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Shared Publishing Platforms: What We are Learning

Shared Publishing Platforms: What We are Learning. CNI Fall Meeting December 2013 Irene Perciali, Ph.D. Director of Strategic Initiatives, bepress. Fortunate timing. bepress reaches 60 journals. First bepress journals launch.

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Shared Publishing Platforms: What We are Learning

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  1. Shared Publishing Platforms:What We are Learning • CNI Fall Meeting • December 2013 • Irene Perciali, Ph.D. • Director of Strategic Initiatives, bepress

  2. Fortunate timing bepress reaches 60 journals First bepress journals launch Digital Commons reaches 500 journals and 150 law reviews Digital Commons reaches 100 journals Digital Commons launches

  3. We were not alone

  4. And you are not alone • 55% of universities and colleges are offering or considering library publishing services. • “Library Publishing: Strategies for Success” (2011) • http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lib_research/136/

  5. And you are not alone • 55% of universities and colleges are offering or considering library publishing services. • “Library Publishing: Strategies for Success” (2011) • http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/lib_research/136/

  6. How does a publisher add value? • Editorial • Marketing • Sales

  7. How does a publishingplatform add value? • Editorial • Marketing • Sales

  8. How does a publishingplatform add value? • Editorial  Expertise-sharing •  Journal benchmarks • Marketing • Sales

  9. How does a publishingplatform add value? • Editorial  Expertise-sharing •  Journal benchmarks • Marketing  Connecting and grouping • Sales

  10. How does a publishingplatform add value? • Editorial  Expertise-sharing •  Journal benchmarks • Marketing  Connecting and grouping • Sales

  11. What bepress is doing • Expertise-sharing • Connecting and grouping • Cross-journal data and benchmarks

  12. What bepress is doing • Expertise-sharing • Connecting and grouping • Cross-journal data and benchmarks

  13. What bepress is doing • Expertise-sharing • Scholarly Publishing Certification Course • Connecting and grouping • Cross-journal data and benchmarks

  14. Scholarly PublishingCertification Course Nora Allred, Michigan Technological UniversityJackiBetsworth, Macalester CollegeStephanie Davis-Kahl, Illinois Wesleyan UniversityNicolle DiPasquale, The George Washington University Law SchoolAndrew Elder, University of Massachusetts BostonTim Gritten, University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeBarbara Loomis, Cleveland State UniversityGreg Martin, Cedarville UniversityLucretiaMcCulley, University of Richmond Stephanie Miller, Washington & Lee University School of LawKim Myers, The College at BrockportCaroline Osborne, Washington & Lee University School of LawLiz Richardson, Kent State UniversityDebra Skinner, Georgia Southern UniversityKelly Visnak, University of WyomingWendy Walker, University of MontanaDaniel Weddington, College of William & MaryAndy Wesolek, Clemson University

  15. Scholarly PublishingCertification Course

  16. Scholarly PublishingCertification Course • What did we learn? • Interest in non-traditional publishing like conferences, special collections & ETDs • Publishing vs. hosting spectrum

  17. Hosting – Publishing Spectrum • What does this configuration do? • Oh yeah, I forgot about that feature! • How do I publish a conference? • How do I start a press? • What’s my budget? • How do I write a business case? • How do I find journals? • How do I work with faculty? • What extras can/should I offer?

  18. What bepress is doing • Expertise-sharing • Connecting and Grouping • Publishing infrastructure • Journal groupings • Cross-journal data and benchmarks

  19. DC Publishing Services Connecting and Grouping: Publishing Infrastructure

  20. Connecting and Grouping:Publishing Infrastructure • What did we learn? • For some journals, it is a must-have • The biggest hurdle is education • The second biggest hurdle is legal • And, it’s a real investment

  21. It’s a real investment • At bepress: • 6 months of start-up work • 0.3 FTE ongoing

  22. It’s a real investment • At bepress: • 6 months of start-up work • 0.3 FTE ongoing 34journals from 15 institutions --- 15% of scholarly journals on DC

  23. What bepress is doing • Expertise-sharing • Connecting and Grouping • Publishing infrastructure • Journal groupings • Cross-journal data and benchmarks

  24. Why group journals? • For subscription packages • To rank journals (ISI) • To help authors submit • To attract journals • As a research destination

  25. Why group journals? • For subscription packages • To rank journals (ISI) • To help authors submit • To attract journals • As a research destination

  26. Connecting and Grouping:Journal Groupings

  27. Journal groupings: what’s next? • More features? • Other disciplinary groupings? • Student Journal Portal? • What else helps libraries build journal publishing programs?

  28. What bepress is doing • Expertise-sharing • Interoperability • Cross-journal data and benchmarks • 2012 pilot and preview • 2013 to share

  29. Why share the data? Editors want to know: How are we doing?

  30. Why share the data? Skeptics want to know: Are these journals for real?

  31. 700 journals and law reviews • Institution • Date created • Type of journal • Subject area • Articles/year • Downloads/year • Access control • Embargo

  32. Findings: By Institution

  33. Findings: OA vs. Subscription In hybrid-access journals, OA content is downloaded 7 to 8 times more frequently than subscription controlled content. This can be a very compelling proposition!

  34. Findings: Types of Journals

  35. Research Journals by Discipline

  36. Benchmarking: Research Journals • 240 research journals • 69 are launching or migrating • Meaningful data for 171 journals • How are they doing?

  37. Benchmarking: Articles Published Overall average number of articles published per year: 24 72% are publishing 8 or more articles per year Number of journals Average number of articles published per year

  38. Benchmarking: Downloads

  39. Benchmarking: Downloads

  40. Downloads: Factors of Success

  41. Downloads: What success looks like

  42. Data: What we’ve learned

  43. Data: What we’ve learned It’s working

  44. Data: What we need to learn • Journals want benchmarks • But will it help them? • So many analyses are possible! • But will it do more harm than good? • Do we need to anonymize?

  45. Data: Other possible analyses • Faculty vs. student journals • Benchmarks and success by discipline • Cross-disciplines • Altmetrics

  46. Data: Other possible analyses • Faculty vs. student journals • Benchmarks and success by discipline • Cross-disciplines • Altmetrics Suggestions for 2013 data report?

  47. Questions? • Irene Perciali, Ph.D. • Director of Strategic Initiatives, bepress • iperciali@bepress.com • http://digitalcommons.bepress.com/online-journals/

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