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Western UniversityScholarship@WesternWestern Libraries Staff Presentations Western Libraries5-20-2011Library Publishing Services at The University ofWestern Ontario: Policies and ProcessesAdrian 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., "Library Publishing Services at The University of Western Ontario: Policies and Processes" (2011). Western LibrariesStaff Presentations. Paper 27.http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/wlpres/27Library Publishing Services at  The University of Western Ontario: Policies and Processes Library Publishing Services Workshop Purdue University  May 20, 2011   Adrian K. Ho The University of Western Ontario    This presentation is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.       Relevant resources are listed at the end.   2 Library Publishing Services at  The University of Western Ontario  •  Scholarship@Western launched in Dec. 2008 3  Policies •  Scholarly Communication Working Group created in Nov. 2008 to formulate policies •  ETD policy created and managed by Graduate Studies 4 Online Journal Publishing Policy •  A general policy •  Scholarly journals created or edited by faculty members at Western •  No focus on particular subject areas •  Oral agreement between the library and the journal 5 Journal Policies •  A list of questions to help journal editors develop policies •  Discussion of editorial workflow and practices •  Suggestions for copyright policy 6 Editorial and Publishing Process •  Editors’ decisions, with input from the library •  Demo site for editors to become familiar with the publishing system (EdiKit) and to refine editorial practices •  Manual of the system viewed as the basic documentation •  No copyediting service from the library 7 Post-publishing Services •  ISSN and digital object identifiers •  Registration with Directory of Open Access Journals and Open J-Gate •  Journal present on WorldCat.org •  Assistance with marketing as appropriate 8 Indexing and Discoverability •  Editors to identify important indexes and databases in their disciplines •  Library to contact index and database vendors on behalf of the journal •  No licensing required for indexes (no full text involved) •  Licensing required for full-text databases 9 Archiving and Preservation •  Preference for archiving and preserving journals in Canada •  A member of OCUL (Ontario Council of University Libraries) •  OCUL?s Scholars Portal 10 Lessons Learned •  Memorandum of understanding over responsibilities and liabilities between the library and the journal •  Education about the scholarly communication landscape for journal editors 11 Challenges •  Staffing •  Digitization of back issues •  Financial sustainability •  Journal continuity •  Marketing and visibility 12 Opportunities •  Integration of the library into the dissemination of scholarly content (for academic and research units on campus) •  Support for learning and research by publishing student journals •  Collaboration with departmental presses on campus 13 Opportunities •  Positive response to open access publishing •  Positive response to retention of author rights 14 Mentioned Resources Directory of Open Access Journals http://www.doaj.org/  Open J-Gate http://www.openj-gate.com/  Scholars Portal http://www.scholarsportal.info/ Scholarship@Western http://ir.lib.uwo.ca/ WorldCat.org http://www.worldcat.org/ 15 Selected Resources Columbia University Libraries? Sample Agreement for Publication and Sharing of Rights http://cdrs.columbia.edu/cdrsmain/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/sampleauthoragreement.pdf  Creative Commons Licenses http://creativecommons.org/licenses/   Developing Open Access Journals: A Practical Guide http://www.developing-oa-journals.org/Guide_to_developing_oa_journals.pdf  16 Selected Resources Developing Open Access Journals: Resources http://www.openaccesspublishing.org/materials.php  Income Models for Open Access http://www.arl.org/sparc/publisher/incomemodels/imguide.shtml  OASPA (Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association) Member Code of Conduct  http://oaspa.org/conduct.php  Online Guide to Open Access Journals Publishing http://www.doaj.org/bpguide/  17 Selected Resources Promoting Positive Change and a Continuing Role for Scholarly Societies http://www.arl.org/sc/faculty/coi/coitalkpoints2009.shtml University of Michigan Libraries? Model Journal Publishing Agreement http://www.lib.umich.edu/spo/agreements/author-journal_article_license.pdf  18   Adrian K. Ho Scholarly Communication Librarian Western Libraries The University of Western Ontario adrian.ho@uwo.ca  19 

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