1. KaRyn Daley & Michelle Slone
Journey into Open Access Publishing with Open Source Platform American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
Amy Chang, Kelly Gull,
KaRyn Daley & Michelle Slone
Education Dept, ASM

2. MicrobeLibrary vs. Journal
Visual Resources
Laboratory Protocols
Atlas-style Images
Journal
Research
Perspectives
Curriculum Activities
Tips & Tools
Reviews & News

3. Journal – Why Transition?
Community Expectation
National Policies
Visibility
Credibility
Sustainability –
Users - For and By Community of Scholars
Metadata – Archived & Persistent
Technology - Open Source & Community

4. JMBE: Rooted in Microbiology While Branching Out to Biology
AUDIENCE
Primary
Undergraduate
Secondary
K-12
Graduate and professional
GOALS
Promote good pedagogy & design
Foster scholarly teaching, and
Advance biology education research

5. Public Knowledge Project: Open Journal System http://pkp.sfu.ca
Simon Fraser University - Public Knowledge Project (PKP)
Improve Quality of Research Through Scholarship
Journals, Conferences, Monographs
User Community and Support
OJS - Online Submission, Review, Publishing, Indexing, Hosting, Subscriptions, Ads

6. Prototype
DEMONSTRATION SITE

8. Multimed Inc www.multi-med.com
Copyediting & Proofreading
Citations & Cross Linking
Page & Issue Production
Metadata Generation & Deposits
Publishing Consultation – OJS & HighWire Interface

9. Journal Policies & Assumptions
Open Access
Authorship
Peer Review
Copyedit & Proof
Citations & Indices
Figures & Tables
Pages, Issues, TOC & Volume
Rights & Permissions
Supplements
Assumptions
Yr 1:20 Manuscripts
Yrs 2 to 5: 30 MS
8 Pages/Manuscript
HTML, PDF, XML
Yr 2 & 4: Deposits to Scholarly Databases
Part Time Staff

10. American Society for Microbiology
Journal Partners
American Society for Microbiology
Marketing & Sustainability
Readers & Authors
Reviewers & Editors
Open Journals System
Submission & Review
Publishing, Metadata,
Hosting, Subscriptions, Ads
Editors, Librarians, Archivists
Multimed Inc
Copyedit & Proofread
Design & Layout
Format, Citations

11. Year 1-2 Expenses Fixed $1.8K Hosting/yr Part Time Staff One-Time Fees
$10K Back Issues
$10K Training
$ 5K Scholarly Database Application
Variable
$250-$300 Copyedit & Proof/Manuscript (MS)
$400 Layout/MS for both HTML and PDF
$250 Per Issue Production & TOC
$250 Per Issue to Deposit Metadata
$500 Per Issue to Promote/Market

12. Year 2010 January - Online Submission Opens May – Online Publication
May – Online Publication
JMBE Volume 11, Issue 1 – Print also
May – National Training
May - National Campaign
ASM General Meeting
ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators
4. Dec – Online Publication
JMBE Volume 11, Issue 2 – On-line Only

13. 18-Month Journey Launch Date: January 2010
Prior to Feb – MicrobeLibrary
Mar – New Direction for Journal
Apr – Open Journal System (OJS)
May – Prototype, Editor
Jun – Communication & Solicitation
Jul – OJS Users Conference
Aug – Multimed Inc
Sep – Journal Committee, Policies
Oct-Nov - Building and Training
Dec – Beta Site
Jan 2010 – On-line Submissions
May Publication