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Reforming the Scholarly Communication of Mathematics and Statistics: Project Euclid and its Economic Model. Zsuzsa Koltay As told by Jean Poland. Mission. To advance the cause of effective and affordable scholarly communication for theoretical and applied mathematics and statistics.
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Reforming the Scholarly Communication of Mathematics and Statistics:Project Euclid and its Economic Model Zsuzsa Koltay As told by Jean Poland IATUL – June 3, 2002
Mission To advance the cause of effective and affordable scholarly communication for theoretical and applied mathematics and statistics IATUL – June 3, 2002
Math Journals: Unique Field Lots of journals and publishers 3 out of 5 core journals are “independent” No huge market potential TeX Traditional values IATUL – June 3, 2002
Independent Journals High quality Key to affordability Not online or online on a shoestring Major concerns are financial Can’t afford to pay attention to user and longevity issues IATUL – June 3, 2002
Our Vision Vibrant online information community Fast dissemination of high-quality papers Searching across all journals at once Rich reference linking Affordable balance of commercial, society and independent publications Better visibility for independent journals Long-term preservation IATUL – June 3, 2002
Project Euclid provides Repository based on OAI convention Enabling infrastructure for “do-it-yourself” online publishing Reference linking Toolkit for editors E-journals IATUL – June 3, 2002
Funding and Partnerships Joint development by Cornell University Library and Duke University Press Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Aided by development partners SPARC partner Supported by scholarly societies Sun Microsystems, Inc. IATUL – June 3, 2002
Timetable Production delivery of development partner journals: summer 2001 Recruit charter members in 2002 Editorial toolkit in 2002 Funded through December 2002 Full cost recovery phase starts in 2003 IATUL – June 3, 2002
Economic Model Bundle vs. fee-for-service Need for flexibility Combination model IATUL – June 3, 2002
Publisher Option A: No expense to publisher Project Euclid maintains all Subscription revenues in pool IATUL – June 3, 2002
Publisher Option B: Publisher pays Project Euclid Project Euclid maintains all files Deducts declining commission IATUL – June 3, 2002
Publisher Option C: Publisher pays annual fee Project Euclid maintains site Publisher markets, receives revenue IATUL – June 3, 2002
Library Options Publisher Option A journals are an aggregation Can select additional from Option B Option C not in package IATUL – June 3, 2002
Advances in Applied Probability 2000 - Annals of Mathematics 2002 – The Annals of Applied Probability 2000 – The Annals of Probability 1999 – The Annals of Statistics 1999 – Canadian Applied Mathematics Quarterly 2000 – Duke Mathematical Journal 2001 Experimental Mathematics 2001 – Journal of Applied Probability 2000 – Journal of Integral Equations and Applications 2000 – The Michigan Mathematical Journal 2001 – Natural Resource Modeling 2001 – Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 1999 – Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics 2000 – Statistical Science 1999 – IATUL – June 3, 2002
http://ProjectEuclid.org IATUL – June 3, 2002