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Scholarly Journals: Proposition of an International Network as a Strategic Option

Scholarly Journals: Proposition of an International Network as a Strategic Option. Guylaine Beaudry Érudit • Université de Montréal. Four Ideas. Picture not as simple as it said to be Short presentation of Érudit The Open Access challenge Proposition of a network strategy.

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Scholarly Journals: Proposition of an International Network as a Strategic Option

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  1. Scholarly Journals: Proposition of an International Networkas a Strategic Option Guylaine Beaudry Érudit • Université de Montréal

  2. Four Ideas • Picture not as simple as itsaid to be • Short presentation of Érudit • The Open Access challenge • Proposition of a network strategy Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  3. Simplistic view of journal publishing • A fait accompli: journals are controlled by major business groups • The advantage of this picture is simplicity in terms of: • the diagnosis • possible solutions • The reality is more complex: journals not controlled by major groups occupy a central position Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  4. Situation for 200 top journals (ISI) in 2000 Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  5. Average prices according to the type of publishers (2000) Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  6. Situation regarding the Top 25 • The 25 journals with the best impact factor in 2003 (ISI) • 10 disciplines in the social sciences: • anthropology, business & management, law, economics, education, political science & international relations, psychology, social work, sociology, history & philosophy of science • For each journal, the impact factor, the publisher and its status, and the cost of an institutional subscription (print version) are identified • Although the results are preliminary, they serve as good indicators Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  7. Significant share and enviable position Not-for-profit sector impact index Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  8. Steady rise of commercial sector Change in relative importance of not-for-profit sector Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  9. Not-for-profit: clearly less costly in terms of the impact index Cost of subscriptions and average score based on impact factor Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  10. Market characteristics: two segments, types of practice • Not-for-profit publishers: • Significant position within the field of major journals • Dominant position within national communication structures • "Responsible publishers"  recovery of costs and parcelling out • Commercial publishers (oligopolies): • Major, dominant position  high prices • Strong profit margins • Vast reach potential Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  11. Perspectives • The not-for-profit journal sector occupies a strategic position in scientific-communication restructuring • Develop a global vision characterized by a public-service perspective • Present journals as representing a public asset • An inclusive public and international strategy is needed Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  12. Two observations • Not-for-profit journals are a better investment for libraries and universities • Hypothesis: Not-for-profit journals don’t use (and don’t charge…) for the marketing strategies of oligopolies Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

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  15. Perspective of public service – Érudit is a public infrastructure within the university community Commitment, support and money from the Québec Government and partner institutions Two production and development centers: Université de Montréal and Université Laval Our mission : The promotion and the dissemination of research outcomes. Our goals: Open Access, Open formats, Open Source A professional and credible alternative to oligopolistic publishers Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  16. Services to journals • Metadata • Search engine • Dissemination strategy • Subscription management • Usage statistics • Long-term preservation • Permanent referencing • Interoperability with other platforms • … • Hosting and security • Digital publishing • 46 Journals (retrospective and current issues/avg 3 issues/year) • Documents and Data Repository • Books • Theses • Web interface Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  17. ÉruditArticleDTD/Schema Other services OAi, Metadata, EndNote, Procite,MARC, etc. Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  18. Digital Publishing Services • 46 journals • 13.000 articles (20.000 for June 2006) • Current issues : 138 issues / year • Retrospective : 5 journals online, 5 in production • XML (complete or minimal tagging), HTML, PDF • Metadata Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

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  25. Statistics • Average of 150 000 visits / month • 400 000 documents / month • 82% from international • General search engine (Google words like “sociologie” or “criminologie”, etc.) Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

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  27. The Open Access Challenge (1) • Journals and other scholarly documents have to be considered as Public Good by institutions, government administrators and funding agencies – this is real democratisation of knowledge. • Scholarly journals are by essence non-for-profit. When they are commercial, it is by necessity, they need revenues to cover part of their expenses because the academic environment does not provide enough services. Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  28. The Open Access Challenge (2) • Érudit acknowledges the journal’s needs for revenues, while advocating and lobbying for full public and open access. • Érudit adheres to the concept of fair publishing, while promoting the goal for open access. • As Open Access as we collectively can. Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  29. 90% of the journal articlescollection in Érudit areOPEN ACCESS Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  30. Economic Model Érudit XML Production Funding from Gvt sources FQRSC / MDERR $ $ Journals $ SUBSCRIPTIONS: Moving wall of two years Dissemination Érudit $ Journals $ Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  31. Network as a strategic option (1) • 1st level: Regional infrastructure • 2nd level: National infrastructure • Sustainability and quality of digital publishing services • Non-profit, based on existing structure • Dissemination services assuring economic viability Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  32. Network as a strategic option (2) • 3rd level: International infrastructure • Expertise in the international university community in a non competitive manner • Network of platforms: many doors to access to a distributed collection • Mutualisation of data (not of services) • Editorial and economic autonomy of each platform Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  33. Status of the Network • France • CNRS – Fall 2005 – www.cens.cnrs.fr • Persée (Retrospective collections) – Oct. 2005 – www.persee.fr • Belgium • CAIRN – DeBoeck and others – www.cairn.info • PEPS – Feasability study Fall 2004 • Canada • Synergies • USA • Medline • ? Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  34. The International Network ? Belgium and France Québec France France Search query to on platform of the Network Documents from the entire Network Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

  35. Concluding remarks • With relatively few resources, Érudit has already reached remarkable results • Érudit has succeeded where traditional print publishing have failed. • Érudit gives high visibility to scholarly journals and documents in social sciences and humanities, through its strong partnership with similar platforms (national et international). • Érudit is highly committed to cooperation and partnership. Guylaine Beaudry - JISC June 2005

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