Spartan Daily, December 7, 1987

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The University Library System, University of Pittsburgh: How & Why We Publish

The University Library System (ULS), University of Pittsburgh began its e-journal publishing program in 2007 and in five years has quickly grown to publish 34 peer-reviewed scholarly research journals. In this chapter, we will describe the rationale for and the genesis of this program to publish new original content, explain how the program evolved, and give insight into what direction it is likely to take in the future. The ULS has built an extensive digital publishing program over the past two decades. Beginning with digitization projects to reformat the ULS’ unique collections, the program now includes well over 100,000 digital objects in over 100 thematic digital collections including photographs, manuscripts, maps, books, journal articles, electronic theses and dissertations, government documents, and other gray literature such as working papers, white papers, and technical reports. The development of the ULS publishing program was driven by a strong and enduring institutional commitment to Open Access to scholarly information. The organization has placed strategic emphasis on leadership in transforming the patterns of scholarly communication and supporting researchers not only in discovering and accessing scholarly information, but in the production and sharing of new knowledge and the creation of original scholarly research. In pursuit of these goals, the ULS has developed a suite of specific tools and techniques to build a highly cost-efficient e-journal publishing program. The ULS provides its publishing partners with a hardware and software platform and associated electronic publishing services using the open source Open Journal Systems (OJS) software developed by the Public Knowledge Project. This platform allows for richly customizable management of all stages of editorial workflow. In addition, OJS sports a number of reader tools to enhance content discovery and use, including multilingual support for both online interfaces and content in many languages, persistent URLs, RSS feeds, tools for bookmarking and sharing articles through social networking sites, full-text searching, and compliance with the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting. Additional services offered by the ULS include consultation on editorial workflow management, software configuration, graphic design services, initial training, online usage statistics, review of all new published issues for metadata quality, and ongoing systems support. The ULS also provides ISSN registration, assigns DOIs, and assists in promotional efforts to establish the journal. Digital preservation is facilitated through LOCKSS. Steps to start up a new scholarly journal are covered. We will also describe common pitfalls to avoid and techniques that help with clear communications and management of mutual expectations between publisher and publishing partners. Quality control is discussed, including careful selection of partners, conducting peer reviews, maintaining academic quality, advising on publishing best practices, and measuring impact. With each passing year and each acquisitions budget cycle, research libraries have more to gain by becoming publishers. By publishing new Open Access content, libraries can not only help meet the most fundamental needs of the researchers they support, but they can simultaneously help transform today’s inflationary cost model for serials. The publication model described in this paper can serve as a guide for libraries wishing to implement similar programs

Library Publishing Toolkit

Both public and academic libraries are invested in the creation and distribution of information and digital content. They have morphed from keepers of content into content creators and curators, and seek best practices and efficient workflows with emerging publishing platforms and services. The Library Publishing Toolkit looks at the broad and varied landscape of library publishing through discussions, case studies, and shared resources. From supporting writers and authors in the public library setting to hosting open access journals and books, this collection examines opportunities for libraries to leverage their position and resources to create and provide access to content.The Library Publishing Toolkit is a project funded partially by Bibliographic Databases and Interlibrary Resources Sharing Program funds which are administered and supported by the Rochester Regional Library Council. The toolkit is a united effort between Milne Library at SUNY Geneseo and the Monroe County Library System to identify trends in library publishing, seek out best practices to implement and support such programs, and share the best tools and resources. Our goals include to: Develop strategies libraries can use to identify types of publishing services and content that can be created and curated by libraries. Assess trends in digital content creation and publishing that can be useful in libraries and suggesting potential future projects. Identify efficient workflows for distributing content for free online and with potential for some cost-recovery in print on demand markets. A list of chapters is available in the full record.https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/idsproject-press/1002/thumbnail.jp

Retooling the Profession: Librarianship in an Era of Accountability and Competition

Librarianship has changed substantially in recent years. We who work in libraries must continually acquire new knowledge and skills. We must adapt to the reality that academic libraries, along with their parent institutions, face increased accountability. The functions that many of us have thought to be at the core of our profession are slipping from our grasp and will leave behind a mere managerial role. Nevertheless, many academic libraries will find a viable future by adopting and taking seriously the role of supporting learning. As we look at disruptive innovators in the information and learning scene, we should consider carefully whether to treat them as competitors or partners. Our libraries’ prospects will be bright if we learn to analyze data, make evidence-based decisions, and communicate to our constituents the value that our libraries create. And while many emerging technologies vie for implementation, we must exercise Christian judgment regarding their ultimate value

From Stacks to the Web: The Transformation of Academic Library Collecting

The existence of a ubiquitous and cheap worldwide communications network that increasingly makes documents easily and freely available will require a transformation of academic library collecting practice. It will be driven by a number of specific developments including: the digitization of content; the development of print repositories; the development of e-readers and print-on-demand publishing; the growth of open access; challenges to establish academic publishing organizations; and the growth of new forms of scholarship based on openness and social productivity. If academic libraries are to be successful, they will need to: deconstruct legacy print collections; move from item-by-item book selection to purchase-on-demand and subscriptions; manage the transition to open access journals; focus on curating unique items; and develop new mechanisms for funding national infrastructure

SI 633 - A Cultural and Material History of the Book from Pre-Gutenberg to Post-Google

This course addresses a number of fundamental questions in European cultural history centered on the book as both material as well as cultural and social object. Touching on a variety of different physical formats, the course explores questions of authorship, production, manufacture, distribution, and reading of books, as well as their restriction and periodic prohibition. The course makes use of the University's large special collections holdings and students carry out extended individual projects using these holdings. The final unit of the course is devoted to the fundamental changes in print culture being fostered by the Internet and hypertext, with examination in particular of the University of Michigan's evolving role in the novel enterprise of electronic book circulation.http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/5/SI633-W09-handout-week6-printingtechnicalterms.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/6/SI633-W09-handout-week3-SatiricalMarginalia.dochttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/7/SI633-W09-handout-week3-SatiricalMarginalia.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/8/SI633-W09-handout-week2-WaxTablets.dochttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/9/SI633-W09-Breviaire-MariedeSavoie.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/10/SI633-W09-handout-week2-KeyTerms-DeHamel-Bologna.dochttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/11/SI633-W09-handout-week6-printingtechnicalterms.dochttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/12/SI633-W09-Breviaire-MariedeSavoie.dochttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/13/SI633-W09-handout-week2-WaxTablets.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/14/SI633-W09-handout-week2-KeyTerms-DeHamel-Bologna.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/15/SI633-W09-readings-week4.dochttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/16/SI633-W09-readings-week2.dochttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/17/SI633-W09-readings-week2.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/18/SI633-W09-readings-week4.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/19/SI633-W09-week6.ppthttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/20/SI633-W09-week6.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/21/SI633-W09-syllabus.dochttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/22/SI633-W09-syllabus.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/23/SI633-W09-BookReviewAsgnment1.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/24/SI633-W09-Asgnments-ListofBooksforReview.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/25/SI633-W09-BookReviewAsgnment1.dochttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/26/SI633-W09-Asgnments.dochttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/27/SI633-W09-Asgnments-ListofBooksforReview.dochttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/28/SI633-W09-Asgnments.pdfhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/64957/29/si633-winter2009.zi

Discovery: Research Annual Report 2017

Center for Research on Instructional Change in Postsecondary Education (CRICPE) The Office of the Vice President Initiated a New Program - Undergraduates Discover Discovery NSF Career Award Winners - Fahad Saeed, Elena Litvinova, and Wendy Beane Interdisciplinary Majors and Minors Focus on Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts Faculty Scholar Award From Invention to Commercialization External Funding WMed Research Activities Undergraduate Research Excellence Award Recipients Support for Faculty Scholars Award Graduate Student Research and Travel Grants External Awards to Faculty and Staff Research and Creative Activities Poster Day - Graduate Student Participant Winners Technology Development Fund Awards Faculty Research and Creative Activities WMU Centers and Institute

You can't judge a digital book by its POD cover: e-books and scholarly communication futures

The chapter examines digital publishing (E-books)within the context of recent developments in scholarly communication, academic publishing and pricing. It emphasises the need for global access to eScholarship, scholarship that combines authority with public accessibility

Iron Rings, Doctor Honoris Causa Raoul Bott, Carl Herz, and a Hidden Hand

The degree of Doctor of Sciences, honoris causa, was conferred on Raoul Bott by McGill University in 1987. Much of the work to make this happen was done by Carl Herz. Some of the author's personal recollections of both professors are included, along with some context for the awarding of this degree and ample historical tangents. Some cultural aspects occurring in the addresses are elaborated on, primarily, the Canadian engineer's iron ring. This paper also reprints both the convocation address of Raoul Bott and the presentation of Carl Herz on that occasion.Comment: An edited and reformatted version of this paper, with an additional photo, will appear in a volume dedicated to Raoul Bott. The author hopes to expand on some aspects of this preprint in future version