creatively and Collaboratively

• Breaking Down Traditional Publishing Categories: Books, Journals, Databases, Grey Literature, Teaching Resources

• Creating New Alliances with Scholars, Libraries, Technology Providers, Scholarly Societies, Publishers

• Sharing skills of Librarians, Technologists, and Publishers in Creating Valuable Resources at Reasonable Prices

Elements and Skills Needed for New Models to Emerge

• High Quality Content from Diverse Sources

• Peer-Review/Quality Assurance• IP/Copyright Management• User Services• Access Management• Outreach/Marketing• Sustainability Plan

Hybrid Staffing Model

Content Editor (Press Employee)Production Coordinator/User Services (Press

Employee; Shared Among Projects)Web Developer (University Employee; Shared

Among Projects)Advice on Content, Organization, Marketing,

Licensing, and Pricing Models (Librarians, Contributed Time)

Marketing/Sales (Press Employee; Shared AmongProjects)Technical Infrastructure (University Network)

University-Based Publishing Model

• Collects the most important and innovative scholarship in a field

• Disseminates this material in a widely-accessible, affordable, professionally presented format

• Encourages and communicates innovative forms of research and teaching

• Utilizes expertise of faculty, librarians, IT staff, and publishers in a collaborative organization

• Builds on existing infrastructure and skills within university

Sustainability Model

• Faculty create scholarly content• University supports infrastructure for

development of scalable publishing and dissemination mechanisms

• Sustainability for Publications through cost-recovery-based subscriptions

• Evaluation of use, costs, and value by faculty, libraries, students built into plan

• University becomes the center of activity for development of new models of scholarly content, communication, and sustainability