OA Week 2012 Scholarly Communication Publishing Update Office

OA Week 2012: Scholarly Communication & Publishing Update Office of Scholarly Communication & Publishing University Library System University of Pittsburgh

What’s new? §New journals §OSCP website §New repository §Citation management software (Mendeley) §Author fee fund §OASPA §COPE §Altmetrics (Plum Analytics) §RES, Ask-a-Librarian, Knowledge Tracker §ETD migration & increased content in DScholarship

So what? Who? When? Where? Why? § Why are we doing all of this? § Why is this important to the library, to the university, to *me*? § It’s all about you. . . and scholarly communication

Scholarly communication defined § The process by which scientists and scholars record and publish the results of their research § Traditionally achieved by publishing in scholarly journals § More recently, includes new modes of sharing, transformation, dissemination, curation and preservation of research and knowledge in all formats

Scholarly communication: Contemporary

Scholarly communication: Traditional

Changes in scholarly communication § Changing economic models – – – The ‘big deal’ Pay per view model Open Access publishing Hybrid Open Access Self-publishing The library as publisher

Changes in Scholarly Communication § New ways of disseminating research – Document repositories & gray literature online – Web sites, blogs, social networks § New ways of evaluating research and its impact – Peer review models are changing – Alternative measures of research impact (altmetrics) § Changing laws – DMCA – Research Works Act – Google Books Copyright Settlement & aftermath

Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing § Established in 2011 § Responsible for publishing new content: – – – Electronic Theses and Dissertations Subject-based repositories D-Scholarship@Pitt (institutional repository) Journal publishing (33 titles and growing!) Monograph publishing § Offer training, support and consultation for scholarly communications issues

Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing § Help with best practices for: – – – – General copyright issues University Copyright (Open Access) Policy Fair use Author rights and responsibilities Publishing issues/interactions with publishers Open Access publishing options Compliance with government or funder OA mandates Coming soon: data curation

Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing oscp@mail. pitt. edu http: //oscp. library. pitt. edu § Tim Deliyannides, Director § John Barnett, Scholarly Communications Librarian § Jennifer Chan, Asst. Scholarly Comm. Librarian § Vanessa Gabler, Electronic Publications Associate

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Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing, October 2012

Libraries as Publishers – Current Trends § More than 75% of ARL libraries offer or plan to offer publishing services. § Dedicated publishing staff in libraries are rare. § Most libraries do not have sustainability plans for their publishing program. Source: Library Publishing Services: Strategies for Success Research Report , v. 1. 0. http: //wp. sparc. arl. org/lps/

Why become a Publisher? § Provide services that scholars understand, need and value § Incentivize Open Access § Transform the subscription pricing system that punishes libraries and scholars § Deepen our understanding of scholarly communications issues

All in the name of Open Access § A family of copyright licensing policies under which authors and copyright owners make their works publicly available § A movement in higher education to increase access to scholarly research and communication § A response to the current crisis in scholarly communication § Open Access literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions

Open Access/copyright policy at Pitt § Provides for Open Access dissemination of scholarly works by University authors § Articles only—but other research is welcome § New works only—those published after adoption of the policy § Applicable only to the University schools and responsibility centers that adopt it § Scholarly works to be deposited in DScholarship@Pitt by OSCP

Compact for Open-Access Publishing Equity (COPE) § Pitt is newest signatory, joining 16 other institutions § Incentive to publish in Open Access Journals § The ULS will pay author fees for eligible journals from OA Author Fee Fund § Authors from the 6 schools of the Health Sciences not eligible § Application form at: http: //oscp. library. pitt. edu/author-fees-fund/

ULS Leadership in advocacy for OA publishing § Founding member of Coalition for Library Publishing § Major development partner for Public Knowledge Project (PKP) § First library publisher in North America to join the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)

Sustaining our publishing program § Since July 1, 2012, we charge fees for services to all new publishing partners § We incentivize Open Access through subsidies § We subsidize Pitt publications § Pitt student publications are still free!

Scholarly Exchange™ § http: //www. scholarlyexchange. org § Approximately 40 additional Open Access journals § Acquired by the ULS on August 1, 2012 § Hosting service only § ULS is NOT the publisher and does not provide publishing services

Some questions “Is anyone Tweeting about my research? ” “I’m trying to find my master’s essay from 1950. Why isn’t it online? ” “Can I publish my ETD anonymously? ” “Can I use a picture of the Cathedral of Learning on a t -shirt? ” “I am publishing a book. I found all these ‘free’ images on the web. Can I use these? ” Where would you go for answers?

The 3 R’s: RES, referrals & relationships § RES training in scholarly communication § Ask-a-Librarian & Knowledge Tracker § Citation management software (Mendeley) § Altmetrics (Plum Analytics) § Subject-based repositories § OSCP website § D-Scholarship & ETDs

Mendeley: A social network for research §Reference/citation manager §Social network for research §Research awareness & sharing

Plum Analytics: Measuring impact §Altmetrics §Measuring impact of new forms of scholarly communication §Citation Searching & Bibliometrics Lib. Guide: – http: //pitt. libguides. co m/bibliometrics

OSCP website §Author fees fund §E-journal publishing §Glossary §Twitter feed §More to come

D-Scholarship@Pitt § The University’s institutional repository § Preservation § Improved discoverability of research § Improved citability – stable URL § Highlights achievements of Pitt and its faculty § Supports university mission of service by sharing scholarship with the global academic community § Anyone can view/use worldwide

(Almost) 10, 000 and counting

ETDs § Electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) – Initiative begun in 2001 – Required by School of Engineering in 2002 – ETDs required for all programs by December 2004 graduation § Now deposited, accessible via D-Scholarship@Pitt § More than 4, 800 in D-Scholarship

Open Access Week § Annual, international celebration of Open Access, October 22 -28, 2012 § Events @Pitt – October 17—ULS OA event – October 22—Mendeley event – October 24—Plum Analytics event § OA@Pitt website – http: //openaccess. pitt. edu

Contact us oscp@mail. pitt. edu http: //oscp. library. pitt. edu ULS Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing § Tim Deliyannides, Director § John Barnett, Scholarly Communications Librarian § Jennifer Chan, Asst. Scholarly Communications Librarian § Vanessa Gabler, Electronic Publications Associate