Library-Based Publishing Services: Strategies for Success Skills and Training: A liberal arts college perspective Teresa A. Fishel, DeWitt Wallace Library, Macalester College IMLS sponsored workshop, Purdue, IN May 18-20, 2011

Current Publishing Program 5/20/11 Macalester College

Is hiring new talent the only way to start? 5/20/11 Macalester College

Utilize Existing Talent Teamwork – no additional staff, no additional funding Library Director Reserve Supervisor Digital Assets Management Group 5/20/11 Macalester College

Utilizing existing skills Reserve Supervisor Experienced managing pdfs Copyright expertise Organizational skills – managing forms, documentation Communication skills – written and oral Negotiation skills Incidental – Public Service desk presence – personal outreach to individual students and faculty (advantage of a small college) Risk-taking (an essential skill) 5/20/11 Macalester College

First Project - IR Implemented DigitalCommons in 2005 To provide access to our student Honor Projects – always cataloged and made available through Interlibrary Loan, but limited access to print copies (Archives only) Initial training for using the system For us – on-site with ProQuest staff For students – beginning in 2007, self-deposit for electronic document; instructions sent in writing to each student, also made available on the web, one-on- one as needed 5/20/11 Macalester College

Utilizing existing skills, cont’d Additional staff Cataloging Interlibrary Loan & Preservation 5/20/11 Macalester College

Training today Honors Students Two sessions each year Copyright and Intellectual Property issues Use of images, graphs, audio/video clips Fair Use Their rights as authors Scholarly communication issues (big picture) Submission procedures – students self-submit Not visible until we “publish” We review documents before publishing 5/20/11 Macalester College

Training for librarians Scholarly communication integrated into information fluency program – when working with students, faculty are listening Scholarly communication integrated into liaison responsibilities Selected Works 5/20/11 Macalester College

Skills improved Documentation - policies, procedures, forms Continued to revise permission forms – procedures available at From opt-in to opt-out - implemented in 2010 Instruction skills - Teachable Moments Copyright and copyright infringement – 2 examples Communication & Promotion – outreach, marketing, liaison role Brochure created in /20/11 Macalester College

System changes Incremental changes in the system capabilities, led to additional content over time New content led to new skills and training Expansion of content, included expansion of distributed workload 5/20/11 Macalester College

That was then, this is now Teamwork Library Director Reserve Supervisor Digital Assets Management Group Digital Scholarship & Services Librarian Assoc. Lib. Director Collections 5/20/11 Macalester College Special Projects Assoc. Special Projects Assoc.

Basic Text to Multimedia Additional skills acquired Journals Managing licenses and agreements Processing registration for ISSNs Embedding multimedia Assisting with layout and design HTML useful, but not critical InDesign is being used for layout Negotiating with A&I publishers – utilizing existing librarian who negotiates our licenses for e-journals 5/20/11 Macalester College

Basic Text to Multimedia, contd Monographs and books Managing multimedia – streaming videos Layout and design Illustrator and Photoshop - Special projects assoc. InDesign – Office Manager Including section for feedback and commentary 5/20/11 Macalester College

Training & Skills Training – new journal editors receive instruction by Reserve Supervisor or in combination with webinars from bepress Technical Skills – minimal for using the hosted system, other skills already available within the staff Skills – communication & writing Public speaking Documentation - planning policies and procedures New journal start-up policy Agreement for hosting journals 5/20/11 Macalester College

Additional skills & training Marketing and promotion – ongoing, and everyone needs to be involved Instruction – expanding from including scholarly communication issues in infofluency, to creating and editing a journal as part of a course (AmStudies, Tapestries) Communities of practice – utilizing lists, discussion groups, webinars, conferences to increase skills and knowledge Bepress webinars – available to DigitalCommons subscribers 5/20/11 Macalester College

Need to hire new talent? No. Ongoing Professional Development? Yes. Copyright and intellectual property – staying abreast of developments in all formats Technical skills – easily learned, frequently change Learn from others Share what we learn Engage in community of practice Instructional components Marketing & Promotion – everyone’s job 5/20/11 Macalester College

More Info Contact: Teresa (Terri) Fishel, Library Director will be found at Thank you. 5/20/11 Macalester College