The Role of the Institutional Repository in Scholarly Publishing

SSP Annual Meeting June 6-8, 2007

Catherine H. CandeeDirector, Publishing and Strategic Initiatives

California Digital Library

Overview Two noble goals Publishing services at UC What is the eScholarship Repository? Lessons from experience, surveys and a bit of

reflection What is the role of the institutional repository in

scholarly publishing?

Two Nobel Goals, intersecting

Control of institutional digital assets

Development of a fair and sustainable scholarly publishing system

CDL Publishing Services Provide low-cost alternative publishing services

for the UC community

Support widespread distribution of the materials that result from research & teaching

Foster new models of scholarly publishing through the development and application of advanced technologies

Time for change?

Economics of scholarly publishing still troublesome

New technologies hold promise for more innovative and more cost-effective publishing

Greater challenges and opportunities for UC services in support of research & teaching

BUT…Experiments extended as far as existing organizational structures (UC Press and CDL) and budgets will allow

Provostial Task Force Co-chaired by Director of UC Press and Director

of Publishing, CDL

Environmental scan of research priorities and current/future publishing needs @UC

Seek efficiencies among UC systemwide publishing services; build collaboration

Advise administration on role for the university in scholarly publishing

Principles for University of Calif. Publishing Services The university must provide a research infrastructure

that ensures productivity and stimulates innovation

Publishing is more than the production of an archival record; it is an integral part of the research infrastructure

Publishing must embrace a suite of production activities, some of which will be revenue generating

Publishing must enable faculty to create and distribute works via the most appropriate method

Publishing must enable the discovery, use and re-use of content in support of research, teaching and learning

Findings: faculty survey; campus visits

Enormous amount of publishing activity and growing Science faculty relatively content w/ publishing system Faculty, esp. in humanities, distinguish between in-

process scholarly comm and “archival publication” Tenure criteria are a major impediment to use of non-

standard formats for “archival publication” Growing % of UC faculty are desperate for university

support for creating, validating, publishing, recognizing their new scholarly communication activities

UC Strategy Align UC publishing services with the academic

enterprise

Broaden the capacity of the university press; reclaim the original role of the university press

Coordinate planning across the UC system; develop intersections in IT planning, digital stewardship, research data support, publishing and preservation

Develop publishing services to be interoperable with services for research data

UC Publishing 2007-2008 Extend repository-based services to support the

implementation of UC policy on faculty copyright; ETDs Formalize a collaboratory structure for UC Press and CDL’s

eScholarship Office to focus efforts in publishing initiatives Provide a more robust journal publication service: offer a

menu of choices for editorial assistance, production quality, print and access options

Implement cost-recovery mechanisms; secure open access options

Seek efficiencies across traditional publishing modalities, e.g., books and journals; invest savings in R&D for emerging publishing modalities

UC Publishing Services Traditional Scholarly Publishing Services

Scholarly monographs Peer-reviewed journals

Dissemination & Repository Services Working papers, technical reports, etc. Electronic Theses & Dissertations Postprint Repository

New Publishing Models Distributed Editorial Boards Digital Critical Editions Interactive map-based publications in soc sciences &

humanities Science reference/collaboration with museums