student scholarship in the open access age

Student Scholarship in the Open Access Age:

The First Year of Library Student Journal

Simmons College GSLIS Skillshare September 22, 2007

Eli [email protected]

amy [email protected]

Our experience with LSJ – the beginning______________________________

Our experience with LSJ – the beginning______________________________

December 2005 … Original idea conceived at student meetingJanuary 2006 … Grant applied forFebruary 2006 … Grant awarded March 2006 … Editorial Staff formedApril 2006 … Temporary website posted/Call for Board MembersMay 2006 … Editorial Board formedJune 2006 … First official call for papersJuly 2006 … Permanent website postedSeptember 2006 … First issue published

How we started:

Our experience with LSJ – the first year______________________________ •In its first year LSJ has published approximately 40 papers…

•from authors in North America, Australia, UK, Ireland, India, Turkey, and Iran, representing a wide range of LIS specializations

•Editorial Board represents North America, UK, Ireland, Philippines, and Bangladesh

•This summer we advertised internationally to fill openings in the staff, and we hired 22 staff members

•It’s primary purpose is review

•It has also been a valuable source of advice when difficult issues arise

•covering a wide range of LIS topics, including: Archives, Knowledge Management, Information Science, Native Americans in librarianship, and even a Christmas story about cataloging

Our experience with LSJ – the first year______________________________

•A naturally high turnover rate•The application/selection process takes time•Training takes time

Ongoing issues:

•Communication amongst a widely-dispersed staff

•Plagiarism

•Technical issues

•Time, time, time—the real currency of OA is time.

Our experience with LSJ – peer review______________________________

•Every paper published in the Articles section of the journal has been reviewed by at least two Editorial Board Members and at least one outside reviewer

•Review is anonymous and every reviewer is given the same guidelines and the same review form

•Reviewers can make comments for the authors to see and comments for the editors’ eyes only

Our experience with LSJ – What we believe______________________________

•In many ways, the average LIS student today understands the average user better than does the average LIS professional

•We can learn from one another across political borders and across boundaries of specialization, age, race, religion, etc.

•Librarians can benefit—and benefit from—the Open Access movement (more on that later)•LIS students are perfectly placed to bring libraries into new worlds…

LSJ will be a forum for discussion of issues of current interest to LIS students. Some of the most exciting ideas in the field are coming from the student ranks and I hope we can increase the impact of student research.

— from the first call for papers

LSJ will be a forum for discussion of issues of current interest to LIS students. Some of the most exciting ideas in the field are coming from the student ranks and I hope we can increase the impact of student research.

— from the first call for papers


Wuzzup, Eli?

Wuzzup, Eli?

I am totally rocking this hat.

I am totally rocking this hat.

Our experience with LSJ - What we believe ______________________________

I can’t believe it took you five

tries to take the picture – and this was the

best you had!

I can’t believe it took you five

tries to take the picture – and this was the

best you had!

Yah, well, your shoes are really pointy!

Yah, well, your shoes are really pointy!


Second Life, a multi-user virtual environment (MUVE) is crawling with LIS professionals.

•The InfoIsland Archipelago serves as the “library area” of SL, offering virtual reference for both real life, and Second Life questions.

•Grand opening: InfoInternational•reference resources in 7 different languages

•LIS students are extremely active in SL•and the networking opportunities are incredible




•We believe that librarians can benefit—and benefit from—the Open Access movement (more on that later)•And we believe that LIS students are perfectly placed to bring libraries into new worlds…

•Students can and should make a contribution




•We believe that librarians can benefit—and benefit from—the Open Access movement (more on that later)•And we believe that LIS students are perfectly placed to bring libraries into new worlds…

•Students can and should make a contribution

•Start blogging about information dissemination, in whatever form you are studying•Start a wiki on some esoteric subject

ex. Poutines of the world- gravy- cheese curds- sauce

•Move into Second Life and offer something new•Start your own journal!

•In the end, it doesn’t matter what you choose to do with your LIS knowledge (data? information? wisdom?!?!)… but please,

DO SOMETHING!

•Start blogging about information dissemination, in whatever form you are studying•Start a wiki on some esoteric subject

ex. Poutines of the world- gravy- cheese curds- sauce

•Move into Second Life and offer something new•Start your own journal!

•In the end, it doesn’t matter what you choose to do with your LIS knowledge (data? information? wisdom?!?!)… but please,

DO SOMETHING!

“Scholars need the means to launch a new generation of journals committed to open access…. These new journals will no longer invoke copyright to restrict access to and use of the material they publish…. Because price is a barrier to access, these new journals will not charge subscription or access fees, and will turn to other methods for covering their expense.”

— excerpt from the Budapest Open Access Initiative, 2002

A library-supported OA model: What is Open

Access?

An Open Access journal can be published on a number of different models—it might be self-supporting by advertising or author fees...

A library-supported OA model: What is Open Access?

... or it might rely on sponsor donations and volunteer support.

A library-centered model differs from most sponsored OA models in that the contribution from the library is primarily from existing library resources (especially server space, expertise, and time) rather than $$ Full publishing—in which the library

donates staff time, expertise, technical support, & covers incidental expenses, as part of a suite of open source OA software

Full publishing—in which the library donates staff time, expertise, technical support, & covers incidental expenses, as part of a suite of open source OA software

Baseline support—in which an online journal publishing software is established on a library server and made available to the community or institution

Baseline support—in which an online journal publishing software is established on a library server and made available to the community or institution

Library-supported Open Access spectrum of commitment

A library-supported OA model: What is Open Access?Why get involved in OA?

•It’s cheap

•A few trailblazers are showing that OA journals can be published by libraries, alone or as a part of a comprehensive suite of open source software to support scholarly communication

•To stay relevant

•Greater library involvement will benefit OA and users of OA information

A library-supported OA model: UW-Madison

LibrariesUW-Madison Libraries

A library-supported OA model: U. of Toronto

Library U. of Toronto Library

A library-supported OA model: Simon Fraser U.

Library Simon Fraser U. Library

A library-supported OA model: U. of Guelph

Library U. of Guelph Library

A library-supported OA model: Open Journal Systems

•OJS is an open source editing system created by the Public Knowledge Project (a partnership of the University of British Columbia, the Simon Fraser University Library, the School of Education at Stanford University, and the Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing at Simon Fraser University) led by John Willinsky

•OJS was created specifically to make Open Access publishing a viable alternative to traditional publishing models

A library-supported OA model: Open Journal Systems

A library-supported OA model:LSJ’s OJS

A library-supported OA model:LSJ’s OJSSubmission Process Step 1:

Submission Checklist and Copyright Notice

Submission Process Step 1:Submission Checklist and Copyright

Notice

A library-supported OA model:LSJ’s OJSSubmission Process Step 2:

Entering the Metadata & Uploading the Submission

Submission Process Step 2:Entering the Metadata & Uploading the

Submission

A library-supported OA model:LSJ’s OJSEditor’s View Step 1: Review —

Evaluate Manuscript & Assign to a Section Editor

Editor’s View Step 1: Review —Evaluate Manuscript & Assign to a Section

Editor

Editor’s View Step 2: Editing—Copyediting, Layout, Proofreading,

Scheduling

Editor’s View Step 2: Editing—Copyediting, Layout, Proofreading,

Scheduling

A library-supported OA model:LSJ’s OJSPublishing—the Paper Appears in the

Table of Contents and Announcements Are Made

Publishing—the Paper Appears in the Table of Contents and Announcements

Are Made

Thanks!

…and finally…

Student Scholarship in the Open Access Age:

The First Year of Library Student Journal

This presentations is Open Access. You are free to copy and reuse but please cite Eli Guinnee and amy buckland as the source. Available online at http://librarystudentjournal.org/presentations/simmons.ppt

Eli [email protected]

amy [email protected]

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