This presentation discusses strategies for building a user base of the online publishing platform provided by Western Libraries at The University of Western Ontario.  It also describes support services for platform users

Ho, Adrian K.

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Western UniversityScholarship@WesternWestern Libraries Staff Presentations Western Libraries2-2-2011Scholarly Communication Services: Repository-based Library PublishingAdrian K. HoThe University of Western Ontario, HoAdrianK@gmail.comFollow this and additional works at: http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/wlpresPart of the Library and Information Science CommonsCitation of this paper:Ho, Adrian K., "Scholarly Communication Services: Repository-based Library Publishing" (2011). Western Libraries StaffPresentations. Paper 22.http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/wlpres/22Scholarly Communication Services: Repository-based Library PublishingOLA PreconferenceFeb. 2, 2011Adrian K. HoThe University of Western OntarioThis presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License.  The resources mentioned in this presentation are listed in alphabetical order at the end.2Background• The University of Western Ontario• Research-intensive university • Internationalization • Best student experience3Create Change at Western• Increase the university community’s understanding of scholarly communication issues such as the economy of journal publishing, open access, author rights, and copyright management• Goal: Members of the community will take appropriate actions to address these issues4Create Change at Western• Explore collaboration opportunities with different constituencies on campus to broaden the dissemination of scholarly content• Goal: Scholarship@Western will be integrated into the dissemination of scholarly content at Western5Scholarship@Western6Online Publishing• Online journals• eBooks• Conference proceedings• Electronic theses and dissertations • Working papers7How to Attract Users of Online Publishing Services?8Strategy 1: Identify Stakeholders and Advocates on Campus• Key stakeholders: University administrationFaculty and researchersScholarly society leaders and journal editorsResearch centres/institutesDepartmental pressesStudents, especially graduate studentsUnits that play an active role in supporting research and scholarship Librarians9Strategy 2: Reach out and Listen• Customize the message • For university administration: Emphasize how Scholarship@Western and related services align with the university’s strategic directions• Marilyn Moody: “It’s not about the library; it’s all about the university…  The university’s strategic priorities are the library’s strategic priorities.” (Strategic Change and Alignment: ScholarWorks at Boise State University)10Strategy 2: Reach out and Listen• For faculty and researchers: Emphasize how new scholarly communication practices enhance access to their publications, increase impact of their research, and contribute to the peer recognition of their accomplishments• Association of Research Libraries’ Scholarly Communication Education Initiatives11Strategy 2: Reach out and Listen• For scholarly society leaders and journal editors: Alert them to new scholarly communication practices and explore possible collaboration opportunities • Association of Research Libraries’ guidelines on promoting positive change and a continuing role for scholarly societies12Strategy 2: Reach out and Listen• For research centres and institutes: Focus on how Scholarship@Western and related services can help raise their profiles • For departmental presses: Explore opportunities for collaboration or even partnership• SPARC’s Campus-based Publishing Resource Center13Strategy 2: Reach out and Listen• For graduate students: Emphasize how new scholarly communication practices help jumpstart their academic careers• For campus units that support research and scholarship: Explore opportunities for collaboration14Strategy 2: Reach out and Listen• Listen to the stakeholders and find out how they view scholarly communication issues• Create a dialogue with the stakeholders and gather their input• Be proactive and ongoing in order to build momentum and generate impact15Strategy 3: Provide Suggestions and Services• Seek opportunities to build working relationships with the stakeholders• Provide services and be available to answer questions• Goal: Members of the university community understand that the library provides services to facilitate various forms of scholarly communication16Strategy 4: Partner with Stakeholders • Form partnerships with the stakeholders to sustain growth of Scholarship@Western• Partnerships provide valuable opportunities for the library to reach out to more faculty and students• They also raise the profile of the library as an integral part of the university that supports research and scholarship17Strategy 5: Offer Information Sessions• Provide an overview of how the publishing system works• Information sessions present opportunities for me to discuss scholarly communication issues with participants and to gather input 18Strategy 6: Use Word-of-mouth Marketing• An effective means to promote Scholarship@Western and its related services• A way to network with stakeholders who care about scholarly communication issues19Strategy 7: Engage Librarians• Heather Leary: Liaison librarians support the growth of the institutional repository (Liaison Team Supports IR Collections at Utah State)• Queen’s University Library: Information kit about institutional repository (QSpace Promotional Kit)• UBC Library: Environmental scan of scholarly communication activities in different disciplines (Scholarly Communications: Planning for the Integration of Liaison Librarian Roles)20More than anOnline Publishing Platform21Assist with Copyright Policy• Explain the benefits of liberal copyright policy• Provide examples for reference PLoS journal licenseALPSP Licence to Publish *Rockefeller University Press copyright policy *• Introduce Creative Commons licenses* This is not created for an open access journal, but certain wording can be used for reference.  22Enhance Discovery of Content• Indexed by search engines• Listed in library online catalogues• Indexed by academic databases• Indexed by free online finding aids• Work with indexing (from Online Guide to Open Access Journals Publishing) 23Other Support Services• Provide assistance with reviewer training (in case of student journals)• Apply for an ISSN or ISBN• Assign digital object identifiers for published articles24Other Support Services• Provide journal editors with download statistics periodically • Explore ways to preserve published content• Provide assistance with the marketing of the journals 25What Other Services?  26Resources MentionedALPSP Licence to Publish http://www.alpsp.org/ForceDownload.asp?id=315Creative Commons Licenseshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/Liaison Team Supports IR Collections at Utah Statehttp://digitalcommons.bepress.com/newsletter/5/Online Guide to Open Access Journals Publishinghttp://www.doaj.org/bpguide/PLoS Journal Licensehttp://www.plos.org/journals/license.php27Resources MentionedPromoting Positive Change and a Continuing Role for Scholarly Societieshttp://www.arl.org/sc/faculty/coi/coitalkpoints2009.shtmlQSpace Promotional Kit (from Queen’s University Library)http://library.queensu.ca/services/qspace/promoRockefeller University Press Copyright Policyhttp://www.rupress.org/site/subscriptions/terms.xhtmlScholarly Communication Education Initiativeshttp://www.arl.org/bm~doc/spec299web.pdfScholarly Communications: Planning for the Integration of Liaison Librarian Roleshttp://www.arl.org/bm~doc/rli-265-kirchner.pdf28Resources MentionedSPARC’s Campus-based Publishing Resource Centerhttp://www.arl.org/sparc/partnering/Strategic Change and Alignment: ScholarWorks at Boise State Universityhttp://works.bepress.com/marilyn_moody/17/Working with Indexing (from Online Guide to Open Access Journals Publishing) http://www.doaj.org/bpguide/publish/#4-1-6-work-with-indexing29Adrian K. HoScholarly Communication LibrarianWestern LibrariesThe University of Western Ontarioadrian.ho@uwo.ca30

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