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WHAT CAN LIBRARIES LEARNFROM UNIVERSITY PRESSESAND VICE VERSA . . .16th Fiesole Collection Development Retreat, CambridgeApril 11, 2014
THE BIG PICTUREPURDUE CASEMUTUAL BENEFITS
THE BIG PICTURE1. MORE COLLABORATIONS ON nMITNew YorkNew YorkNorthwesternOregon StatePenn StatePurdueStanfordSyracuseNorthwesternOregon StatePenn StatePurdueStanfordSyracuseTempleTexas ChristianUtahUtah StateTexas ChristianUtahNew EnglandNew YorkNorth TexasNorthwesternOregon StatePenn StatePurdueStanfordSyracuseTempleTexas ChristianUtahUtah arquetteMichiganMITNew EnglandNew YorkNorth TexasNorthwesternOregon StatePenn StatePurdueStanfordSyracuseTempleTexas ChristianUtah27% of AAUPmembers with“university press” intheir names nowreport to heads oflibraries
THE BIG PICTURE2. RICHER COLLABORATIONS ON CAMPUSReportingE.g., Penn State,Syracuse, MIT,NYUReporting,CollocationE.g., Georgia,Arizona, Utah,North TexasReporting,Collocation,Shared StrategyE.g., Michigan,Oregon State,Purdue (Indiana?Temple?) AUL for Publishing and Director of University of Michigan Press Donald and Delpha Campbell University Librarian and OSU Press Director Executive Director, Temple University Press and Scholarly CommunicationsOfficer, University Libraries Director, Indiana University Press and Digital Publishing
THE BIG PICTURE3. MORE COLLABORATION ACROSS CAMPUSESLIBRARY PUBLISHERS55% of academic libraries in NorthAmerica either developing orimplementing a publishing program(79% of ARL libraries) 2012115 libraries listed in the first LibraryPublishing Directory, 201460 libraries have pledged to developthe Library Publishing CoalitionDEVELOPING BETTER LINKS WITH UNIVERSITY PRESSESAAUP sponsorship of first LPC Annual Forum, plus press participationFormal cross-institutional collaborations e.g., Project Euclid (CornellUniversity Libraries and Duke University Press); Dangerous Citizens(Columbia University Libraries and Fordham University Press)Emerging ARL/AAUP initiatives around, e.g., open access monographs
THE BIG PICTUREPURDUE CASEMUTUAL BENEFITS
LIBRARIES PUBLISHING DIVISIONPURDUE UNIVERSITY PRESS and SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING SERVICES“The publishing division of Purdue Libraries enhances the impact of Purdue scholarship bydeveloping information products aligned with the University’s strengths.”
1. ECONOMIC ADVANTAGEWHAT IS MISSING FROM THIS PICTURE?BusinessOfficeHead of SPSIT ServicesDirector of PUP(Charles Watkinson)HR & LegalSupportAdministrative Assistant(Becki Corbin)Managing EditorSales & Marketing Manager(Katherine Purple)(Bryan Shaffer)Production Editor(w/JTRP) 0.5 FTEProduction Editor(w/Shofar) 0.5 FTECommunicationsAssistant(Kelley Kimm)(Dianna Gilroy)(Heidi Branham)Editorial Assistant(Jennifer Lynch)Scholarly RepositorySpecialist (e-Pubs)Repository Specialist(Dave Scherer)(Marcy Wilhelm-South)(w/HABRI) 0.75 FTERepository AssistantEditorial Assistant(Eric Thompson)(Angel Tobey)JPUR CoordinatorRepository Assistant(Brooke Halteman)(Lauren Weldy)
2. “SOCIAL” ADVANTAGEFREEDOM TO ALIGN BETTER WITH NEEDS OF SCHOLARS/INSTITUTIONPUP: branded; peer-reviewed; books/journals aligned with Purdue mission; discipline-focusedSPS: “white labeled”; less formal; e.g., tech reports, conferences; institution-focused9
- PURDUE UNIVERSITY PRESSBOOKS AND JOURNALS: BUILDING ON PURDUE UNIVERSITY STRENGTHS
- SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING SERVICESTECH REPORTS, CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, NICHE JOURNALS, OPEN TEXTS, POSTPRINTS, etc.
3. TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANTAGEE.G., LINKING TO DATA / MULTIMEDIA IN REPOSITORIES
THE BIG PICTUREPURDUE CASEMUTUAL BENEFITS
WHY COLLABORATE?WHAT DOES EACHPARTNER GET/LEARN FROMTHE RELATIONSHIP?
1, ECONOMIC ADVANTAGEUNIVERSITY PRESS Spreads overhead costs toachieve more financialsecurity. Has some budget protectionthanks to a larger parent. Better understands its keycustomer, libraries.LIBRARY Acquires a channel forearned revenue. Learns more aboutpublishing costs to informnegotiations. Gains insights into itssuppliers.
2, “SOCIAL” ADVANTAGEUNIVERSITY PRESS Becomes more central tocampus organizationally(sometimes also physically). Learns from otherinformation professionals. Has a voice in the librarycommunity to promoteappreciation of publishingvalue-add.LIBRARY Gains more understandingof faculty as authors, notjust users, of information. Becomes therefore morecredible in supporting themaround data, OA, rights, etc. Has a voice in the publishingcommunity to advocate forchange.
3, TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANTAGEUNIVERSITY PRESS Gains access to electronicinfrastructure such as therepositories. Learns digital skills and hasexpert support, e.g., inmetadata, visualization. Can more fully participate inlarger initiatives, e.g.,DataCite, ORCID.LIBRARY Learns publishing workflowsand processes. Rejuvenates repositories byreconceptualizing them aspublishing platforms. Gains access to theinformation supply chain asa producer not justconsumer of content.
EXCITING TIMES . . . AT LASTARE WE FINALLY SEEING THE EMERGENCE OF “THE UNIVERSITY AS PUBLISHER”?“A renewed commitment to publishing in its broadest sense canenable universities to more fully realize the potential globalimpact of their academic programs, enhance the reputations oftheir specific institutions, maintain a strong voice in determiningwhat constitutes important scholarship and which scholarsdeserve recognition, and in some cases reduce costs. Thereseems to us to be a pressing and urgent need to revitalize theuniversity’s publishing role and capabilities in this digital age.”“University Publishing in a Digital Age,” Brown et al. Ithaka, 2007
THANK YOU
55% of academic libraries in North America either developing or implementing a publishing program (79% of ARL libraries) 2012 115 libraries listed in the first Library Publishing Directory, 2014 60 libraries have pledged to develop the Library Publishing Coalition DEVELOPING BETTER LINKS WITH UNIVERSITY PRESSES
