The York Digital Journals Project: Strategies for Institutional Open Journal Systems Implementations

Kosavic, Andrea

doi:10.5860/crl-36r1

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“…Georgia Institute of Technology operated on an informal basis for its first five years, with staff funded from the library's standing budget [31]. This is a crucial step in identifying a manageable workflow in order to ensure that too much is not taken on [15,20]. In order for the Press at Huddersfield to grow, the library either needs to reallocate staffing resources from the library or identify new resources.…”

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“…However, the York Digital Journals (YDJ) initiative felt that the enforcement of a hosting fee for external journals was a barrier, due to the way humanities and social sciences research is funded [20]. Again, this model may work on an ad hoc basis, but does not need to form part of the business model.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Sustaining the growth of library scholarly publishing in a New University Press

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2017

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Abstract. In 2012, the University of Huddersfield Press presented a paper at the 16th International Conference on Electronic Publishing on its new open access journals platform. At the time, the Press was one of the only New University Presses (NUP) in the UK and one of the first to publish open access journals, open access monographs and sound recordings. This article discusses a number of emerging business models for NUPs before developing Hahn's programme and publication level business plan, which is then related to the sustainability of the Press at Huddersfield. The article will demonstrate how the Press is able to show value to the University in order to secure funding. The paper will conclude with a discussion around the need for collaboration between library-led NUPs. Although this paper concentrates on the experiences of the University of Huddersfield Press, it will be relevant to other emerging or planned NUPs.Keywords: Library, publishing, university press, open access, business models IntroductionIn 2012, the University of Huddersfield Press (the 'University Press') presented a paper at the 16th International Conference on Electronic Publishing on its new open access journals platform [39]. At the time, the Press was one of the only New University Presses (NUP) in the UK and one of the first to publish open access journals, open access monographs and sound recordings. Since then the Press has published seven journals, ten scholarly monographs and nine music recordings. However, over this time the University Press has developed organically without a clear business model. This article will discuss a number of emerging business models that could be applied to NUPs before recommending a way forward for the University of Huddersfield Press. Hahn's [15] programme and publication level business planning will be described and expanded in relation to the sustainability of the University Press. The article will also demonstrate how the Press has been able to show value to the University in order to secure future funding.Although this paper concentrates on the experiences of the University of Huddersfield Press, it will be relevant to other emerging or planned NUPs. These new publishing ventures, often based in the library, have harnessed the changes in the digital landscape and the rise of the open access movement to allow them to publish scholarly works, such as journals and monographs. Hahn [15] describes library publishing as offering a truncated list of services when compared to the traditional publishing model. These truncated services may in fact represent a leaner version of traditional 'legacy' publishers. Davis

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Section: Staffingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: • Contributions From Research Funders a Number Of Universitmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustaining the growth of library scholarly publishing in a New University Press

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2017

ISU

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“…11 Kosavic identified this as a service-level boundary, a 'crucial step' in identifying a manageable workflow in order to ensure that too much is not taken on. 12 Georgia Tech operated on an informal basis for its first five years, with staff funded from the Library's standing budget; Huddersfield is in a very similar position. 13 This is really the crux of the matter and was also identified by Hahn: either the Library needs to reallocate a greater staffing resource from the Library or new resources need to be identified.…”

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confidence: 99%