1. Catching the Wave: Academic Library as Scholarly Publisher Tim Tamminga bepress

2. Bepress history

3. Bepress has two primary activities: Scholarly journal publishing Bepress journals list Bepress journals list Software developed to promote scholarly communications (Digital Commons) DC journals DC sites DC journals DC sites

4. Agenda Publishing: An environmental scan A glimpse at how a publishing system works Who needs publishing services and what could they publish? Why should the library provide publishing services?

5. Traditional scholarly publishing and tenure

6. 25,000 active scholarly peer-reviewed journals, collectively publishing about 1.5 million articles a year Between 8000 to 8500 of these are owned by commercial publishers Almost 5000 journals are published by these publishers on behalf of societies and associations There are about 9,000 non-commercial journals There are almost 2500 journals published within universities & colleges, e.g., department titles, editor-driven, student run law reviews, managed titles and titles held smaller societies “The stm report: An overview of scientific and scholarly journals publishing,” Mark Ware. Sept 2009

7. Commercial publishing cycle Publishers INTERNET Journal AGENT Readers Authors Referees Editor LIBRARY Research Community Print Submission Revision Peer review Adapted from “STM report…”, Mark Ware. Sept 2009

8. ` “The question is no longer whether libraries should offer publishing services, but what kinds of services libraries will offer.” Hahn, Karla L., 2008, ‘Research Library Publishing Services: New Options for University Publishing,’ Association of Research Libraries. Accessed at: http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/research-library- publishing-services.pdf http://www.arl.org/bm~doc/research-library- publishing-services.pdf

9. When publishing is part of the IR… Hosted platform and journals Portal for all journals Institutional and journal branding No limits on size of repository Unique design for each journal Extraordinary support services for editors and library Professional backup and fail-over strategy Design and branding…

10. Let’s see how a publishing platform can work Author submission: Demo system journal

11. Publishing platform Design is critical in order to make the journal a compelling experience for the reader and authors Home page South CarolinaSouth Carolina UMass Boston Journal page UIowa Walt Whitman Quarterly Pace Law Review Marquette Law Review Resources: Library as Journal Publisher: Partnering with Faculty Wendy C. Robertson University of Iowa, wendy-robertson@uiowa.eduwendy-robertson@uiowa.edu Establishing Library Publishing: Best Practices for Creating Successful Journal Editors Jean-Gabriel Bankier, bepress Courtney Smith, bepress http://works.bepress.com/jean_gabriel_bankier/2/ http://works.bepress.com/jean_gabriel_bankier/2/

12. Students Centers & Institutes Faculty Emeriti Non-academic units Departments External communities Societies ETDs Senior papers Newsletter & magazines Presentations Departmental docs Data sets Institutional docs Articles Collections Course materials Reports Monographs Journals Events publishing Library IR & Publishing Who and What? IR Universe Publishing potential

13. Faculty ETDs Senior papers Newsletter & magazines Reports Monographs Journals Events publishing Library IR & Publishing Who and What: Faculty IR Universe Publishing potential Russell Journal Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology Constitutions of the Free-Masons UMass: Landscapes of Violence University of Pennsylvania: CUREJ

14. Students ETDs Senior papers Newsletter & magazines Reports Monographs Journals Events publishing Library IR & Publishing IR Universe Publishing potential Who and What: Students Dissertation with embargo CUREJ Colby College: Atlas of Maine Intermountain West Journal... IWU: John Wesley Powell Student Research Conf Texas State University - San Marcos: Thesis IWU: student journals

15. Societies ETDs Senior papers Newsletter & magazines Reports Monographs Journals Events publishing Library IR & Publishing IR Universe Publishing potential Who and What: Societies Medieval Feminist Forum ACER Monographic Series ACER conference

16. Emeriti ETDs Senior papers Newsletter & magazines Reports Monographs Journals Events publishing Library IR & Publishing IR Universe Publishing potential Who and What: Emeriti Cranes of the World Robert Katz collection Cornell ILR: Vernon Briggs

17. Centers & Institutes Departments ETDs Senior papers Newsletter & magazines Reports Monographs Journals Events publishing Library IR & Publishing IR Universe Publishing potential Who and What: Departments Cal Poly Magazine Okayama: Acta Medica Proceedings in Obstetrics... UMass University Press books Colby College: "Top of the Hill“ TJU Health Policy Newsletter UPenn Proceedings

18. External communities ETDs Senior papers Newsletter & magazines Reports Monographs Journals Events publishing Library IR & Publishing IR Universe Publishing potential Who and What: External Communities Hopi Nation Cranberries-best practices NASIG newsletter University of Nebraska

19. The value of the repository: locally

20. The value of the repository: globally

21. Why? Why should the library manage and host publishing? Why should the academy self-publish?

22. Why not? "I envision the day when the universities take back scholarly communications from the publishers, and we don't have to ransom our content back from for- profit companies,“ [Paul Royster] says. "And that's our long-range goal here. That's probably not going to happen until well after I retire, but we see ourselves moving that way." Digital Repositories Foment a Quiet Revolution in Scholarship. The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 13, 2010 UT Newfound Press

23. Serves the needs of stakeholders on campus by proving opportunities for new knowledge production Serves a key university mission to share / distribute its knowledge to the world Serves the business of the university by focusing on what makes that institution unique Facilitates new opportunities for knowledge production and publication Enables expansion of library services across the academy Publishing…

24. Questions? Please come to the ETD session at 10 AM and the general overview of Digital Commons at 12:00